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The Population-Food Squeeze: Education For Survival, N. Keith Roberts
The Population-Food Squeeze: Education For Survival, N. Keith Roberts
Faculty Honor Lectures
One in every four people living on our planet goes to bed hungry each day, and many more survive on inadequate diets only to die prematurely. At the same time, many of the world's natural resources are producing food far below their potential. Almost 25 percent of the Earth's adult population are illiterate, and many more are severely deficient in basic educational skills.
An Esl Program With Laotian Refugees, Patricia A. Ryan-Croes
An Esl Program With Laotian Refugees, Patricia A. Ryan-Croes
MA TESOL Collection
This project is a report on an ESL program developed for and taught to a Laotian couple who arrived in Brattleboro, Vermont in December 1979. The program took place from January to March 1980. The purpose of this report is to present and discuss issues, incidents, suggestions and conclusions regarding the teaching of ESL to Laotian refugees which may be helpful to program organizers and teachers.
The first part of the report details the refugee couple's background before their arrival in Brattleboro. Next is a description of the process of organizing the program and establishing the classroom procedure. This is …