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Download full textCárdenas Espitia, Carlos – HOW, 2010
This article describes an action research project in which the members of a basic English class for adults over 50 at a Colombian public university undertook the mission of discovering their potentialities as autonomous learners. By means of the reflective use of the language portfolio, the members of this course guided the planning and execution…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Student Empowerment, Action Research, Student Projects
Steffensen, Margaret S.; Colker, Larry – 1982
The effect of cultural background knowledge on comprehension and on the language of recall was investigated using an oral presentation. Fifteen Aboriginal women in northern Australia and 15 American women in an adult education class in Illinois were matched in age and educational level. Two stories were read aloud to the subjects, each based on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies
