Hello, friends and colleagues, 

 

I wanted to encourage those doing literacy work to check out a new
association of educators and researchers from different countries, all
working with migrants/immigrants with few years of education in the home
country and learning the language of the settlement country. We are a
very loose association called LESLLA. LESLLA started in 2005 in Tilburg,
in the Netherlands, and the next international conference will be this
October in Antwerp, Belgium. 

Here is the link to the LESLLA site.

 

 

http://www.leslla.org/default.htm

 

 

The LESLLA conferences (one in the Netherlands, then in the States, and
in the UK) have had presenters engaged in second language literacy work
in Holland, Belgium, Germany, the UK, Morocco, Australia, East Timor,
and the US, and we are hoping to have an even wider range this year. All
in all, it's still a fairly small conference with lots of time to
interact and share ideas around common concerns and interests. Anyone
involved or interested in the intersection of adult literacy, second
language acquisition and socio-cultural issues would benefit (and have a
grand old time). 

 

We are hoping that if you work with migrants, immigrants, refugees or
asylum seekers who struggle with literacy both in the primary language
and the second (or third etc) language, you will consider sending a
proposal for a presentation - you could also suggest a panel or round
table you may want to be part of. 

 

If you have worked with ESL or L1 literacy teachers and have insights to
share into what the opportunities and challenges are in helping teachers
connect with students who struggle with literacy in any language, we
would love to hear from you.  

 

 

Below is the link for the call for papers. 

 

 

http://www.leslla.org/workshops.htm

 

But of course, you might consider just attending the conference as well.


 

Hoping to hear about lots of interesting work  

 

Heide Spruck Wrigley 

 

 

Heide Spruck Wrigley

Senior Researcher

Literacywork International 

Mesilla, New Mexico 

 

 

 

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