Project FLAME: Lessons Learned from a Family Literacy Program for Linguistic Minority Families.

Shanahan, Timothy; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ502771

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Publication Date: 1995

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Project FLAME: Lessons Learned from a Family Literacy Program for Linguistic Minority Families.

Shanahan, Timothy; And Others

Reading Teacher, v48 n7 p586-93 Apr 1995

Describes a Chicago, IL, family literacy program that offers simultaneous and connected education for Latino adults and children. Discusses how the Parents as Teachers and ESL parts of the program are connected; how to construct a family literacy curriculum; what language should be used for family literacy instruction; and what happens in a community when the program leaves. (SR)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans, Parents as Teachers, Program Descriptions

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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