Beyond the Benchmarks: Toward a View of Adult ESL Programming in a Literacy Framework.

Ho, Laura Anderson

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Publication Date: 1998

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Beyond the Benchmarks: Toward a View of Adult ESL Programming in a Literacy Framework.

Ho, Laura Anderson

Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v44 n2 p163-72 Sum 1998

Compares the 1996 Canadian Language Benchmarks for describing English-language proficiency among second-language-learners with the International Adult Literacy Survey. Points to the potential for aligning the Benchmarks with other systems for describing adult competencies to enable more systematic integration of immigrants' experiences, skills, and ideas through Canada's adult education systems. Contains 18 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Immigrants, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Social Integration, Student Needs

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: International Adult Literacy Survey

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