Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id MAA12370; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:10:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:10:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199912051606.KAA23057@martin.luther.edu> 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: Theresa Pruett-Said <pruetlst@martin.luther.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:3809] academically bound X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL0pre8] Status: RO Content-Length: 1159 Lines: 19 My impression has always been that the US government is not really interested in the upward mobility of immigrants in this country. It seems like the US has a long history of expecting first generation immigrants to do jobs at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder--and in fact this is why some immigrants get visas to come--such as in the case of meat packing plants. Thus I think that would explain why you don't see ABE funding/categories for students who make the decision to continue with academic studies. During a adult ed ESL training session I was even told by the person who had me to train tutors that i was only supposed to focus on survival English even though I knew some of the students were beyond that point. She told me this because she felt her funding might be jeopardized if it appeared we were doing more than that. I think this is why you find at many community colleges that there are two streams--adult ed ESL and academic or credit-bearing ESL. At some CC's the levels overlap to some extent but at others the lower levels are ABE courses and the higher levels are credit-bearing academically oriented courses. Terry Pruett-Said
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