Hello, everyone: 
  
The latest issue of the CAELA Currents, the quarterly newsletter of the
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA), is now available
on line at   

 http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/ccoct06.html

Two meetings held in Washington, DC, this past month are highlighted.

The purpose of the first, the "Forum on Adult Literacy Education in
Immigrant Communities," was to address the need for a strategy to
increase access to quality English language learning among immigrant
adults and consider what that strategy should include. This forum was
attended by stakeholders from local and national immigrant, literacy,
and education advocacy and service provider groups from government,
labor, social justice, corporate, and nonprofit sectors. To read about
the forum, go to 
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/ccoct06.html#FORUM

The purpose of the second, the "Symposium on Transitioning Adult
Learners to Community Colleges" was to "stimulate a national discussion
on the challenge and pay-off of ABE-to-college transitions approaches in
research, policy, and practice to make ABE more effective in promoting
successful college transitions." The participants in the symposium
included service providers and researchers from adult basic education
programs and community colleges, researchers, staff in national and
state departments of education, foundation representatives, and those
who provide technical assistance to staff working with adult learners.To
read about the forum,go to
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/ccoct06.html#TRAN

 Thanks. 

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