Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j4VLeHG18328; Tue, 31 May 2005 17:40:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 17:40:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20050531213750.8829233CE7@relay1.cypresscom.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sandra Smith" <sandras@u.washington.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4740] FW: RE: ESL prenatal curriculum, literacy level X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2118 Lines: 51 Heather; I'd like to send you a copy of the Beginnings Pregnancy Guide and the Beginnings Parents Guide both available in English at a 4th grade reading level and in Spanish at 3rd grade level. (CareOregon was our development partner for the Spanish edition.) Field testing shows that 80% of mothers with 9-12 years education and 50% of those with 6 to 8 years found the Pregnancy Guide easy to understand INDEPENDENTLY. We recently had a 15 year-old with a learning disability and documented 3rd grade reading level read the Pregnancy Guide independently and complete a comprehension test. She understood fully. In addition, a series of color-in drawings by Laurel Burch conveys without words key health behavior messages directly linked to pregnancy outcomes. I’ll need your mailing address. Please give me a call to discuss how Beginnings might fit your project. SS Sandra Smith, MPH CHES 800-444-8806 206 -441-7046 www.BeginningsGuides.net sandras@u.washington.edu -----Original Message----- From: nifl-health@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-health@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Heather Elizabeth Young Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 9:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4730] RE: ESL prenatal curriculum, literacy level Hello All, I'm hoping that someone might have ideas, feedback, input for a project I'm currently working on. I'm designing an ESL class specifically for the target population of immigrant expectant mothers. The focus of the class will be on developing language skills, using the content areas and language functions the learners and caregivers identify as most important during the childbearing year. Most of the target population learners have just a few years of formal education, so it will be a literacy level class. I would appreciate leads on materials that have been developed for this population, and especially hearing from anyone who may have designed or taught a similar class. Thank you, Heather Young hyoung1@gladstone.uoregon.edu Graduate student, LTS Program Department of Linguistics University of Oregon --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
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