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Translanguaging in Adult Basic Education Worldwide
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Kaiper-Marquez, Anna – Adult Literacy Education, 2023
The article discusses the concept of translanguaging, which refers to the use of multiple languages and language features to maximize communication. While research on translanguaging primarily focuses on K-12 learners and higher education contexts, limited research exists on adult language and literacy education. The article emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Literacy Education
It's in the Way That You Use It: How Vocabulary Knowledge and Usage Predict Writing Quality among Adult Basic Education Learners
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Lavigne, Cheryl S.; Tremblay, Kathryn A.; Binder, Katherine S. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
The goal of this study was to describe how underlying vocabulary knowledge manifests into vocabulary usage, and in turn, how usage predicts writing quality among adult basic education (ABE) learners. ABE learners were administered tasks that measured vocabulary knowledge, in the forms of both vocabulary breadth and depth. Participants were also…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Adult Basic Education, Correlation, Language Usage
Shorthand for Racism: Grade-Level Equivalencies and Everyday Anti-Blackness in Adult "Basic" Education
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Pickard, Amy – Adult Learning, 2022
Shorthand is, by definition, coded symbolism used for purposes of speed. It's a system of abbreviation, intended to skim the top of more complex systems of meaning, taking shortcuts but keeping track of the important facts. Shorthand is used all the time in adult basic education (ABE). The very name of the field, adult "basic" education,…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Adult Basic Education, Social Bias, Minority Group Students