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‘A literacy can be adult.’

[⟨det literacy.n⟩ adult.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I replied: For several years the Adult Literacy Resource Institute in Boston supported teacher staff development mini – grants which were used by some teachers in the Boston area to develop instructional / learning Websites.
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In Wikipedia:

This saw a series of achievements such as the Education Act 1998 (ISL for Deaf children), the Broadcasting Act 2001 (Television access for Deaf), the Model School for the Deaf Project, Signlink (interpreting agency), the Centre for Deaf Studies and Linkup (Adult literacy).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Instead, it’s meant to be a companion to those kinds of books, specifically directed at adult literacy and ESOL staff developers and teachers who are thinking of building Web sites as a classroom activity.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Also, through a landmark study on reading, he gave adult literacy an unexpected platform.
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Kirsch, et al., “Adult Literacy in America” (Washington, D.
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He served on the New Jersey Tourism Advisory Council in 1998, on the New Jersey Congressional Award Council in 1995 and on the New Jersey Council on Adult Literacy in 1992.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It incorporate financial literacy courses and she will also expand funding with it is to promote adult financial literacy if 800,000 people had participated in financial education classes about those were surveyed reported an increase.
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In the British National Corpus:

Instead The Industrial Language Training Service and the Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit were established to help the minorities with their English.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

On average, adult literacy in Detroit is virtually unchanged since 1992, with 400,000 people struggling with basic reading tasks.
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In Wikipedia:

Ishwar Modi has conducted major research projects related to Leisure, Drug Abuse, Adult literacy, Women, Children, Youth, Senior Citizens, Theatre and Tourism.
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Inc., was renamed Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Also, through a landmark study on reading, he gave adult literacy an unexpected platform.”
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In the British National Corpus:

The findings were revealed at the London launch of two new videos, backed by the Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit.
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In the British National Corpus:

Later she taught English and History, then, with the advent of her second child, developed a career in English as a Second Language, as a Foreign Language and finally in Adult Literacy.
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In Wikipedia:

The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is the first national assessment of health literacy.
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Glasgow Community Learning Strategy Partnership funsd an Adult Literacy and Numeracy Development Worker post at GWL.
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The campus also features business and office administration studies as well as progressive education in English for migrants, adult literacy and numeracy, learning and life skills, childcare and community and human services.
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In the British National Corpus:

An agreement was signed with The Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit to offer joint certification of Word power and Numberpower.
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In Wikipedia:

He currently teaches Adult Literacy at Blackwood Community College and the Ebbw Vale Institute.
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Queried on 2013-05-20.