Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j56LjjG03067; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:45:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:45:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <96D2DB6B-F34E-4C8A-8A59-C3F5DACA0E36@comcast.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3615] Distance Learning: Shortest distance to a new skill: X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1046 Lines: 28 NIFL-Technology colleagues, This article from the Sunday, June 5th, Boston Globe, about students in the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, begins: "While some of his classmates struggled to open their e-mail, Dong Chen whizzed through sample English-language lessons during an orientation session at a Chinatown computer lab. He eschewed the lab's flat-screen monitors and fast Internet connections for his own mini-laptop, which he had bought in China." ____________________________________________________________ To see this article, click on the link below or cut and paste it into a Web browser: http://www.boston.com:80/news/local/articles/2005/06/05/ shortest_distance_to_a_new_skill ____________________________________________________________ 1. What is your reaction to the article? 2. What questions, if any does it raise for you? 3. What does it suggest about the future of adult English language learning? 4. What should practitioners be doing to prepare for this future? David J. Rosen djrosen@comcast.net
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