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 fAOJwm004406; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:58:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:58:48 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <E167iuL-0000XP-00@blount.mail.mindspring.net> 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: "Abigail Tom" <abtom@mindspring.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6754] Re: Illiterate in primary language X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) Status: O Content-Length: 541 Lines: 12 I interviewed some of our adult students who lack literacy in their first langiage about whether they would be interested in classes to teach them L1 literacy. The consensus seemed to be that they scarcely had time to study English, which they regard as their most immediate need. One thing I've always wondered about, however, is whether adult students who become literate in English then transfer those skills to their first language. Abbie Tom --Abbie Tom Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC, USA abtom@mindspring.com
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