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Download full textJohnson, Erica – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Foreign language telecollaboration pairs learners so that they may improve their language and intercultural skills. A lesser known model, intergenerational telecollaboration, uses senior citizens as native language partners instead of peers. This paper presents the results of an intergenerational videoconferencing project between learners in…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Intercultural Communication, Older Adults, Videoconferencing
Isserlis, Janet – 1990
Experiences with family and intergenerational programs in English Second Language (ESL) literacy are reviewed, and factors that contribute to their success are discussed. It is suggested that as the notion of literacy expands, conceptual boundaries of the population of learners must expand also. While there is much to be learned from existing…
Descriptors: Family English Literacy, Family Programs, Instructional Materials, Intergenerational Programs
Handel, Ruth D. – 1990
An intergenerational literacy program addresses the needs of adult students enrolled in remedial reading classes at a community college. Their classroom behavior marked by passivity or anxiety, these students are usually able to derive the surface meanings of familiar text, but demonstrate little analytic or reflective thinking about what was…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Childrens Literature, Intergenerational Programs
Paratore, Jeanne R. – 1992
A study examined the influence of an intergenerational approach on the literacy development of parents and on the practice of family literacy at home. During a 3-year period, 367 families enrolled in multilingual, multiability literacy classes for at least one instructional cycle. The adult basic education classes were held in a community center…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language)
Hibpshman, Terrance L. – 1989
An evaluation was made of PACE (Parent and Child Education), a family literacy program initiated in Kentucky in 1986. PACE was created because of the widespread belief that the state has a serious problem with undereducation of its adult population and the belief also that this problem is the result of persistent patterns of educational failure…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Family Environment, Family Influence
Ciolan, Lucian – 2001
The end of communist rule in Romania meant that the country's Rroma (Gypsy) population could affirm its ethnic and cultural identity. However, educational opportunities for Rroma children remain low. The following are among the many factors that have led to social exclusion of the Rroma in Romania: existing policy priorities; high unemployment and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Development
