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Download full textCrawford County Literacy Council, Meadville, PA. – 1996
This document consists of a project report and tutor activities book from a project that was conducted for tutors associated with the Crawford County, Pennsylvania, READ Program. The project report describes how the commercial publications currently being used as tutor resource materials were examined to identify strategies appropriate for adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Aural Learning, Decoding (Reading)
Porco, Barbara – 1989
This booklet describes techniques for teaching reading with teacher-made materials to students with autism. A modified language experience approach built around the Dolch Basic Sight Word List is used, incorporating familiar names and words of importance for each child. Readiness skills are incorporated into the approach as well as an emphasis on…
Descriptors: Autism, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach, Lesson Plans
Loucky, John Paul – Annual Review of English Learning & Teaching, 1997
A study tested the English vocabulary and reading comprehension of about 1,500 Japanese college and university students and compared three different media formats for teaching vocabulary in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) in a number of Japanese college classes: commercially available and teacher-adapted computer software; traditional…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Hosenfeld, Carol; And Others – 1993
Reciprocal teaching, a method of teaching first language reading comprehension, is explained and three distinct applications of the method and materials in second language instruction are described. Reciprocal teaching is viewed as a three-level hierarchy of components and strategies, reflected in the organization of materials and activities. The…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Difficulty Level
Literacy Council of Alaska, Fairbanks. – 1984
This manual addresses a variety of issues in the recruitment and training of volunteer English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers. Sections on general topics focus on: recruiting tutors, recruiting students, determining when and where to train volunteers, developing the training workshop agenda, evaluating the workshop, introducing the training…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, Diagnostic Tests
Fardig, Glen E.; West, Gail B. – 1985
This learning module, one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing on specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with the task of assisting students in developing technical reading skills. Addressed in the individual learning experiences included in the module are the following topics:…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education, Content Area Reading
Armstrong, Audrey A.; Hunt, Sally P. – 1982
This guide is designed as a training tool for volunteers participating in the Volunteers in Tutoring Adult Learners (VITAL) program. Developed by the staff at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana, VITAL is an adult literacy program that is based on active cooperation between program trainers and volunteer tutors. Various…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
