Fostering storytelling in adult literacy programs helps learners build confidence, gain experience in using literacy skills, and encourages a sense of community. (SK)

In a survey of 16 companies with over 500 employees, 12 respondents believed illiteracy was a national problem. Eight considered it a local problem. Eleven believed that schools adequately prepare employees. Limited interest in financially supporting reading programs was expressed. (SK)

Discusses the use of fairy tales in a prison adult basic education writing workshop based on work of Campbell and others. Examines use of mythology with beginning writers to enhance writing skills and provide a forum for the exploration of personal lives and values. (SK)

In a 6-week program, 19 parents were taught to teach their children the alphabet and phonics, empowering these socially and economically disadvantaged adults to be partners in their children's education. (SK)

The approaches taken by two separate family literacy programs on Chicago's South Side to create unique literacy-health projects demonstrate the fluid nature of partnerships; the essential but time-consuming building of trust and credibility; and recognition of mutual benefits. (JOW)

In the Dayton (Ohio) Literacy Project, female welfare recipients in adult basic education meet with college students to increase the women's reading, writing, and speaking skills and help them come to think of themselves as "knowers." (SK)

Less competent adult readers have not developed the habit of reading. Ways to cultivate adult reading habits include relevant material, environment saturated with reading material, reading aloud to adults, having them read to children, sustained silent reading, modeling, book sharing, author conferences, and recognition. (SK)

A survey of adult basic education providers in nine states received 555 responses identifying a variety of accommodations for adults with disabilities. Most often used were accommodations not requiring special equipment. However, those methods most frequently used were not necessarily the most effective. (SK)

Explains the use of critical discourse analysis in adult literacy education as a way to understand and change power relations. (SK)

Despite differences between adult basic education and English for speakers of other languages, collaboration provides benefits in the areas of student assessment, placement, flexible learning pathways, shared knowledge and resources, and course and subject flexibility. Teachers are able to share strategies and staff development opportunities. (SK)

Proposes a problem-solving model of incorporating critical thinking into a basic literacy program. The author, an inmate, provides concrete steps of creating the curriculum by offering a description of two units that she developed. Relates the critical-thinking curriculum to developments in understanding of the reading process. (JOW)

Survey of practitioners who have or teach for the Royal Society of Arts Diploma in Teaching of Literacy Skills to Adults or City and Guilds of London Certificate in Teaching Basic Skills identified advantages and disadvantages of both and the difficulties in applying National Vocational Qualifications' functional analysis of job tasks to the work…

Presents a study in which 32 Chinese-speaking adults solved single-digit multiplication problems. Chinese adults made more errors that indicated interactions between phonological codes activated at encoding and production of answers as compared to samples of English, French, and Dutch-speaking adults from other studies. Contains 26 references.…

This theme issue addresses the systemic and institutional barriers that impact urban adult basic education learners and programs in the United States. Focuses on provisions of the Workforce Investment Act (1998) and literacy education. (SLD)

Provides a historical overview of the development of the Native American community in Chicago, Illinois, and focuses on issues impacting their education. Discusses ways to enhance adult basic education for Native Americans in urban settings. (SLD)