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Direct linkReder, Stephen, Ed.; Bynner, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend our knowledge of what works in raising skill…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Educational Development, Academic Persistence, Numeracy
Kaplan, Robert B., Ed.; And Others – 1984
A collection of reports on literacy and literacy issues includes a variety of perspectives and descriptions of diverse programs and is divided into three sections. The first examines broad questions of literacy: "On the Study of Literacy" (David Bendor-Samuel); "Linguistics and Literacy" (Gloria Kindell); and "Literacy in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Applied Linguistics, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Download full textEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Policy Information Center. – 1996
One of the problems common to efforts to set skill standards for various occupations is deciding on the facility needed for dealing with the printed word. A similar problem faces those trying to define "workplace literacy." This workbook brings together resources to make them available to those who are trying to deal with this education issue. The…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Functional Literacy
Non-Traditional Employment for Women (NEW), New York, NY. – 1987
The stories, essays, poems, and anecdotes in this booklet were written by students attending community-based literacy classes and they reflect the students' varied lives and experiences. Many of these pieces are appropriate for adult beginning readers and may encourage students to write their own stories that in turn may be read by others. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Language Experience Approach
Gorman, Thomas P., Ed. – 1977
Comprising a study of the application of linguistics to literacy, the 16 papers in this book were prepared by contributors from both developing and developed nations. The papers in the first section illustrate the relevance of certain developments in theoretical and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics to literacy teaching.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Maybin, Janet, Ed. – 1994
Readings on language and literacy within their social context include: "The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages" (Bronislaw Malinowski); "Toward Ethnographies of Communication" (Dell Hymes); "Language as Social Semiotic" (M. A. K. Halliday); "Language and Ideology" (V. N. Volosinov); "Family…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cultural Context, Ethnography, Family Influence
Education Writers Association, Washington, DC. – 1991
Six reporters in diverse areas looked at how their communities were responding to adult literacy, basic skills, and workplace literacy programs. This guide contains six reports, three in each of its two parts: (1) Reporting on Welfare Reform--Is the Story Literacy or Decent Jobs? and (2) Reporting on Literacy Programs--Is There a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Programs
