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'''Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition''' (LESLLA) is a forum for [[research]] into the development of [[second language acquisition]] skills by adult [[immigration|immigrants]] with little or no formal [[education]]. Its goal is to share research insights among an international group of [[linguistics|linguists]], [[psychology|psychologists]] and educators, ultimately supplying guidance on education policy in countries where immigrants have settled. It is the only group organised specifically to address the needs of vulnerable immigrants, who need to develop speaking and writing skills in a second language. | '''Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition''' (LESLLA) is a forum for [[research]] into the development of [[second language acquisition]] skills by adult [[immigration|immigrants]] with little or no formal [[education]]. Its goal is to share research insights among an international group of [[linguistics|linguists]], [[psychology|psychologists]] and educators, ultimately supplying guidance on education policy in countries where immigrants have settled. It is the only group organised specifically to address the needs of vulnerable immigrants, who need to develop speaking and writing skills in a second language. | ||
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Revision as of 23:39, 5 March 2008
Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition (LESLLA) is a forum for research into the development of second language acquisition skills by adult immigrants with little or no formal education. Its goal is to share research insights among an international group of linguists, psychologists and educators, ultimately supplying guidance on education policy in countries where immigrants have settled. It is the only group organised specifically to address the needs of vulnerable immigrants, who need to develop speaking and writing skills in a second language.
LESLLA's first three-day workshop was held in August 2005 at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. November 2006 saw the second meeting held in Richmond, Virginia, and a third was organised at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in September 2007.[1]
The group's members include Ineke van de Craats (linguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen), Martha Young-Scholten (linguistics, Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Jeanne J. H. Kurvers (multilingualism, Tilburg), Larry Condelli (managing director, American Institutes for Research) and Nancy Faux (ESOL, Virginia Commonwealth University).[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ LESLLA.org: 'Workshops'.
- ↑ LESLLA.org: 'Contact Us'.