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Comparative Effectiveness of Three Languages of Instruction among Adult Literacy Learners.

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Fajonyomi, Ayodele A.; Ala-Adeyemi, F. B. O. – Journal of Reading, 1993

Studies Nigerian adult literacy learners reading at about the fifth-grade level. Finds that, although each of the groups had a significant mean score gain, those instructed in a mixture of English and Hausa (1 of 394 recognized languages or dialects in Nigeria) outperformed those instructed in English only or Hausa only. (SR)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis