A great article.  I'm going to modify it to fit the class I teach to ESL students who are going into medical/dental programs where we focus on commuication, both written and spoken, and how important it is in those jobs!
 
Mikal Steinbacher
Instructor, ABE/ESL/English
Lake Washington Technical College

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Julie McKinney
Sent: Fri 10/19/2007 6:37 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1406] Article about clear communication



Hi Everyone,

Here is a link to an excellent article that relates to our discussion. It is about communication strategies for English language learners and adults with learning disabilities, but describes strategies that would be helpful for so many patients.

(Just substitute "patient" for "student", and "exam room" for "classroom"!) What do you all think of these strategies?

Communication Strategies for All Classrooms: Focusing on English Language Learners and Students with Learning Disabilities
By: Dale S. Brown and Karen Ford
http://www.ldonline.org/article/19260

Thanks to Rochelle Kenyon, moderator of the Learning Disabilities List for finding this!

All the best,
Julie

Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org

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