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Among the ALE functions there are the following: developmental (satisfaction of cultural
needs of the individual, needs of creative growth); compensatory (filling gaps in basic
education); adaptive (fast training and retraining in the context of changing production and
social environment); integrative function into an unfamiliar cultural context and the function of
re-socialization.
The following main semantic (thematic) areas are usually distinguished in the ALE content: 1)
literacy learning
in a broad sense, including computer, functional, social, and the ability to
process information, critical attitudes to it, knowledge of computer and other innovative
technologies;
2) continuous professional education, training, retraining and advanced training without which
the full-fledged activities in a rapidly changing social and working environment are impossible;
3) general cultural education, not related to working practice, but aimed at building of an active
citizenship on important social issues and knowledge, allowing to have a decent life in terms
of health and well-being, cultural and spiritual development. In foreign countries, general
cultural education is known as "community", "popular" or "liberal" education.
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