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Download full textPomerance, Anita – 1991
A workshop for adult literacy tutors and learners was developed on the basis of the findings of a telephone survey of 45 tutors and presented to a total of 51 tutors and 48 students. The workshop, which was based on an experiential whole-language approach, was structured in a series of three 2-hour sessions. During the first session, tutors and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Behavioral Objectives, Experiential Learning
Lumelume, Seriema; Todd, Elizabeth S. – Compare, 1996
Profiles the "Ready to Read Project," a literacy program developed in 1988 and implemented throughout several South Pacific islands including Fiji, Western Samoa, and the Marshall Islands. The program established a whole-language approach to English literacy based on principles and philosophies grounded in local and international reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange
Roskos, Kathy – 1990
A study examined differences between a prescriptive individualized approach to literacy instruction in adult basic education (ABE) settings. Six ABE classrooms participated in the study with four continuing traditional literacy instruction and two providing whole language-oriented literacy instruction. Average attendance per session was 12 adults.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Environment, Diagnostic Teaching
Solorzano, Ronald W. – 1993
This review describes the types of adult literacy practices in current use and identifies those found to be particularly effective. The report is organized around the program areas of: (1) methods and materials; (2) testing and evaluation; (3) outreach and recruitment; (4) learner retention; and (5) program management. The review demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Educational Assessment
Lancy, David F., Ed. – 1994
Noting that renaming common folk practices as "emergent literacy" practices legitimizes these unacknowledged ways of learning to read and write, this book highlights the importance of out-of-school literacy experiences and the value of real literature and real writing. It stresses a reciprocal relationship between basic research on the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Early Reading
Center for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1993
A family literacy demonstration project was conducted to offer family literacy classes in three public schools in Philadelphia. Instruction was offered for 2.5 hours per day 4 days per week for parents of kindergartners and first graders from January to June and for parents and children together in July. The project was designed to help adults…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Family Involvement
