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Ideals into Reality: Some Examples.

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Capuzzi, Dave; And Others – 1974

Examples of innovations in college and adult reading reading programs in five states are described. At Maricopa Technical College (Arizona) adult students have access to a special reading program emphasizing the language experience approach, capitalizing on students' life experiences and oral language facility. Otero Junior College (Colorado)…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, College Instruction

TUTOR. Techniques Used in the Teaching of Reading. A Handbook for Teaching Basic Reading to Adults and Teenagers. Sixth Edition.

Colvin, Ruth J.; Root, Jane H. – 1987

This guide is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors who are teaching adults and teenagers to read. The nature and extent of the adult illiteracy problem and the process of learning to read are discussed in the first chapter. The characteristics that are desirable in basic reading tutors and those that are encountered in adult learners…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs