International Forum on Low-literacy Learners
An international forum, Research, Practice, and Policy for Low-educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition - for Adults (LESLLA), sponsored by the Literacy Institute will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, November 2-3, 2006.
If you are an ESOL practitioner in Virginia and have worked extensively with low-literacy learners, we would encourage you to attend the sessions that will be held on Thursday, November 2. On that day, internationally-recognized experts in ESOL and immigration issues will be offering special presentations in the morning, and concurrent sessions on a variety of interests in research, practice, and public policy pertaining to the low-educated adult second language/literacy learner in the afternoon. There will be a formal reception in the evening at The Valentine Richmond History Center. On Friday, select national and international participants will form working groups focusing on special topics. These proceedings will be published and disseminated to an international audience.
Space is limited so we encourage you to submit your registration soon.
Please read further for more information about LESLLA.
Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition (LESLLA) for Adults is an international forum of researchers who share an interest in research into the development of second language skills by adult immigrants with little or no schooling prior to immigrating to their new country of residence.
LESLLA's goal is to share empirical research and information that will guide further research on second language acquisition for the low-educated adult population. This research, in turn, will influence educational policy development in all those countries where immigrants settle and most need educational support. For more information about LESLLA, please see our website at http://www.leslla.org.
LESLLA held its inaugural workshop from August 25 to 27, 2005 at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. Researchers from the Netherlands, England, the United States, Belgium, and Sweden presented their research on L2 language and literacy development of low educated adults. Proceedings from this workshop will soon be available on our web site.