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Peer reviewedSrivastava, R. N. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
The author defines literacy as a communication skill and argues that India's national adult education program should promote vernacular literacy rather than standard language literacy, using the traditional vernacular oral communication channels with writing as an extension of but not a replacement for the oral mode. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Community Development, Developing Nations
