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Eilola, Laura – Classroom Discourse, 2023
Adopting the methods of multimodal conversation analysis, this study demonstrates that adult second language (L2) users with emergent literacy formulate requests as 'complex multimodal Gestalts' consisting prototypically of deictic or depictive gestures combined with gaze, situationally relevant material, and vocal or linguistic resources. The…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Adult Students
Fung, Sara; Haspel, Jessica; Kniffen, Susanna; Wondra, Danielle – Children Now, 2022
Employment is foundational to young people's successful transition into adulthood, yet many youth with lived experience in the foster care system struggle to obtain employment that provides a living wage. Youth with foster care experience typically do not have the same contacts and connections to employment opportunities as youth who have not been…
Descriptors: Youth, Foster Care, Barriers, Career Readiness
Ai Leen Choo; Daphne Greenberg; Hongli Li; Amani Talwar – Grantee Submission, 2022
Stuttering is a disorder that affects about 1% of the population and manifests as speech disfluencies. Reading difficulties and disabilities are commonly found in this population. Nonetheless, speech disfluencies have not been explored in adult struggling readers (ASRs). In the current study, we examined the rate of stuttering in ASRs as well as…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Incidence, Adults, Reading Difficulties
Tizita Lemma Melka; Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh; Abiy Menkir Gizaw; Yeraswork Megerssa Bedada; Ermiyas Tsehay Birhanu – Online Submission, 2022
This policy brief is produced by UEA UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation at Bahir Dar University, as part of impact activities for "Family Literacy, Indigenous Learning and Sustainable Development: Proof of Concept Pilot" Project. This work was supported by University of East Anglia's Global Research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Intergenerational Programs, Family Literacy
Elizabeth L. Tighe; Deborah K. Reed; Gal Kaldes; Amani Talwar; Christina Doan – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2022
In the most recent assessment by the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), approximately 19% of adults in the United States scored at or below Level 1 in literacy (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2019a). Adults who performed at Level 1 were only able to identify one key piece of information from…
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Illiteracy
Bella, Benjamin Obonyo; Koome, Peter; Kamuru, Susan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
This research sought to investigate the effects of instructional materials used at community resource centers on adult literacy learners in community development activities with a specific focus on Nyamira North Sub-County, Kenya. The study was guided by the constructivism theory of learning. It employed the descriptive survey design where a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Adult Literacy, Adult Education
Carlsen, Cecilie Hamnes; Rocca, Lorenzo – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
During the past two decades, an increasing number of European countries have introduced language requirements for residency, citizenship, and sometimes even for entry to the country and family reunification. As a result, democratic rights as well as basic human rights have come to depend upon an individual's ability to obtain a certain score on a…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Use, Civil Rights, Scores
Cummins, Phyllis A.; Harrington, A. Katherine; Yamashita, Takashi – Grantee Submission, 2021
Access to lifelong learning opportunities has long been discussed in terms of the economic benefits conferred by access to and engagement in further education by members of the labor force, particularly within the global knowledge economy. However, equitable access to lifelong education opportunities, particularly for low-skilled adults in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Financial Support, Educational Vouchers
Cari L. Carter – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Fanfiction is a valid form of literacy expression often overlooked in academic settings. This study used a mixed-methods approach to understand the facets of fanfiction reading and writing in adults. Survey data was first collected to understand who are the adults choosing to read and write fanfiction. Based on survey results, individual cases…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Nurhayati, Dwi Astuti Wahyu – Dinamika Ilmu, 2023
This research was motivated by some multicultural classroom students' reactions to practicing writing argumentative text including the fact that Indonesia's adult literacy rate of 95% is not accompanied by the ability to recognize and adopt composed facts, which on average is very little. This research was formerly aimed to depict how…
Descriptors: Islam, Religious Education, Multicultural Education, Student Attitudes
Daniel P. Feller; Amani Talwar; Daphne Greenberg; Ryan D. Kopatich; Joseph P. Magliano – Grantee Submission, 2023
Background: A significant portion of adults struggle to read at a basic level. Word reading (defined here as decoding and word recognition) appears to play a pivotal role for this population of readers; however, less is known about how word reading relates to other important semantic processes (e.g., vocabulary, sentence processing) known to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
Christine Dunagin Miller; Daphne Greenberg; Robert Hendrick; Elizabeth L. Tighe – Grantee Submission, 2024
Childhood education affects how individuals adapt to the challenges of adulthood. Although various generalizations are made relating childhood educational experiences to characteristics of adults, there is scant evidence to support those assertions for adult literacy learners in the United States. This study investigates the relationship of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Experience, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education
Jana Wienberg; Gregor Dutz; Anke Grotlüschen – Educational Linguistics, 2022
In this chapter, we focus on the German integration course for migrants, the number of which increased rapidly beginning in 2015. The courses are mandated by the German Immigration Act and represent a relatively well-financed and professional course programme within the national adult education system. The main challenges between 2015 and 2018…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mengistie, Tilahun Adamu – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2021
Notwithstanding their contribution to the development of any society, women are the underclass. Their participation in social, economic, and political spheres could be limited because of illiteracy. To improve their involvement, providing adult education is incontestable. This article examines Ethiopian women's empowerment through Integrated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Females, Empowerment
John Casey; Diane Gardner – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2024
This paper recounts the authors' journey of changing practice from teaching adult literacy to helping other teachers by creating digital and printed learning resources and tutor training materials to support a foundational literacy program designed to help those who teach English speaking adults to read and write.
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Practices, Multiple Literacies, Educational Change