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Kempster, Jemima Rillera – TESOL in Context, 2023
Studies on the role of digital technology in teaching and learning English tend to focus on secondary or higher education contexts and/or with literate or educated students. The recent global pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to advance digital equity and inclusion for adult learners with limited education and literacy. Despite their basic…
Descriptors: Poetry, Information Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Carmen Toscano-Fuentes; Analí Fernández-Corbacho; M.Carmen Fonseca-Mora – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2024
Adult migrants need to attain proficiency in the language of their host society to fully integrate into those communities and lead meaningful lives. The concept of literacy, centred on reading and writing, has evolved to encompass multiliteracies, integrating linguistic, social, and digital aspects. This broader approach acknowledges that learners…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Research Reports, Immigrants
Elena Dupuis – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2024
English as an additional language (EAL) adult literacy learners have special needs and unique characteristics. The various challenges they face include decoding, comprehending, and developing basic skills for reading and writing. At the same time, it is extremely important to understand EAL adult literacy programming, as the right approaches for…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Literacy, Student Needs, Student Characteristics
Eilola, Laura – Classroom Discourse, 2023
Adopting the methods of multimodal conversation analysis, this study demonstrates that adult second language (L2) users with emergent literacy formulate requests as 'complex multimodal Gestalts' consisting prototypically of deictic or depictive gestures combined with gaze, situationally relevant material, and vocal or linguistic resources. The…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Adult Students
Sacré, Hari Prasad Adhikari; Cawayu, Atamhi; Clemente-Martínez, Chandra Kala – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2023
This theoretical article reflects on a recent development in adult literacy studies: transnational adoptees relearning their heritage languages. Literacy and adoption scholars have studied the replacement of the heritage language with a second language and reported it as a permanent loss. Returning to the country of origin, return adoptees…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adoption, Heritage Education, Second Language Learning
Gee, Elisabeth; Gao, Yuchan – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
This article identifies and describes several different approaches to using game-mediated language learning (GML2), drawing in particular on Reinhardt and Sykes' (2012; 2014) framework and related literature. The article concludes with a brief discussion of potential applications to adult literacy and basic education settings and learners.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning
Stojanovic, Maja – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This paper focuses on the importance of multilingual literacy in the 21st century and, specifically, how adult learners across the globe can develop multilingual literacy skills necessary for successful communication and global citizenship. The paper includes a theoretical (research background, definitions, critical framework) and a practical…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adult Learning, Multilingualism, Citizenship
Marte Nordanger; Edit Bugge – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2025
In the last decades, the field of applied linguistics has called for an expanded knowledge on language learning in different learner groups and contexts, including forced migrants and low-literate learners. This article focuses on an under-studied learner group in an under-studied context: low literate adult refugees (LESLLA) subjected to language…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Adults, Refugees, Adult Literacy
Jana Wienberg; Gregor Dutz; Anke Grotlüschen – Educational Linguistics, 2022
In this chapter, we focus on the German integration course for migrants, the number of which increased rapidly beginning in 2015. The courses are mandated by the German Immigration Act and represent a relatively well-financed and professional course programme within the national adult education system. The main challenges between 2015 and 2018…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hogan, Zoe; Campbell, Victoria – Teachers and Curriculum, 2022
Play is a universal human experience. Often regarded as the unique purview of children, an emerging body of research points to the importance of playfulness in adulthood. This article reports on the research and observations of two teaching artists working in Connected, a Sydney Theatre Company adult-literacy-through-drama programme. This article…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, Drama, Creative Activities
Hooft, Hannelore; Schiepers, Mariet; Vandommele, Goedele – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
Many migrants have had few opportunities to develop functional literacy skills, even in their L1. Even so, migration and integration policies in Western host societies often assume literacy skills and fail to consider accommodations for low-literate migrants. Valid, reliable instruments to identify low-literate migrants and policy-oriented…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Tests, Immigrants, Native Language
Lori Yakawiak – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Formative assessment may assist teachers in identifying gaps in learning for individual students, thereby providing an avenue for teachers to adjust instruction accordingly. The problem addressed in this study is the insufficient achievement in literacy for English language learners. English language learners may have an even greater need for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Comparative Analysis, Formative Evaluation
Hofstetter, Jacob; Cherewka, Alexis – Migration Policy Institute, 2022
State adult education systems, which receive significant funding from the U.S. government, are the primary source of many key integration services for adult immigrants--from English classes and literacy programs to civics courses and some workforce development activities. Although such programs have existed for decades, the passage of the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Immigrants, Citizenship Education, Labor Force Development
RTI International, 2024
Adult education programs play a critical role in preparing immigrants and New Americans (multilingual learners) for employment by building English language skills and supporting workforce preparation and training. Addressing multilingual learners' economic integration needs, one of the three pillars of immigrant integration, along with civic and…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Federal Legislation
Pickard, Amy – Educational Policy, 2021
This qualitative research article explores barriers experienced by a group of African American and Latinx adults who sought to enroll and stay enrolled in a publicly funded literacy class and how these barriers were related to policy. Barriers included (a) an inadequate number and type of available classes, (b) a lack of community awareness of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Barriers