This monograph is part of OPTIONS, a packaged set of materials developed to provide postsecondary administrators, program planners, curriculum developers, counselors, and instructors with up-to-date, reliable information. This volume and two other monographs are intended to enable counselors and instructors to establish and conduct special services to meet the learning and career needs of adult populations. This publication provides the literacy enhancement program planner with the demographic information, program development considerations, and remediation strategies needed to implement a successful program. Part I discusses the characteristics of illiterate speakers of English. An examination of employers' literacy competency needs results in a checklist of literacy competencies required for entry-level employment and for career advancement. Guidelines for assessing the basic skills of literacy program clients are presented along with criteria for selecting instructional materials most appropriate to the needs of the program's clients. Two models for the development of a literacy enhancement program are outlined. Part II considers planning and implementing programs of literacy instruction for nonnative speakers of English in a vocational context. Brief descriptions of various types of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs and a model for vocational ESL delivery are given. Part II then presents an overview of the latest and most successful strategies being used in vocational education. (YLB)