[NIFL-ESL:10789] Re: Leadership/Support groups for ESL learners

From: Flannery Quinn (flanneryq@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Mar 15 2005 - 11:49:25 EST


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Where is the program located?
I would be interested in knowing more.
Thanks,
Flannery Quinn
ESL teacher, San Francisco

----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Josh Kildall" <kildalljt@hotmail.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list"
> <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:31 AM
> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10787] Leadership/Support groups
> for ESL learners
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > I have been working as a volunteer with an
> immigrant program that offers 
> > support groups for Latin American women in
> Spanish. These groups serve to 
> > teach their participants about their rights, and
> resources available to 
> > them, but they also teach the participants how to
> speak for themselves, 
> > and their communities. From what I have seen and
> heard, these groups have 
> > been quite successful at building its
> participants' self-esteems. Do any 
> > of you have similar programs? Have they been
> successful? Any pit falls? I 
> > think these groups are particularly successful
> because they are offered in 
> > the participants' native language. Has anyone
> tried this in English ( 
> > learners' second language)?
> > Thanks for any input,
> > Josh
> >
> >
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