Lynne and others,

I want to suggest an excellent article about ESOL learners who seem "fossilized" in their learning development. It is from an issue of Focus on Basics dedicated to ESOL research.

"Taking a Closer Look at Struggling ESOL Learners" by Robin Lovien Schwarz
is about ESOL learners who seem "stuck", and how we can find the real reasons for their struggles and find ways to get them back on track. 

You can find this article at: 
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=994 

Last year we had a discussion about this on the Focus on Basics list with Robin, and it is definitely worth looking at if you are exploring this issue. You can find it on the FOB Discussion list archives at the following link:

http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/focusonbasics/2006/date.html

Scroll down and find the discussion from February 15-22. You do not have to be subsceribed to read it.

You can find all other Focus on basics articles at:
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=31 

All the best,
Julie


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