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In Australia, increasing numbers of adult learners from refugee backgrounds enter literacy and numeracy programmes with restricted literacy in their first language and little or no understanding of English as a medium of instruction. Many of these learners have come to Australia under the Government’s humanitarian programme, which provides settlement for refugees from war-affected countries such as Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Myanmar.
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- Formal Schooling
- English Language Learner
- Literacy Practice
- Sociocultural Perspective
- English Language Teaching
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Ollerhead, S. (2016). “Basically, I Need Help”. In: Yasukawa, K., Black, S. (eds) Beyond Economic Interests. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-444-2_5
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