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Regmi, Kapil Dev – Online Submission, 2011
Nepal is a multilingual country with low adult literacy rate (about 57% in 2008). Through different policy documents and motivation from some of the transnational organizations such as UNESCO, Nepal is on the process of adopting lifelong learning perspective as a major educational policy. In this context the article raises two issues: how to…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy
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Lukes, Marguerite – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2011
This study explores the potential of native language literacy instruction for adult immigrant English language learners who have limited formal schooling or have had interruptions in their formal education. By examining 3 programs that provide native language literacy in combination with English as a second language (ESL) instruction, this study…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Persistence, Focus Groups, Student Participation
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Kosonen, Kimmo – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
Three Southeast Asian polities, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand share much of their geography, history, culture, religion and language. Not all speakers of more than 100 languages spoken in the area have a sufficient knowledge of the respective national languages, Khmer, Lao and Thai. Yet, for the most part, the national languages are the only…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities