Part 1 of this report reviewed the three week teacher-training institute held at the University of Delaware during July and August 1971. Part 2 reviews some of the followup strategies used and demonstrated throughout Federal Region 3 over the past year (July 1971 to July 1972). Two model teaching demonstrations were developed and used throughout…

The reading instructor working with adult "beginners" needs to have an open mind, be willing to be imaginative and adventurous, and think positively. The basic approach requires the instructor to build beginners' confidence; encourage beginners to participate fully, think for themselves, and learn to learn; involve beginners in planning; and…

The purpose of this document is to provide a step-by-step outline of the language experience approach. It first explains this technique for teaching both words and sentences to beginning readers. Steps are outlined first for teaching words, then for teaching sentences. What to do and what to say is suggested for each step. Teaching words includes…

Describes an adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program using the Language Experience Approach and designed to serve immigrants and refugees. Discusses the use of educationally naive bilingual tutors and a combinatory instructional format. Argues that the program is pedagogically sound, cost effective, and encourages the students to take…

Because reading is first and foremost a language comprehension process focusing on the visual form of spoken language, such teaching strategies as language experience and assisted reading have much to offer beginning readers. These techniques have been slow to become accepted by many adult literacy instructors; however, the two strategies,…

The Literacy Prescription Project has served 250 clients in Illinois by providing individualized instruction and complete diagnostic reports--developing four profiles of adult disabled readers who can be treated with associated instructional techniques. Profile One adults cannot read the simplest pre-primer text and can only recognize a few words…

Designed to provide high interest reading materials for late-adolescent- and adult-elementary-level readers, this kit contains reading exercises with a difficulty of fourth-grade-and-below readability. The kit includes thirty-five reading exercises developed from unedited stories dictated by students (the Learning Experience Approach). Following…

Designed to provide high interest reading materials for late-adolescent- and adult-elementary-level readers, this kit contains reading exercises with a difficulty of approximately fifth-grade readability. The kit includes forty-six reading exercises developed from unedited stories dictated by students (the Learning Experience Approach). Following…

Designed to provide high interest reading materials for late-adolescent- and adult-elementary-level readers, this kit contains reading exercises with a difficulty oF approximately sixth-to-eighth-grade readability. The kit includes forty-two reading exercises developed from unedited stories dictated by students (the Learning Experience Approach).…

Designed to provide high interest reading materials for late-adolescent- and adult-elementary-level readers, this kit contains reading exercises with a difficulty of eighth-grade-and-above readability. The kit includes twenty reading exercises developed from unedited stories dictated by students (the Learning Experience Approach). Following each…

Describes public library materials appropriate for adult literacy students and suggests methods of incorporating them into instruction. (AEA)

This reader, the first in a series of six, was developed to support one-to-one tutoring of adults in a reading program. It contains language experience stories and their accompanying skills exercises and comprehension questions. The reading level of the readers correlates to the reading levels of the Laubach Skill Books available from Laubach…

This reader, the second in a series of six, was developed to support one-to-one tutoring of adults in a reading program. It contains language experience stories and their accompanying skills exercises and comprehension questions. The reading level of the readers correlates to the reading levels of the Laubach Skill Books available from Laubach…

This reader, the third in a series of six, was developed to support one-to-one tutoring of adults in a reading program. It contains language experience stories and their accompanying skills exercises and comprehension questions. The reading level of the readers correlates to the reading levels of the Laubach Skill Books available from Laubach…