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World Service,11 Sep 1995,13 mins

Looking At Literacy

The Learning World

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A new view on improving literacy worldwide. Dr Alan Rogers from Reading Universities clarifies the new view that non-literate people welcome change and that this brings literacy, not the other way round. Also on the programme: why 18-year old British girls aren't doing as well as boys in exams.

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