The increasing number of English learners in local communities in the U.S. include both children and their family members. There is an urgent need to provide educational support for both generations of English learners. In this report from the field, a partnership program using a two-generation approach is described. Based on interviews,…

A curriculum guide for a family-based English-as-a-Second-Language program is presented. The first section contains information on participant recruitment and is followed by details on the class organization, including teaching techniques for parents and children, testing procedures, and field trips. Ten curriculum modules cover the following…

This paper presents excerpts from the author's diary describing the experiences encountered while conducting the Theater Workshop Project, a project designed for enhancing the literacy of homeless mothers and children. The project's objectives and techniques are to: (1) use storytelling in the shelters as an entertaining vehicle to begin to build…