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Huerta-Macias, Ana – 1993
This digest defines the concepts of "whole language,""learner-centered," and "participatory," and discusses their application to adult learning in ESL literacy programs. All three approaches advocate that the learner should inform literacy instruction with his or her own particular input, that learners and their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Literacy Education