There have been so many changes for our small, but mighty organization in recent years. LESLLA was founded in 2005 with an inaugural meeting in Tilburg, Netherlands in 2005. A cozy meeting of dedicated educators, researchers and policymakers committed to deepening our understanding of literacy and language acquisition by adult learners with interrupted formal schooling experience and little to no literacy in their first language(s).
Read MorePlease join us in congratulating and welcoming our new LESLLA Board Members! Congratulations to:
Andrea Echelberger - Vice President
Monica Leong - Assistant Secretary
Sara Haghighi - Membership Director/Assistant Treasurer
Enas Filimban - Assistant Communications Director
Come to this brief "meet & greet" to say hello to current LESLLA Board members, learn about the upcoming open Board positions, and ask any questions about the nominations and elections process.
Read MoreThe picture above from LESLLA 2018 in Palermo, Italy is a nice reminder of how important and rewarding it is to gather as LESLLA practitioners and researchers. Unfortunately, COVID-19 had other plans for our annual meeting in Sweden.
Read MoreLESLLA 2020 is happening during unprecedented times! Of course the Board of Directors and the Malmo organizers are following the pandemic and related travel restrictions closely. It's far too early to say what will happen this summer, but for now, we are still planning on a wonderful August symposium in Sweden! Due to the current health crisis, several adjustments to the timeline have been made.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce that the LESLLA 2015 Annual Proceedings from our symposium in St. Augustine Florida is available online.
Read MoreMartha Young-Scholten started a discussion thread through the LESLLA listerv about favorite reads within the genres of Fiction and NonFiction of Displacement. Check out the list of good reads!
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreOn 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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