This document consists of 1-year's worth of a bimonthly newsletter containing news and information about adult literacy and adult basic education for practitioners. These six issues contain professional information, employment notices, and articles on the following topics: working in adult basic education; a conference on learner participation in adult education; English-as-a-Second-Language tutor training; student attitudes about adult basic education; intercultural communication; student evaluation; teacher exchange and observation; the Boston Adult Literacy Fund; alternative teaching and discussion techniques in the classroom; writing instruction; Danish adult education; choosing non-defeating tests; a method for teaching arithmetic; program-based staff development; student-teacher alliances; and Massachusetts legislative efforts. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)