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The term ‘literacy’ has always been ambiguous, and recent studies have emphasised this ambiguity. The dominant view is that becoming literate is a one-off programme of ‘learning to read and write’ (Lind & Johnston, 1990). Others, however, see literacy as ‘reading and writing in practice’, a continuous and lifelong process (Street, 1984). This review looks on adult literacy as ‘the promotion of reading and writing skills among adults’ (however adults may be defined).
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Rogers, A. (1997). Adult Literacy. In: Edwards, V., Corson, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4540-4_18
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