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Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
This textbook is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. It is designed to orient people with little education or developing literacy skills to a sense of responsibility toward their families.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Family Life, Foreign Countries
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1986
Designed to help educators prepare materials for newly literate individuals, this guidebook is comprised of four chapters. The first two chapters provide background material explaining the needs and requirements of newly literate people. Chapter 1 characterizes "post-literacy" materials and services and discusses the role of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Instructional Material Evaluation

Munoz, Gabriel Trujillo, Ed. – 1990
This anthology/textbook is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. This document presents a collection of works from important writers directed to the population of Baja California, especially to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy
Ruiz, Mercedes M., Ed.; Pavon, Elena S., Ed. – 1988
This manual is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. Its objective is to strengthen reading and writing skills while teaching basic nutrition and food preparation techniques. The manual provides…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Cooking Instruction, Food
Overbeck, Carla – Lifelong Learning, 1984
Adult basic education and English as a second language teachers, as well as volunteer tutors, can help new refugees acquire functional English through the use of a survival kit. The Literacy Volunteers of America's guide to teaching conversational English recommends these items for a survival kit: a written copy of student's name, address, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language)
Torres De Leon, Juana Maria – 1989
This textbook is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. This textbook is designed to strengthen reading and writing skills while teaching basic principles and techniques to improve family health.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Community Education, Family Health
Instructivo del Alfabetizador: Poblacion Urbana (Reading and Writing Instruction: Urban Population).
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1989
This series of instructional materials is designed for Spanish speaking adults in Mexico who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. The reading/writing workbook is presented in two volumes along with a teacher's manual for an adult literacy program directed at urban inhabitants of Mexico.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
This Mexican series of instructional materials is designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. The reading/writing workbook is presented in two volumes along with a teacher's manual for an adult literacy program directed at rural inhabitants of Mexico.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy
Chall, Jeanne S. – 1984
During the past 40 years, the definition of literacy and the needs of adult literacy education have changed. Before World War II, adult literacy programs usually focused on teaching totally illiterate adults to read and write at the simplest levels. Later, functional literacy at about the fifth grade level was promoted through the programs. Now,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Baird, Bil
This document focuses on the use of puppets for educating the illiterate populations of the world in food production and family planning. It is presented as one practical and effective tool for the adult educator and literacy worker. When used as part of a total program of functional literacy for family life planning, it can help young adults gain…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Contraception, Developing Nations

Ringley, Ray; And Others – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1979
Describes three instructional approaches in adult basic education: a class in which retired coal miners recorded their experiences in early coal mining camps; a telephone-based instructional system using "Teleteacher" specially designed and built machines; and an approach to ABE in New York emphasizing adult functional literacy, Project…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Media, Equipment Utilization
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
This guide, part of a Mexican series of instructional materials, is intended for advisors of students participating in an adult education program offered through public and private organizations in communities in Mexico. The first part of the program comprises Spanish and math; the second, education for family life, education for community life,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Community Education, Foreign Countries
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
This manual is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. This document describes the concept of a model for community adult education for the purpose of supporting local educational committees…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Advisory Committees, Community Cooperation
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
This document describes literacy models for urban and rural populations in Mexico. It contains four sections. The first two sections (generalizations about the population and considerations about the teaching of adults) discuss the environment that creates illiterate adults and also describe some of the conditions under which learning takes place…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Instructional Materials
Adult Basic Education, Milwaukee, WI. Council for Spanish Speaking. – 1968
Geared to the special needs of undereducated Spanish-speaking adults in greater Milwaukee, this adult basic education program incorporates English instruction at the basic, intermediate, or low-advanced level; instruction in establishing an English-speaking atmosphere for children; job-seeking skills for obtaining better paid or more suitable…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropouts, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy