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Download full textIngersoll, Cynthia – 2001
The paper investigates how adult immigrants with low literacy levels are being taught language skills in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. Particular attention is paid to the reasons why large English-as-a-Second-Language programs (ESL) in the area do not offer native language literacy (NLL) courses and why some students seek NLL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Language Minorities
