Why are immigrants less proficient in literacy than native-born adults?:

Results from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) confirm that mastery of the host country's language is essential if immigrants are to integrate successfully into their new communities and into the host country's labour market. Given these findings, host countries could design and implement...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2017
Series:Adult Skills in Focus
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Results from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) confirm that mastery of the host country's language is essential if immigrants are to integrate successfully into their new communities and into the host country's labour market. Given these findings, host countries could design and implement policies to provide language training to immigrants as soon as feasible after they arrive. This is particularly important for immigrant children, who can then attend school with their native-born peers
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (6 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/30b23d82-en

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