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This study was undertaken jointly by UNITEC, Auckland University of Technology, and the National Home Tutors Association with the primary aim of determining literacy gains on a one-semester literacy programme for low-level and pre-literate ESOL students. A majority of the students were refugees and the remainder new immigrants. The students were from seven different source countries. Sixty-two students completed most of the tasks and tests associated with the project. The research involved various methodologies. These were the use of tutor and student profiles, use of self-assessments at the beginning, mid-point and end of the project, the design and administration of parallel performance tests at the beginning and end of the programme, the use of case studies, classroom observations and personal interviews. This paper looks at some of the issues that arose in the project and how we dealt with them. We also discuss the two major issues within the ESOL literacy programme that we were concerned about: the effectiveness of bilingual tutors and English speaking tutors and the time of instruction needed at this level to ensure significant literacy gains.
Author(s): Shameem N, Martin-Blaker J
Editor(s): May, S., Franken, M., Barnard, R.
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: LED: Refereed Proceedings of the Inaugural International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity
Year of Conference: 2005
Publisher: Hamilton: Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato
Notes: Proceedings available on CD Rom from editors, Stephan May, Matgaret Franken and Roger Barnard,Department of General and Applied Linguistics, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Full report of project available from Home Tutor Association, Wellington, New Zealand or Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand.
