ERIC Number: EJ1246093
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 4
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How Policy Changes Affect Local Immigrant Learners. Forum: Immigration and ESL
Miller, Susan Finn
Adult Literacy Education, v1 n1 p59-62 Spr 2019
Civics education is an important component of what we do in adult ESL classes. Therefore, in the fall of 2016, although most of the adults in my class were not yet citizens, and, therefore, not eligible to vote, I wanted the learners to understand the upcoming election and especially the significance of red and blue states as reflected in the electoral college. [The article is Part 2 of 3 in the series. For Part 1, "Immigrants Learning English in a Time of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment," see EJ1246075.]
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Public Policy, Citizenship Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Adult Education, Elections, Political Attitudes, Voting, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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