Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Light on refugee research

URL: Light on refugee research
Researcher Dr John Benseman interviewed 36 learners from 10 countries attending English Language Partners’ ESOL-Literacy programme. The programme’s teachers and bilingual assistants also participated....
Imagine you’ve never held a pen. Now couple this with learning to read and write in what is your new language. Refugees with little or no literacy in their own language face enormous challenges in learning English.