Making the Invisible Visible: A Responsive Evaluation Study of ESL and Spanish Language Services for Immigrants in a Small Rural County in Indiana

This article describes a responsive evaluation study of ESL services and Spanish language services for immigrants in a rural county in Indiana. An ESL specialist led the evaluation of language services in the county from the perspectives of language providers and recipients. The responsive evaluatio...

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Counties
English (Second Language)
Evaluation Methods
Immigrants
Indiana
Rural Areas
Second Language Learning
Services
Spanish
Specialists
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