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.
Enhancing Digital Literacies with Adult English Language Learnerstakes 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 digi
