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Peer reviewedWales, M. Lynn – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes how a language experience approach was used in a workplace literacy program for adult immigrant railroad workers in Australia. Describes how the workshop built on participants' developed oral skills and life experience to create texts that were relevant, interesting, and comprehensible to these learners. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Foreign Countries
