The Field of ESOL

Virginia Adult Educator Certification Program

World Englishes

World Englishes

The Teaching of World Englishes

The Foreign-born Population in the United States

Pew Hispanic Center, 2007 

U.S. Virginia

Total population

301,621,000 7,712,000

Native-born

263,572,703 6,938,215

Foreign-born

38,048,456 773,785

% 12.6 10.3

Virginia’s Foreign-born

Virginia’s Foreign-born

Frederick (5th) and Loudoun (9th) Counties, VA

ranked in the top ten U.S. counties for percent growth in foreign-born population (2000 to 2006).

• The largest share were from Asia (39.8%).• 36% from Latin America• The top three countries of birth:

– El Salvador– Mexico– Korea

English Proficiency of Virginia Residents

The Cost of Low English Proficiency

The Lexington Institute

010,00020,00030,00040,00050,000

Median Household Income Median Household Income for English Learners

ELL Households Earn 60% of English-only Households

The Cost of Low English Proficiency

Quick Facts

Currently over 11 million ELLs in U.S. with over 5 million in elementary and secondary schools

An estimated 113,569 students fail to graduate each year due only to lack of English skills.

LEP wage penalty between 3.8% and 38.6 %

Nearly $65 billion in earnings lost annually due to inadequate English skills for LEP adults.

ESOL + Adult Education

Service Providers:

OAEL (VA) Funded Programs

TOTAL STUDENTS68 Programs ReportedFiscal year 2007 - 2008

ABE 11,354

ASE 4,574

ESOL 15,012

Total 30,940

ESL Degrees and Certificates

Research in Second Language Acquisition

– VATESOL – http://vatesol.cloverpad.org/ – WATESOL – http://watesol.org

Sites Consulted

• Pew Hispanic Center– http://pewhispanic.org/

• Migration Policy Institute– http://www.migrationpolicy.org/

The Field of ESOL

Virginia Adult Educator Certification Program