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Making Literacy Work: The Specific Literacy Approach, Stephen J. Anzalone, Stephen D. Mclaughlin
Making Literacy Work: The Specific Literacy Approach, Stephen J. Anzalone, Stephen D. Mclaughlin
Literacy
During the past decade, adult literacy in international development has become out of fashion. A marked decline in international interest in promoting adult literacy has followed the disappointing results of the Experimental World Literacy Programme (UNESCO, 1976). Many development planners now question the need for literacy in settings where printed materials are few. Others look with dismay at the seemingly meager accomplishments of traditional literacy projects--high dropout rates, low levels of skill acquisition, and frequent instances of relapsing into illiteracy after training is completed.
Lack of interest on the part of technical assistance agencies and among planners and educators has …