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 iAN23YQ05875; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:03:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:03:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1101175168.41a29980b8723@webmailapp4.cc.utexas.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: mdryden@mail.utexas.edu To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10598] Re: Question re. LEP terminology/Ujwala'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: 1779 Lines: 43 Laurie, I can only give you my perceptions. Are you referring to K12 or adult education, or both? As far as I know, we generally do not use this terms for adult learners, especially in the recent adult education literature. I can understand using it as the person from Colorado used it, as a trio of specific descriptions, under the umbrella term of English Language Learner, for K12, if they want to use it. I am not in K12, so I cannot speak for the terms used there. However, I prefer English Language Learner/ESOL student/learner for adults. I think that we can discontinue using LEP for adults; we now have ELL or ESL or ESOL learner levels (products of assessment) for adults, that are far more meaningful and descriptive than LEP. Our federal adult Education Grants refer to ESL students/learners, I believe, or they should. I do not have access to one at the moment. Yet all learners, as Ujwala perhaps suggested with his significant question, are sensitive to the names given them. Adults and children can recognize words with negative connotations. Have we given voice to either of these groups, as Ujwala asked, in the choice of the term that we attach to them as a group. This is another way of being sensitive to their needs, which is a cornerstone of our field. Marianne Quoting Laurie Ketzenberg <lketzenberg@resolutionpictures.com>: > Re the "LEP" word/acronym/label: does anyone consider that its pervasive use > in government-speak/institution talk (i.e. Departments of Education and > Labor, grant writing, assessment reports, etc., etc.) may be why it persists > in the discourse? Those 3 letters carry tremendous meaning in our field. > Addressing this would be huge. Does anyone think it's necessary? Please > share! > > Laurie > > >
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