Highly oral cultures
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Over the past few years, unprecedented numbers of students with little or no literacy in their own languages have been enrolling in AMEP classes. Although many of these students speak a number of languages, many have little or no oracy in English and little or no formal education. While AMEP teachers are highly skilled at developing the English language literacy skills of their students, many find that catering for this new group of learners presents them with new, and often confronting, challenges.
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