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Peer reviewedBecker, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Illiteracy, Language Experience Approach, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedPedrini, D. T.; Pedrini, Bonnie C. – Reading Improvement, 1990
Presents a last resort technique for teaching reading to adolescent and adult illiterates. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults
Peer reviewedMcWilliams, Lana; Smith, Dennie L. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a version of language experience with adolescents that has students write about personal problems and dilemmas they have faced. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Language Experience Approach, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education
Ben-Barka, Alba C. – 1982
An exploratory study of the feasibility of the Language Experience Approach (LEA) for teaching reading to semi-literate students of English as a second language (ESL) is presented. The instructional approach uses knowledge and interests from the students' own experience as the basis for teaching reading comprehension. The method was used with two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, English (Second Language)
Becker, John T. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Koppenhave, David; Jacoby, Monica, Ed. – Common Focus, 1986
The extent and impact of adolescent illiteracy, brief descriptions of several successful programs designed to combat adolescent illiteracy, and a more detailed description of one of those programs are included in this collection of articles. The first article argues that while experts may disagree about the numbers of illiterate adolescents and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art Education, Cultural Enrichment, Illiteracy
Moss, R. Kay; Stansell, John C. – 1981
The case study of James, a semiliterate 16-year-old delinquent, illustrates (1) the importance of learners' language strengths, (2) the importance of learners' perceptions about the nature of assigned tasks, and (3) the need to examine reading instruction as a possible contributor to delayed literacy. When James was asked to tape record a story,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Language Attitudes, Language Experience Approach
Direct linkEasterbrooks, Susan R.; Stephenson, Brenda – American Annals of the Deaf, 2006
The results of a multistep process to begin identifying best practices in deaf education are presented. To identify current practices, a survey was conducted of the literature, the Web sites of professional organizations, and states' education Web sites, which yielded a number of commonly discussed practices. Ten of the more highly cited practices…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Mathematics Instruction, Internet, Deafness
Colvin, Ruth J.; Root, Jane H. – 1987
This guide is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors who are teaching adults and teenagers to read. The nature and extent of the adult illiteracy problem and the process of learning to read are discussed in the first chapter. The characteristics that are desirable in basic reading tutors and those that are encountered in adult learners…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
