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Working Papers

Some of these papers, written between 2003 and 2007, can be downloaded directly from this page. Hard copies are also available - to request these, please contact us at literacy@lancs.ac.uk

Please see staff personal web pages for additional publications.

Rachel Hodge:

A Review of Recent Ethnographies of Literacy. March 2003. Working Paper 1

Karen Tusting:

A review of theories of informal learning. June 2003. Working Paper 2

Yvon Appleby:

Retention and Achievement: a focussed review. September 2003. Working Paper 3

Rachel Hodge and Kathy Pitt with David Barton:

'This is not enough for one's life': perceptions of living and learning English in Blackburn by students seeking asylum and refugee status. May 2004. Working Paper 4

Gill Burgess

'Is that not literacy, helping parents to help children?' Mapping Basic Skills provision in the Lancaster area'. June 2004. Working Paper 5

Karen Kennedy and Nicky Crosby

'Mapping Skills for Life in Liverpool.' October 2004. Working Paper 6

Rachel Hodge

'Nightsafe - a shelter for young people who are homeless. Engaging young people in learning.' February 2005. Working Paper 7

Sonia Stirling

'Exploring the Link between Work and Learning with ESOL students at Blackburn College.' February 2005. Working Paper 8

Uta Papen and Sue Walters

'Health as a Topic in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Classes.' April 2005. Working Paper 9

Kath Gilbert and Yvon Appleby

'Sometimes I tell them from my old family': Bi-lingual family language, literacy and numeracy learning. June 2005. Working Paper 10

Rachel Hodge

Learning and life transitions of young people on an Entry to Employment (E2E) programme. August 2005. Working Paper 11

Rachel Hodge

Effective Practices in Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy Project. Inspiration and Aspiration: exploring the nature of success of FLLN provision in a multilingual context. September 2006. Working Paper 12

Mary Hamilton

Putting worlds in their mouths: the alignment of identities with system goals through the use of individual learning plans. October 2006. Working Paper 13

Amy Burgess

The Literacy Practices of Recording Achievement: how a text mediates between the local and the global. October 2006. Working Paper 14

Joyce Baynes

"We can all write things down in a certain way, but it's whether you care in the way that your heart [does] - that's what matters": A Workplace Literacy Programme in the Care Industry. September 2007. Working Paper 15

Katharine Usher

An investigation into attitudes to language and dialect in a group of Scottish literacy learners. September 2007. Working Paper 16

Rachel Hatfield

'Short back and sides': Barber Literacies. September 2007. Working Paper 17

Sondra Cuban, Mary Hamilton, David Barton, Uta Papen, Steve Reder

Outside Practices: A Social Practice Viedw of Literacy, Learners, and Adult Basic Educational Policies and Practices in England and the U.S. September 2007. Working Paper 18