Listening to students' voices: educational materials written by and for LEP adult literacy learners

Series or Serial: ERIC NCLE digest

Publisher: National Clearinghouse on Literacy Education

Published At: Washington, DC

Date Published: 1989

Distributor: National Clearinghouse on Literacy Education, An Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse, Center for Applied Linguistics

Source Address: 1118 22nd Street, NW

Source City/State/Zip: Washington DC 20037

Material Type: Teaching Guide

Intended Audience: Mentor/Teacher/Trainer

Physical Media: Print

Subjects: Adult Literacy; Student Writing Models

Abstract:
The digest gives a rationale for an approach to teaching literacy using materials written by students. Features of a successful writing and publishing program, program descriptions, and sources of published materials written by adult learners are also presented.

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