Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iACK0E005658; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:00:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:00:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <300BEB3101730B459922DE1D3B4AED890138755B@hobbes2.cal.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Dora Johnson" <dora@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4603] FW: Send to your lists, please X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2457 Lines: 65 The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is pleased to announce the opening of the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA). CAL has received funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education to operate this center for three years (October 2004-September 2007). The purpose of the Center is to assist states with emerging populations who are learning English as a second language (ESL). Center staff will work with state representatives so that they will have the capacity to promote the English language learning and academic achievement of adults learning English. The Center and its partners-- Abt Associates, American Institutes for Research (AIR), and World Education/National Center for Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) -- will develop state capacity by * Building a training infrastructure through workshops held annually for state teams of ESL professionals and through development of a toolkit of training materials for professional developers * Providing ongoing technical assistance to the states involved in the trainings through distance learning, mentoring, study groups, and other methods appropriate to the needs of the states * Disseminating research-based information and resources to states regarding effective English language instruction for adults. The Center will collect, publish, and disseminate curricula, program standards, reports, and findings from research and make them easily available on the Center's Web site * Maintaining a Web site where research documents, information on professional development activities and opportunities, training materials, and links to other useful Web sites will assist practitioners as they seek to improve their practice * Hosting an electronic discussion list for adult ESL practitioners CAELA will replace the National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE), also housed at CAL, which (since 1989) has provided information and technical assistance to professionals who work with adult English language learners. CAELA's Web address, as of December 1, 2004, will be www.cal.org/caela. Until then, for information about adult ESL resources and services, go to www.cal.org/ncle, or call (202) 3620-0700, extension 200. Dora Johnson Research Associate Center for Applied Linguistics 4646 40th Street, NW Washington, DC 20016-1859 Telephone: 202-362-0700 Fax: 202-363-7204 E-mail: dora@cal.org Web site: www.cal.org
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