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Download full textLas Vegas-Clark County Library District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1989
This curriculum guide was developed for tutors using the "Challenger Adult Reading Series." The guide is intended to help tutors make the lessons more effective, motivational, and meaningful for students. The guide is based on a five-part lesson plan prescribed by the Computer-Assisted Literacy in Libraries (CALL) program: language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Individual Activities
Peer reviewedWurr, Adrian J. – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2002
Reviews basic procedures and theories supporting the Language Experience Approach as it applies to second language learning and literacy instruction. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedHolbrook, M. C.; Koenig, A. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This article discusses ways to teach low vision students to read braille, including both parallel instruction (the student learns to read print and braille simultaneously) and nonparallel instruction (the print-reading student learns braille). The following approaches are briefly described: basal reader, language experience, whole language,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basal Reading, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education
Levine, Peg, Ed. – 1991
This collection of stories is the result of a publishing project conducted with adult learners in the Reach One Program. The first page describes the steps that led to the finished product: providing a catalyst to stress the value of maintaining a family history; providing activities to stimulate memories of family stories; encouraging prewriting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Language Experience Approach, Reading Instruction
Arter, Rhetta M. – 1972
The Parent Leadership Training Project (PLTP) through Adult Basic Education was established as a two-year demonstration project designed to increase the reading skills of adults (16 and over) through a language-experience approach, using topics selected by the participants. The independent project evaluation covers the entire operational period…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Objectives
Sugimoto, Roy, Ed. – 1976
Drawn from the proceedings of a conference focusing on ways to improve the teaching of college level learning skills, the articles in this collection deal with a variety of topics. Among the topics discussed in the 37 articles are the following: (1) a systems approach to planning, implementing, and evaluating peer counseling programs; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs
Laubach Literacy International, Syracuse, NY. – 1996
The resource book was designed for teachers of adult learners of English as a second language (ESL). It provides background information on language acquisition, adult learning, and cross-cultural issues, and presents specific teaching techniques and activities. An introductory section outlines the principles of adult and second language education…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
