Enhancing Digital Literacies with Adult English Language Learners

<p>Offering a new perspective on adult English language education this book provides theoretical and practical insights into how digital literacies can be included in the learning programmes for newly arrived adults from migrant and refugee backgrounds. </p><p>Enhancing Digital Literacies with Adult English Language Learners<b> </b>takes readers inside Langfield an adult community-based English language centre that supports the settlement and learning of this vulnerable group. Drawing on a six-month ethnographic study of Langfield’s work the book explores the approach to teaching digital literacies and presents a range of perspectives including those of the adult learners the teachers and the organisation’s CEO. The chapters present a holistic view of teaching digital literacies in the adult English language context by exploring: adult learners’ digital literacy practices in everyday life and their learning at Langfield; teachers' beliefs and practices about digital literacies; and the support offered to them through institutional resources leadership and professional learning. The book identifies exemplary practices as well as areas for further development in Langfield’s work and offers a range of implications for practice policy and research.</p><p>Written in a detailed but accessible manner this book contributes important insights into the strengths and needs of this unique and complex education sector. Addressing an area of uncertainty for many researchers practitioners leaders and policy makers working within community-based learning contexts in Australia and internationally this book will be an essential resource.</p>