Having just read Helen's email, I think yes -
Frances
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>Subject: RE: A question about ESOL and dyslexia
>Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:50:22 -0000
>From: "Isabel Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Has the Access for All for ESOL come out yet?
>Isabel Arnold
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>Subject: Re: A question about ESOL and dyslexia
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>Hi
>I've been out of the loop for a while, but I was involved in some work at
>LLU+ on amending Access for All for ESOL over a year ago - I think the work
>must surely be complete now.
>Certainly Access for All in its original form was pretty useful as a start
>- contact Marina Spiegel at Southbank Uni for information on the ESOL version.
>On the question of assessment, you can try teaming up with Literacy practitioners
>and so on - sharing expertise.
>In the past I found the Basic Skills materials and techniques were very
helpful
>for ESOL students as long as the assessor concentrated carefully and didn't
>muddle language with the rest...
>If you haven't already done so, contact LLU+ you will find them extremely
>knowlegeable, helpful and supportive.
>All the best
>Frances
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>>Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:55:34 -0000
>>Reply-To: James Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
>>From: James Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: A question about ESOL and dyslexia
>>To: [log in to unmask]
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>>Emma Leavey writes from Brighton:
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>>Hello,
>>I am an organiser of 13 ESOL classes in Brighton & Hove which vary from
>>Pre Entry to Level 1 and are mostly accreditted. We have struggled over
>>the years to fund assessments of learners who either appear to be
>>dyslexic or appear to have some kind of learning difficulty and have now
>>managed to fund it. However, we are now struggling to find someone who
>>can conduct these assessments as none of us are qualified even to
>>presume that a learner may have one of the above.
>>
>>Is there any help or guidance that you could give me?
>>
>>Many thanks
>>Emma Leavey
>>ESOL Project Worker
>>Workers' Educational Association
>>
>>Emma's dilemma raises all sorts of difficult questions for ESOL
>>practitioners faced with learners who appear to have learning
>>difficulties or differences of some kind. It's a particular acute
>>problem with students of the level she is teaching, as many of them -
>>presumably - have never learned to read or write in any language and are
>>coming to literacy for the first time.
>>My own immediate - but limited - suggestion is to take a look at Chapter
>>5 of M. Spiegel and H. Sunderland's 'Teaching basic literacy to ESOL
>>learners' (2006, LLU+), and follow up some of the references there. I am
>>rather hoping some members of this list might have more ideas,
>>suggestions and comments. If you do, just press 'reply to all' on this
>>message or send a message to [log in to unmask]
>>Best wishes
>>James
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