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ERIC Number: EJ521147
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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The Knowing Learner.
Tyrrell, Margaret
Good Practice in Australian Adult Literacy and Basic Education, n29 p11-12 Feb 1996
Describes a teaching practice that uses oral communication, including popular language and poetry, for persons from non-English-speaking backgrounds. Focuses on the needs and interests of literacy learners at a time when rationalists, with demands for literacy skills for increased productivity, are influencing the shape of literacy programs. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Limited English Speaking, Literacy Education, Poetry, Speech Communication, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Available from Dept. of Employment, Education and Training, GPO Box 9880, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.deet.gov.au/pubs/g [underscore] p/.