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Download full textVanHorn, Barbara Hart; And Others – 1987
The result of interviews with literacy coordinators and library directors of literacy programs in representative libraries throughout Pennsylvania, this document encourages local libraries to develop adult literacy activities as an integral component of basic library service and provides program planners with guidelines and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Basic Skills
Weibel, Marguerite Crowley – 1992
This book promotes a library-based curriculum for teaching reading and suggests a wide variety of books to use with new readers. It provides an outline of basic skills that literacy students must master to become good readers. It also suggests numerous skill-building activities for teachers to develop using the words and ideas derived from…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
O'Brien, Roberta Luther, Comp. – 1984
This document is an annotated bibliography of recommended print materials for English-speaking adults reading at the seventh-grade level or below. (Sixty percent of the titles are at fifth-grade level or below.) More than 95 percent of the titles are paperbacks. The titles were selected for their broad appeal to the average adult new reader.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
