Profiles of Adult Learners
Revealing the Multiple Faces of Literacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10817865 |
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| Authors | Marilyn Gillespie (Center for Applied Linguistics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 529 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TESOL Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-8322 • E-ISSN: 1545-7249 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3587481 |
| OpenAlex | W2036923258 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
So then I left the factories. I didn't want to work in the factories any more because I was sick and tired to talk to myself and feel that the machine was so cold. ... So, I said, “I'm gonna get the children [and open a day care center], and I'm gonna pretend I'm teaching them but I'm gonna teach myself.” And I started with a picture dictionary and I'd say, “This is the word that goes with A.” It became like a game. The more I did it, the more it became alive in my mind
Adult literacy · Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Education Systems and Policy · Higher Education Research Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
| Highly cited | No |
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