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A description of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement's standards and curriculum for its Mainstream English Language Training (MELT) program, first designed in 1983, outlines the principles on which the curriculum is based, its structure, and development over its first 15 years. An introductory section gives background information on the project and its design. The second section explains the adoption of the competency-based approach to English language instruction, the design of the core curriculum, and provision for local curriculum development based on this core. The specific competencies for each instructional level are then listed, and criteria for assessing performance at each level are detailed. Finally, procedures and issues in learner assessment and program accountability are discussed. Appended materials include a list of original MELT program participants, a list of commercial textbook series that incorporate MELT competencies, and oral language, reading, and writing assessment checklists at the beginning level. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert