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Direct linkJuchartz, Larry R. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
While teaching basic reading to students at a two-year college, the author had the idea to introduce his students to texts as challenging as the traditional material, but less complex. In doing so, he hoped to tap into the students' high competency in "street literacy"--the ability to decode the visual signs that are omnipresent in popular…
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