AN online English language program called USA Learns, aimed at providing out-of-class support for adult migrants with limited English language and literacy skills in the US, is on track for delivery in 2008. According to the US Department of Education, two prototype 20-unit English courses will be ready for field-testing with students in spring. If judged successful, the program will be available to learners across the US from September 2008.
Language assistance needed in Scotland
苏格兰教师呼吁政府帮助移民儿童扫除语言障碍
THE Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) recently called on the Scottish government to provide more language assistance to migrant children who speak little English for fear that foreign children might not reach their potential at school because of language barriers. According to the SSTA, more interpreters are needed in the classroom to translate instructions from English into the children’s native language.
