Interactive Practices: Implications for Policy

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Longitudinal Studies of Language Learning: Interactive Classroom Practices for Developing Second Language Literacy in Learners with Varied First Language Literacy
John Hellermann, Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University

Implications for Policy

• Funding is extremely important for this kind of lab research – it enables adult ed. to finally have data (quantitative and qualitative) to validate and invalidate current teaching practices and documents what current standardized tests can’t capture.
• Assessment tool needed to assess non-linguistic gains.