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 f05GMX929267; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:22:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:22:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <fc.001e5de001c9fee23b9aca0080e86bf9.1ca020d@pbs.org> 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: Fran Keenan <fkeenan@PBS.ORG> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:5409] another new year's question X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 1856 Lines: 51 nifl-esl@nifl.gov writes: >Happy New Year , colleagues across the ESL universe! > >I will toss out a question, too. > >I am interested in how to help students continue their ESL studies AFTER >they are employed. Often, students drop out of programs once they are >working because of the demands of work, family and limited time. > >What are program formats, alternative programs, instructional methods , >distance learning approaches, sceduling arrangements etc. that you have >tried and that have succeeded in keeping learners attached to an ESL >program? Diane Pecoraro's question above leads me to ask another question. Does anyone on this list have any sense (or has anyone done or seen any recent research) about adult ESL learners' use of the Internet? I do have the Children's Partnership report and various other digital divide reports. What I assume--and would like to see data about--is that our learners have increasing access to the Internet at home, in the community, at school and perhaps at work and, like others, use it primarilly for e-mail. I ask this because we at PBS LiteracyLink, along with NCAL at University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson County Public Schools adult education in Louisville, KY, are developing some online instruction for intermediate-level adult ESL learners. The 5-year project (working title--Project CONNECT) is funded by the US Department of Education, FIPSE/LAAP program. We are in early development and are getting ready for some preliminary field testing. (More info at http://www.pbs.org/literacy/esl) So, if you have any information--or observations even--about how adult learners are using the Internet inside or outside of class, please share! Thanks and Happy New Year! Fran Keenan Associate Director PBS LiteracyLink/CONNECT 703-739-8665 fkeenan@pbs.org http://www.pbs.org/literacy/esl
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