There is some interesting research at cal.org search for preliterate students or preliterate theory. IF you search for software there is some available but fairly expensive. There is also some research at ncela.gwu.edu from Thomas & Collier. Sandi

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From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of robinschwarz1 at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 10:58 PM
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] FROM JAY CASTANO AT ROSARIO CENTER, IN WASHINGTON, DC

Just one addendum to my previous message-- Caution-- if the language of 
the student is an unwritten language (e.g. Dinka --a language spoken by 
many Sudanese) literacy would have to develop in a second language 
anyway.--the Sudanese usually speak Arabic or Kiswhili --some very 
fluently).    It would presumably be better for that person to attempt 
literacy in his or her strongest language, as literacy requires a 
vocabulary of ( what did David Rosen say??)  3,000--5,000 words 
--something many ESOL learners might be a long time acquiring.  Robin 
Schwarz

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From: JMCAST1031 at aol.com
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Sent: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 18:55:10 EST
Subject: [EnglishLanguage] FROM  JAY CASTANO AT ROSARIO CENTER, IN 
WASHINGTON, DC

    Hi, everyone...... a  "quick and dirty" question.  Is there any 
research on teaching
Adult  LD  or  illiterate students in their own language for a semester 
or  100 hours, before
immersion into English????   Basically, if the student learns how to 
read and write and/or
decode in their language,  is that a benefit to them in their process 
of learning English???
 
Thanks,   Jay

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