ONE OF THREE STORIES WAS USED AS SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL TO THE FIRST UNIT, THIS STORY CONCERNS A BOY WHO IS FORCED TO RAKE LEAVES BY HIS MOTHER. THE TEXT IS DRAMATIZED BY RELATED ILLUSTRATIONS AND USES THE READING VOCABULARY DEVELOPED IN THE FIRST UNIT.

THE NAMES OF CLOTHES ARE INTRODUCED - DRESS, SHIRT, TIE, AND HAT - BY LINKING VISUAL AND ORAL CUES TO THE WORDS. FROM A REVIEW OF THE SECOND LESSON, THE PHRASE "THE BIG DAY" IS INTRODUCED (ARTICLE, ADJECTIVE, NOUN). TO THIS PHRASE "IS" IS ADDED. THE STUDENT MUST RECOGNIZE "IS" AS A NEW WORD AND MUST UNDERLINE IT IN…

PICTURES OF FOUR NOUNS ARE INTRODUCED--MAN, WOMAN, CAT, AND DOG. THE NEXT SEQUENCE OF PAGES TEACHES WORD RECOGNITION THROUGH CONFIGURATION. A GEOMETRIC FORM IN THE SHAPE OF THE WORD IS LINKED WITH THE WORD ITSELF, FOLLOWED BY A PICTURE-WORD DISCRIMINATION FOR EACH OF THE FOUR NOUNS. THE WORD IS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED TO PICTURES. THE SERIES THEN…

One of a series of instructional materials produced by the Literacy Council of Alaska, this booklet provides basic fire safety information. Using both simplified sentence structure and vocabulary, it presents suggestions for preventing fires in the home and outlines steps to take should such a fire occur. (FL)

One of a series of instructional materials produced by the Literacy Council of Alaska, this booklet provides information about common household poisons. Using a simplified vocabulary and shorter sentences, it provides statistics concerning accidental poisonings; a list of the places poisons are usually found in the home; steps to make the home…

This study of the new adult reading public in eight Iranian villages attempts to evaluate the influence of socioeconomic factors on interest in reading and to identify the types of reading materials preferred by neoliterates and semiliterates. Thirty-seven percent of the adult population in the villages (489 persons) were literate; of these, 146…

The "Great Literacy Crisis" Symposium was convened at San Diego State University to ascertain what scholarship reveals about literacy and whether that scholarship influences the public's perception of the issue. Topics discussed included the following: the effect of the literacy crisis on the professions; the reality or illusory nature of the…

In a response to the Mikulecky and Diehl examination of work-related literacy, this paper points out the need for data based on ethnographic approaches to research and more realistic assessments of text difficulty. Also suggested are questions to which future research might respond: How much of functional literacy is really functional competency?…

Emphasis on adult literacy education in the United States began in the first decade of the twentieth century, which was characterized by heavy immigration from countries whose populations were not uniformly educated. Special attention was paid to adult literacy during times of crisis such as World War I and II when it was learned that many adults…

A basic consideration in selecting teachers of adult nonreaders should be the characteristics of the adult nonreader. While training and experience are essential, the most desirable characteristics of the effective teacher do not necessarily require degrees, certificates, or coursework. An awareness of the adult nonreader's attitudes,…

In order for adult education to be successfully applied in other countries, it is important that an understanding of the people's traditional background and educational attitudes is acquired. A continuing educator must also be a continuing learner. In Africa, education is considered a continuing or recurrent process throughout life serving to…

The purpose of the 1973 Pilot Literacy Project (Victoria, Australia) was to explore the nature of the problem of nonmigrant adults who had attended school but who considered themselves illiterate or functionally illiterate, to discover what sort of people were illiterate and to what extent, and to examine home influences and educational…

The Bureau Regional pour L'Education en Afrique (BREDA) survey, published partly in French, assembled data on the activities of adult education institutions in Africa in order to identify and develop future regional documentation centers. This draft copy of the survey is the first step towards improving international collaboration among…

This package of instructional materials is designed to aid adults in prison to perform the functional skill of applying for food stamps. The materials consist of instructions for teachers, a sample application for food stamps, a student's work sheet and answer sheet, vocabulary flash cards, and resource materials on food stamps. (MKM)

This document contains abstracts describing competency-based programs related to the Adult Performance Level (APL) project and adult education. The catalog is divided into two sections: state program implementation and local program implementation. The first section describes programs and research projects currently active in Alabama, California,…