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ERIC Number: EJ569210
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Beyond the Benchmarks: Toward a View of Adult ESL Programming in a Literacy Framework.
Ho, Laura Anderson
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v44 n2 p163-72 Sum 1998
Compares the 1996 Canadian Language Benchmarks for describing English-language proficiency among second-language-learners with the International Adult Literacy Survey. Points to the potential for aligning the Benchmarks with other systems for describing adult competencies to enable more systematic integration of immigrants' experiences, skills, and ideas through Canada's adult education systems. Contains 18 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Immigrants, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Social Integration, Student Needs
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; International Adult Literacy Survey
Note: Theme issue: Literacy in the 21st Century.