Report in Dutch of 17th annual LESLLA Symposium. Courtesy of Tijdschrift Les
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We look back to a successful online LESLLA Symposium. The 17th Annual Symposium took place on August 11th & 12th, 2021. The theme of this year’s symposium was: Reconnecting the LESLLA Community in 2021. During the two days, LESLLA hosted live keynote talks, roundtables, & coffee break sessions for all attendees.
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The LESLLA board of directors has been grappling with the best way to support communication among the LESLLA community. There is no best approach, but there are clearly less effective approaches. This summer, we’re piloting two community platforms as alternatives to our listserv. Read more here!
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The Pathway to Literacy team in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA is pleased to announce a boost for LESLLA learners in our city. Lilly Endowment, Inc. has awarded grant funds for projects in Indianapolis leading toward economic self-sufficiency. 28 Indianapolis-based organizations received Enhancing Opportunity grants, including the Immigrant Welcome Center, which received a grant of $1,054,675 to support the Building English Literacy and Learning (BELL) Project.
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A hearty CONGRATULATIONS to LESLLA board member Lisa Gonzalves, who has completed her doctoral work at the University of California-Davis in Linguistics. Her dissertation is titled: Understanding and Supporting Emergent Writing in L2 Adults Developing First-Time Literacy. So proud of you, Dr. Gonzalves! Thank you for being an outstanding LESLLA scholar.
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On behalf of the organizers of the ESREA (European Society of Research on the Education of Adults) conference held in Belgrade, Serbia during Sept. 2019, we would like to share this important and powerful manifesto on adult education.
The following is a translation of the “Kritisches Manifest der Erwachsenenbildung”. Several partners helped to translate and refine this Manifesto.
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