Southeast Asian Refugees' Strategies for Meeting English Literacy Demands: An Exploratory Study.

Walter, Pierre

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Publication Date: 1998

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Southeast Asian Refugees' Strategies for Meeting English Literacy Demands: An Exploratory Study.

Walter, Pierre

Adult Basic Education, v8 n3 p123-38 Fall 1998

Observation of low-literate Southeast Asian refugees encountering literacy demands of U.S. life showed how they use social networks and develop multilingual competence, which they use to teach themselves English literacy. (SK)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Literacy, Refugees, Social Networks

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Language: English

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