A Language Experience Approach (LEA) in Adult Immigrant Literacy Programs in Australia.

Wales, M. Lynn

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ERIC Number: EJ492747

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Publication Date: 1994

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A Language Experience Approach (LEA) in Adult Immigrant Literacy Programs in Australia.

Wales, M. Lynn

Journal of Reading, v38 n3 p200-08 Nov 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, Immigrants, Language Experience Approach, Program Descriptions, Workplace Literacy

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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