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Benson, Sheila – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
This article examines the case of an adult reader who has developed literacy practices that represent a wide range of authentic, personally and professionally motivated purposes for reading and writing. Despite this wide range of literacy practices, however, and despite the opportunities they have opened for him, Joseph (his chosen pseudonym)…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Illiteracy, Adult Literacy, Self Concept
Brown, Nancy; And Others – 1981
This handbook contains information to assist English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and administrators in developing a course for pre- and semi-literate adults, testing, determining criteria for hiring ESL teachers, and training teachers. In the first section an outline is provided for teaching basic literacy (reading and writing) skills. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques