Dear listers, 

Below is information about a new brief on the differences between adult
ESL reading instruction and ABE reading instruction that may be of
interest.


Lynda Terrill
NIFL-ESL Moderator
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
Center for Applied Linguistics
4646 40th St, NW
Washington, DC 
lterrill at cal.org
tel 202-362-0700
fax 202-363-7204
http://www.cal.org/caela

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The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) is pleased to
announce the first in its new series of briefs, "How Should Adult ESL
Reading Instruction Differ from ABE Reading Instruction?" This brief
summarizes the research base on adult English speakers learning to read
and the suggestions for instructions from these studies. Then, using
findings from a synthesis of research on adult English language learners
learning to read, it describes how these learners differ from native
English speakers, and how these differences should affect instruction. 

This brief is available online at
http://www.cal.org/caela/briefs/readingdif.html