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Direct linkBenjamin Kaiser – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the experiences of adult English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. ABE/ESL learners are a unique but integral population within the language learning community and are largely excluded from the scholarly discourse. Research in the context of language learning and instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Socialization, English (Second Language), Educational Practices
Peer reviewedKaatje Dalderop – AILA Review, 2024
The study focuses on the language learning experiences of adult migrants from refugee backgrounds with limited educational experiences before migration. This group is often referred to as LESLLA learners; LESLLA is an acronym for Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults. The study used Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) -- a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Refugees, Adults
Download full textGee, Elisabeth; Gao, Yuchan – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
This article identifies and describes several different approaches to using game-mediated language learning (GML2), drawing in particular on Reinhardt and Sykes' (2012; 2014) framework and related literature. The article concludes with a brief discussion of potential applications to adult literacy and basic education settings and learners.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning
Pickard, Amy – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
This essay describes the decline in the number of participants enrolled in federally-funded adult basic education (ABE), adult secondary education (ASE), and adult English Language (EL) programs. Enrollment data since 1965 indicate a steep and consistent downward trend in the number of adults enrolling in these programs since the 1990s.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Basic Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Malessa, Eva – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2023
This exploratory mixed data study investigated the role of technology in adult migrant language and late literacy education in Finland. In addition to an online pre-pandemic survey targeted at Finnish language and literacy teachers, four inservice teachers were interviewed during the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2020. With means of qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Adult Education, Literacy Education
Hoff, Meagan A.; Reynolds, Jessica S. – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
For linguistically diverse students, the path to college is often defined by language. Depending on assessments and institutional policies, students may be placed into course sequences in developmental English, adult basic education, and/or English as a Second Language courses. The purpose of this study was to better understand developmental…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, College Readiness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
