Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eB9HRq928544; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 12:27:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 12:27:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210101b6581aed3f79@[128.148.44.126]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:318] Re: Trauma and the Adult English Language X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1756 Lines: 41 Betsy Thanks very much for sharing your observations and experience around issues of trauma and its impacts on learning, and especially for calling attention to the fact that harassment in many forms is indeed a form of violence of its own. I agree with you completely - the issue does not affect only immigrant learners; the focus of the digest was on immigrant learners per the request of NCLE, which addresses learning issues for ESOL learners/educators. Thank you, though, for emphasizing that violence in all its forms affects all of us, and for making visible another insidious form of harm in harassment. best, janet >Please forgive me for being so slow, but I just read Janet Iserlis's >digest, "Trauma and the Adult English Language Learner" recommended by >Barbara Garner last August. Janet's observations are very much on the >mark, useful and within the reach of most adult educators. > >The only thing I can add is that what she says about violence applies >beyond the immigrant community and is not just an issue for women and >children. I have a daughter who suffered severe harassment in >elementary school. How I wish she had a teacher who had understood >Janet's section on "implications for practice". Teachers who work with >learners of any age and from any kind of background will eventually >encounter the effects of violence. This is most especially true for >adult educators. All of us need to know how to assist our students in >contacting appropriate resources. Those of us who are willing and able >to confront the issue in the sensitive, courageous ways Janet recommends >will have a much richer experience of teaching and learning. > >Betsy Cornwell >West Paris Family Learning Project >West Paris, Maine
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