Hello everyone:

The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) published two
briefs in late 2005: Adolescent Learners in Adult ESL Classes and Online
Professional Development for Adult ESL Educators: 

 Adolescent Learners in Adult ESL Classes 
CAELA staff member Sarah Young has written a brief that explains some of
the reasons why adolescents may attend adult ESL classes and describes
the characteristics of adolescent learners. The brief also provides
guidelines for adult ESL program administrators, instructors, and
communities to improve adolescent ELL's chances of success in and beyond
adult ESL programs.  Download it at
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/adolescent.html

Online Professional Development for Adult ESL Educators 
This brief describes current efforts to provide online professional
development opportunities and resources for adult ESL teachers and
discusses factors that must be considered in the development, delivery,
and evaluation of professional development that is available online.This
brief is written by Karen Taylor technology manager at the Arlington
(Virginia) Education and Employment Program (REEP) and CAELA staff
member Julie Mathews-Aydinli. Download it at 
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/onlinepd.html

While you're online at CAELA's Web site www.cal.org/caela, check out the
Ask CAELA  (on the home page). The current topic of ASK CAELA is
professional learning communities and includes an interview with Jessica
Dilworth, the adult education director at Cochise College in Douglas,
Arizona. 
Miriam
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Miriam Burt
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
Center for Applied Linguistics
4646 40th Street NW
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 362-0700
(202) 363-7204 (fax)
miriam at cal.org 






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