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AKLIMA SHARMIN

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Generally non-formal literacy program are primer or text book dependent in Bangladesh. Primer is the book which used for adult literacy. Here the contents of primer and the learning method are determined by the respective organization. There is a little role of learners to determine what they learn and how they learn. Primer based adult literacy approaches are—

(a) Alphabetic approach
(b) Entire word approach
(c) Entire sentence approach
(d) Phonetic approach
(e) Psycho-phonetic approach
(f) Language approach
(g) Eclectic approach

Above them a non-primer based approach for adult literacy is REFLECT approach which introduced by ActionAid Bangladesh. This article mainly discuss about the non-primer based approach REFLECT. Here REFLECT approach is defined in the view of ActionAid Bangladesh because in Bangladesh it is the prominent organization which used it as their delivery approach.

REFLECT is an acronym for “Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques”. The REFLECT concept is based on the Theory of Conscientization. A Brazilian Educator “Paulo Freire” conceptualized and pioneered this approach. “Action-Aid” then further developed this approach with its programs in 1993. First application of this innovative approach was in El Salvador (South America), Bangladesh (Asia) and Uganda.