Learning at Home: The ACT Home Tutor Scheme.

Sainsbury, Margaret; Fox, Colleen

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ERIC Number: EJ531838

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Publication Date: 1996

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Learning at Home: The ACT Home Tutor Scheme.

Sainsbury, Margaret; Fox, Colleen

Good Practice in Australian Adult Literacy and Basic Education, n30 p11-13,18 Apr 1996

The Home Tutor Scheme is an Australian program that delivers tutoring in migrants' homes, assisting them with resettlement. Volunteer tutor training includes orientation to the migrant experience, cross-cultural awareness, needs-based teaching, adult learning principles, and use of language in contexts relevant to learners. (SK)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Programs, Language Acquisition, Migrants, Second Language Learning, Tutors, Volunteer Training

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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