Teaching a Learning Disabled Adult To Spell: Is It Ever Too Late?.

Hanlon, Marianne Mazzei; Cantrell, R. Jeffrey

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ERIC Number: EJ592821

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Teaching a Learning Disabled Adult To Spell: Is It Ever Too Late?

Hanlon, Marianne Mazzei; Cantrell, R. Jeffrey

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v43 n1 p4-11 Sep 1999

Describes how an adult male learner who had been identified as learning disabled many years ago participated in a spelling-based word-study program. Describes the program and its theoretical rationale, discusses his progress, and notes implications for adult-literacy learners' spelling instruction. (SR)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading Improvement, Remedial Reading, Spelling Instruction, Word Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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