Principled training for LESLLA instructors

Abstract

"In our work as teacher educators in adult ESL, we see the spectrum of instructional programs for immigrants and refugees in Minnesota, USA. These programs vary greatly; some are well-funded and enjoy full-time staff and state of the art facilities, others are volunteer-run and meet in church basements or in the high-rise apartment buildings where their learners reside. The students in adult ESL programs span from the highly educated to those with no first language literacy, from those who arrived to the United States decades ago, to those who arrived last week. Often, all of these students can be found within the same classroom"