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Hastwell, Kim; Strauss, Pat; Kell, Catherine – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
This paper reports on an ethnographically based study of entry level supermarket work. The study, carried out in a large suburban supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand, focused on the literacy and numeracy practices of supermarket assistants, all who had English as an additional language. It found that skills such as oral communication, personal…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Vocational Education, Numeracy, Foreign Countries