This manual provides specific suggestions for reading instructors of mature partly illiterate and illiterate students, especially disadvantaged youth who have not completed high school. Proposed reading strategies are accompanied by examples of materials suitable for each area. Techniques are offered for diagnosing skills, as well as for teaching, reinforcement, and evaluation, in the areas of visual and auditory discrimination, vocabulary development, phonetic and structural analysis, listening, speaking, studying, and comprehension. (ly)