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Teaching Reading To Adults Where English Is Their Second Language, Judith Ann Powell Jan 2008

Teaching Reading To Adults Where English Is Their Second Language, Judith Ann Powell

Theses Digitization Project

This project sought to identify methods that will work best for Second Language (ESL) adults and identify ways in which ESL can be taught to help facilitate learning for the older adult over 40 years of age. This project identified some of the problems caused by the nature of the English language and the grammatical issues older ESL students face when attempting to learn to speak and read English.


Constructivism For The English-As-A-Second-Language Learning Environment And Professional Development, Starley Beatrix Dullien Jan 2005

Constructivism For The English-As-A-Second-Language Learning Environment And Professional Development, Starley Beatrix Dullien

Theses Digitization Project

This project addresses the needs of the adult learner. The adult learner referred to in; this project comes from two distinguishable groups. One group of adult learners consists of the ESL students who attend adult school or community-based English programs. The other group of adult learners consists of the teachers within adult education ESL programs who themselves are students as they participate in professional development workshops.