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Falling standards of literacy

Students study esoteric courses while basic literacy standards fall.

Students study esoteric courses while basic literacy standards fall.

The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the 大象传媒 in 2014.

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14 minutes

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Sun 20 Mar 1977 09:15

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Role Contributor
Presenter Alistair Cooke

Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Mar 1977 21:15
  • Sun 20 Mar 1977 09:15

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