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Training Adult ESL Learners in Metacognitive Reading Strategies
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Huang, Jiuhan; Nisbet, Deanna – Journal of Adult Education, 2012
This article is written as a practical guide to aid teachers in metacognitive reading strategy instruction. The nature of metacognitive strategies is explored, followed by specific procedures for implementing effective metacognitive strategy instruction in the adult ESL classroom. Chamot and O'Malley's (1994) five-phase strategy instruction…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Adult Learning
Children's Literature and Adult Literacy: Empowerment through Intergenerational Learning.
Handel, Ruth D.; Goldsmith, Ellen – Lifelong Learning, 1989
Describes an intergenerational reading program using children's literature in adult literacy classes. Discusses the adult literacy training sessions and the adaptations of the model in a variety of instructional settings. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Childrens Literature
Incorporating a Computer Assisted Reading Program into an Adult Vocational Basic Skills Lab.
Vescial, Ann; And Others – 1987
A computer-assisted reading program was implemented in the VESL (Vocational English as a Second Language) Center at Hacienda La Puente Adult Schools (California), which provides support services to adult special needs vocational students. The purpose of the program was to improve the technical reading skills of the vocational students. The basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Elgin YWCA Family Literacy Project. Curriculum for ESL Parents and Preschoolers.
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Rickabaugh, Susan; And Others – 1992
A YWCA-based family literacy model curriculum in Elgin, Illinois is described. In 1990, the Elgin YWCA had the following program components in place: six daytime and five evening ability level classes for adults taught by certified teachers; a preschool English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program for 3- to 4-year-old children of adult students;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Organizations
Project SAVE (State Adult Volunteers in Education). Organizing a Community Based Literacy Program.
Sizemore, Mamie, Ed. – 1984
This handbook provides administrators and staffs of adult education programs with general information on volunteerism in adult education; information on specific programs and strategies, specifically Project SAVE (State Adult Volunteers in Education); and guidelines for program implementation. An overview of the impact of adult illiteracy precedes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
The Design and Validation of a Process-Oriented Staff Development Program in Adult Literacy.
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Wood, Margo; And Others – 1983
The major goal of the University of Southern Maine Reading Academy Project was to demonstrate the effectiveness of process-oriented, diagnostic/prescriptive instruction by trained tutors in raising the literacy levels of adults reading at less than a sixth grade equivalency level. Preservice and inservice training using an empirical model of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Learning Strategies for Post-Literacy. The Tanzanian Approach. A Reader.
Muller, Josef, Ed. – 1986
This collection deals with post-literacy strategies in general and with strategies and techniques that have been implemented in Tanzania. The first part contains the following reports addressing general aspects of post-literacy strategies: "Issues in Post-Literacy" by Anil Bordia; "Some Curricular Aspects of Post-Literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Articulation (Education), Continuing Education