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Beyond the Benchmarks: Toward a View of Adult ESL Programming in a Literacy Framework.
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Ho, Laura Anderson – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Compares the 1996 Canadian Language Benchmarks for describing English-language proficiency among second-language-learners with the International Adult Literacy Survey. Points to the potential for aligning the Benchmarks with other systems for describing adult competencies to enable more systematic integration of immigrants' experiences, skills,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language)