Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iB23fBF02465; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:41:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:41:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <40B09390.75C01171.00803143@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Rejoicer@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10620] RE: ESL learners and health X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 2983 Lines: 83 Colleagues--This appears to be a typo in #10611 " Literacy and Health in America...You can download the report at the ETS Web site at www.ets.lrg/research " I suspect it should be: http://ets.org/research/ But there isn't a health report there. Jean Marrapodi In a message dated 12/1/2004 2:58:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Literacy Works" <reading@bcpl.net> writes: >cannot download the report. �any suggestions. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> >To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:46 PM >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10607] RE: ESL learners and health > > >> Kate (and others): >> >> There is a new report (August 2004) from Educational Testing Service >> (ETS) that looks at info from the National Adult Literacy Survey >> (NALS)and the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and >> "identifies...the health-related literacy skills of U.S. adults and >> finds marked differences among adults based on their education, age, >> wealth, and country of birth." The report is call "Literacy and Health >> in America" and it's written by Rima Rudd of the Harvard School of >> Public Health, and Irwin Kirsch and Kentaro Yamamoto of ETS. The authors >> have created a Health Activities Literacy Scale (HALS) that identifies >> and places health-related skills on a scale composed of 5 levels of >> health literacy. >> >> You can download the report at the ETS Web site at www.ets.lrg/research >> >> Miriam >> *********** >> Miriam Burt >> Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) >> Center for Applied Linguistics >> Washington, DC � >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of kate >> singleton >> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:32 PM >> To: Multiple recipients of list >> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10606] ESL learners and health >> >> Hello. >> I will soon be presenting a workshop on health literacy concerns of >> adult immigrants and their families to an audience of public health >> workers, medical school faculty, and adult educators. �I would like to >> share with them stories from ESL classes about learners' health and >> health care experiences and concerns. �I'm not currently in the >> classroom --- I would love to hear from teachers who are. �Does anyone >> have any stories from learners about health issues that they would like >> to share? �Or health-related learning activities that were particularly >> well-received by learners? >> >> Also, I would love to hear feedback from folks who have used some >> web-based materials I've made: �Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health >> Literacy and the Fairfax County, VA, EL/Civics Curriculum health >> materials. �If you have used them and would like to share your comments, >> would you please write to me off-list at katesingleton@cox.net? >> >> Thanks very much. >> >> Kate Singleton >> Falls Church, VA >> >> >> > -- Blessings, Jean
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