Although research indicates that adults with low literacy skills need 100 to 150 hours of instruction to advance one grade level, adults in literacy programs participate in instruction for an average of only 70 hours per year. The Wallace Foundation launched the Literacy in Libraries Across America (LILAA) initiative in 1996 to help library-based…

Conscientisation'', the development of critical consciousness through a process of reflection and action is the central concept of Paulo Freire's educational theory of radical social change expressed in a literacy training program. (Editor/PG)

Presents the exchange of ideas at Paulo Freire's seminar in Bombay, India concerning educational problems. (PG)

A comparative readability assessment of 29 most frequently used books or work units in Adult Basic Education classes in Tennessee was made to determine whether a significant difference and/or significant correlation exists between selected types of readability indices. (DS)

A discussion of materials and methods for adult literacy programs, considering types of reading matter, reading methods, televised reading instruction, and mentioning programmed instruction, testing for progress, and teacher role. A full list of references is given. (JB)

Discusses in detail the various equipment and its employment in actual programs. The hardware and software considered include projectors, videotape recorders, television, easels, computers, newspapers, common reading material-i.e., labels, money, street signs, etc. The author warns: Each device is only as good as the person using it. (Author/JB)

A capsulized report for fiscal 1969. (EB)

Identifies the immensity of the illiteracy problem, enumerates who are the functional illiterates, and explains what is being done by voluntary organizations such as Literacy Volunteers of America to eradicate it. Literacy Volunteers of New York City, the problem of financial support, and national awareness and progress are highlighted. (EJS)

Discussion of program established in 1977 by the Queens Borough Public Library and Literacy Volunteers of New York to combat the problem of adult illiteracy notes recruitment, training and retention of tutors, student intake procedure, cooperation with community organizations, special programs (math, writing, adult basic education), and program…

Discusses three types of low ability students--the beginner, the low-ability student at other levels, and the static student. Suggests methods of helping the low ability student in the ESL classroom. (EKN)

Describes the program, initiated in 1980, to improve national literacy in Nicaragua by sending student volunteers to the countryside and adult volunteers to the urban slums as teachers. (Condensed from "Interracial Books for Children Bulletin," No. 2, 1981, p3-7.) (Editor/SJL)

Calls for public library cooperation to meet the needs of the 10 to 20 million adults in the U.S. who cannot read. It is suggested that, in light of declining budgets, the appropriate special collections and services be made available only at certain designated libraries or branches within a system. (LLS)