Pssst! There Is Literacy at the Laundromat.

Proudfoot, Gail

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ERIC Number: EJ447005

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Publication Date: 1992

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Pssst! There Is Literacy at the Laundromat.

Proudfoot, Gail

English Quarterly, v24 n1 p10-11 1992

Advocates looking around and discovering the real literacy exhibited in everyday activities. Describes the literacy observed at a laundromat. Finds that everyone there was literate in this situation, able to both follow directions and entertain themselves with reading. (SR)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Functional Reading, Illiteracy, Reading Habits, Reading Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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