This bibliography contains references to research reports, program descriptions, and educational philosophy expositions concerned with the motivation of adult literacy students. The eighty-two entries are from around the world, and some are in French and Spanish. The literature covers a wide range of topics, including programs for volunteers,…

The LEX [language experience] Process for English Reading Instruction, a pilot project of the Guadalupe Educational Programs, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, during 1980-81, is presented in this 300-page manual that describes how the LEX Process model may be replicated by educational agencies seeking to provide survival and functional English as a…

This manual is designed to aid volunteer tutors to use the LEX [language experience] Process for English Reading Instruction Manual (see note) to provide survival and functional English as a second language (ESL) to immigrant and minority people. The Process employs the methods of "language experience" in response to the widely varied language…

The Alberta Vocational Center (AVC) developed a portable competency-based learning system for use in non-institutional adult basic education community programs. The system addresses needs identified by the 1971 census which found 28% of Alberta's residents (over fifteen and out of school) had less than a ninth grade education. Administered through…

This administrator's quide, one in a series of works dealing with adult literacy education, surveys the essential components of adult literacy program development and management and details the related experience of the Jefferson County Adult Reading Program (JCARP) in Louisville, Kentucky. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the…