This article is a brief review of Satellite ATS-F and the part it could play over Asia this year, bringing learning to illiterate adults in Indian Villages and hamlets. A bibliography is included. (Author/JB)

The Fry Readability Graph was used to assess the approximate readability level of each of 23 selected instructions, publications, and forms commonly used by adults in order to compare their readability levels with the minimum literacy level as defined by the United States Office of Education (approximately the eighth grade level). The results…

This report presents information gained through an international survey of organizations that produce and distribute easy-to-read materials designed for persons with low-level literacy skills. Questionnaires were sent to approximately 500 publishers, printers, and organizers of literacy programs throughout the world; of these, 95 questionnaires,…

This discussion of the necessity for promoting a vigourous, prosperous, and free press addresses several areas of journalistic concern: the growing tendency toward disinterest in reading in a population that is nearly 100% literate; the decline of reading habits and motivation to read as reading skills improve; and the inability of newspaper…

THE 5,000 WORD FUNCTIONAL READING WORD LIST, COMPILED TO REFLECT THE PRESENT AND IMMEDIATE FUTURE READING NEEDS OF THE AVERAGE ILLITERATE AMERICAN ADULT, EMPLOYS BASIC WORDS GATHERED FROM SUCH SOURCES AS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAMPHLETS, MENUS, NEWSPAPERS, COMIC BOOKS, APPLICATION BLANKS, AND RELIGIOUS TRACTS. THE LIST IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS--THE…

The purpose of this project, begun in July 1970, was to learn what American adults read, and what they are able to read, as they go about their ordinary activities in the course of a normal day. A national survey of the reading activities of adults was administered to 5,096 individuals. Some conclusions drawn from the survey data are as follows:…

This document begins with an article about teaching the adult learner. The materials for adult basic education which follow have been classified into the following categories: communication skills, English as a second language, computation skills, life coping skills, and testing. Comprehensive systems is an additional category to include those…

Reading is the key to learning. Without basic reading skills, the individual is shut out of society in many ways. Illiteracy lowers his chances of employment, limits his knowledge in politics and current events, and limits his success in school. As all of these things affect the nonreading individual, so does his lack of productivity and lack of…

This annotated bibliography contains listings of books for use by students in beginning (1 and 2), intermediate (3 and 4), and advanced (5, 6, and 7) levels. For each of the levels, the books appear in one of three categories: basic textbooks, supplementary language skills, and reading skills. Pronunciation books are listed separately, some of…

A digest of findings from a national survey by Louis Harris and Associates of adult reading skills comprises this edition of Adult Reading Development, a publication of the National Reading Center. The study measured the ability of adults to respond to practical real-life situations such as reading direct-dial instructions in a telephone directory…

This report analyzes the initial results of UNESCO's Experimental World Literacy Programme and makes recommendations for future action. The meaning of functional literacy is discussed, and pilot projects in twelve countries are briefly described. The analysis reveals that the programme has fallen seriously behind schedule, that the number of adult…

The reading improvement program of the Brooklyn public library includes students ranging from nonreaders up through postgraduate level. (PF)

India's National Adult Education Program ( NAEP), which focuses on the needs of illiterate adults in the 15-35 age group, is described with particular attention given to the importance of improving occupational skills and raising the level of awareness regarding the predicament of the poor and illiterate. (LBH)

The author reviews the Reagan Administration's policy toward adult literacy, taking information from a series of interviews with persons involved in the formulation of federal adult literacy policy. He also presents some options within the policy preferences of the Reagan Administration and some possibilities for consideration by future…

This article provides a critical review of the instructional materials provided to volunteers by Laubach Literacy Action, titled The Laubach Way to Reading. A history of Laubach Literacy International (LLI) is followed by a description of materials. The LLI philosophy of reading is discussed, and comments on the value of the materials are offered.…