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Durgunoglu, A. Y.; Oney, B.; Kuscul, H. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2003
In this paper, we discuss the Functional Adult Literacy Program (FALP) that we have developed in Turkey. FALP, which is taught by volunteer instructors, focuses on individuals who have had very little or no schooling. The two evaluation studies of the first three cohorts of the program indicate that FALP is significantly more effective than the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adult Reading Programs, Word Recognition, Foreign Countries