Reframing Literacy in Adult ESL Programs: Making the case for the inclusion of identity

Adult  ESL  programs  in  the  Australian  context  are  heavily  influenced  by  neo-liberal notions  of  functional  literacy  and  numeracy.  This paper argues that such notions, designed to enable the learner to function within the workplace or community can fail to acknowledge the complexity of...

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Main Author: Michael Atkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2014-10-01
Series:Literacy and Numeracy Studies
Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/4176