We welcome you to read about the experiences of teachers and students as they explored this new curriculum. With the generous support of the FannieMae Foundation, the Adult Literacy Resource Institute of Boston provides teacher training workshops and technical assistance in the use of FannieMae Foundation's homebuying curriculum for English as a Second Language students, How to Buy a Home in the United States . To project a vision of hope in a culture becoming increasingly more anti-immigrant. To support immigrant students' goals of establishing a new life in this country. Many students are becoming citizens, getting involved in community life and establishing themselves in their new communities.
Home ownership is another possible step.
With the participation of ESOL teachers from many programs across the city, to discover approaches in creating a content-based curriculum and to find new methods of gathering information and organizing content. Since the project's beginning in 1997, we have trained a total of 28 teachers to use How to Buy a Home in the United States and have documented our work on this Web site. The A.L.R.I.'s project has been cited in the adult literacy journal, Focus On Basics, and students from 1997's project at Roxbury Community College were featured in an article in the FannieMae Foundation's annual report. In the fall of 1998 the A.L.R.I. will provide grants to adult literacy students and teachers at programs in the greater Boston area to create virtual visit Web pages on homebuying readiness. Adult literacy and ESOL programs participating in the project are located at community based organizations and community colleges in the Boston area.