Reading

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Research

  • The Relationship of the Component Skills of Reading to IALS Performance: Tipping Points and Five Classes of Adult Literacy Learners (2007): http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=29#29
    • by John Strucker, Kentaro Yamamoto, and Irwin Kirsch
    • As its title indicates, this study’s aim was to understand the relationship of the component skills of reading, such as word recognition, vocabulary, and spelling, to large-scale measures of literacy, such as the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) (Kirsch, Jungleblut, Jenkins, & Kolstad, 1993) and the closely related International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) (Tuijnman, 2001).
  • Adult Reading Components Study (2003): http://www.ncsall.net/?id=23#arcs
    • John Strucker, Principal Investigator
    • The Adult Reading Components Study offers a portrait of adults enrolled in adult basic education and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) classes by using clusters based on measures of reading components and a means to assess the literacy skills of the beginning-level learners.
  • Affecting Change in the Literacy Practice of Adult Learners: Impact of Two Dimensions of Instruction (2000):http://www.ncsall.net/?id=652#purcell-gates Artrawick.2.28.07
    • by Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener, Erik Jacobson, and Marta Soler
    • The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between two dimensions of instruction (authenticity of instructional texts/activities and degree of student/teacher collaboration) and change in adult learners' literacy practices.
    • A peer-reviewed article about this study ("Impact of Authentic Literacy Instruction on Adult Literacy Practices") is published in the Reading Research Quarterly (2002), 37[1], 70-92.
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Resources

General

Assessment

  • Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles: http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/
    • Based on the Adult Reading Components study (ARCS), the Web site provides a mini-course on assessment and instruction of reading components, as well as tests and word lists that practitioners can download and links to research.
  • Basic Literacy Assessment Basic literacy Assessment


Finding Materials for Adult Readers

  • ELMO Reviews - Exemplary Literacy Materials Online Reviews* http://www.ELMOreviews.ca
    • This website posts reviews of materials geared to learners in adult and family literacy programs. Adult learners are encouraged to use the website and post reviews. Newsletters are also available.
  • Eureka! AGORA Tradebooks: http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/tradebooks/index.html
    • This site is managed by the Ohio Literacy Resource Center and includes information about children and young adult literature suitable for adult learners. The database can be searched by both academic content area (e.g., science, math) and life-based categories (e.g., family, photography).
  • First Find: http://www.firstfind.info
    • A service of the Westchester and Brooklyn Public Libraries, First Find is a collection of web sites that are accessible to adult learners.
  • Reading Skills for Today’s Adults: http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/reading_skills_home.htm
    • (from the website) This [site] was designed to create leveled reading selections that are appropriate for and valued by adult learners. These materials, combined with the research-proven strategies of repeated reading and guided oral reading, aid in building learners' fluency and comprehension skills….This project helps adults become better readers and more informed consumers, parents, employees, citizens and community members. The focus of these reading selections will be on topics such us: Civics, Employment, Housing, Health, School, Money, and Government.
  • WE LEARN Resource List of Books, Websites and Other Women-Centered Materials: http://www.litwomen.org/Resources.html
    • This web site provides an extensive list of materials around adult-oriented topics, categorized and easily accessible. Many of the materials are in the low-intermediate ABE range.
  • Peppercorn Books Published Student Writing http://www.peppercornbooks.com/catalog/pdf/cat_1_student_writing.pdf Some of the literature that is most interesting to adult literacy education students is that published by other adult new writers. Peppercorn Books, a commercial publisher, specializes in making available adult literacy student-published writings. One way to use these writings is not to immediately identify the author. If your students like the poem, story, essay or other writing, then ask them to describe -- from the writing – what they think they know about the author. Often students will not guess that the author is a student, like them. This is an empowering realization for some.
  • California Distance Learning Project http://www.cdlponline.org/ Among the first web sites to post articles of interest to adult basic education students, the CDLP site is updated regularly with articles and follow-up questions at several different difficulty levels on many topics.
  • The Learning Edge http://www.thewclc.ca/edge The Learning Edge is an interactive, on-line newspaper for adult learners. It is produced by the Wellington County Learning Center, in Arthur Ontario. Its interesting, topical stories are plainly written for a range of learners. Each story is read out loud slowly, and is accompanied by learning activities such as games, puzzles, interactive quizzes and writing contests. The Learning Edge also has student writings.
  • The Northern Edge http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/northernedge/ The Northern Edge is an online newspaper for adult learners by the same author(s) as The Learning Edge. Its activities include sound and video. Learners can hear the articles read to them and they can read along following the text. There are four newsletters online by date. Topics include math, learning styles, reading, animals, nature, culture, student writing, maps, paying a telephone bill, and many more.
  • Fannie Lou Hamer by Stephon Gray and Phil Shapiro http://www.writersforliteracy.org/fannielouhamer2.mov Several years ago when Stephon Gray and Phil Shapiro created this, Stephon was an adult new reader. On this web site he reads a review he wrote of a book about voting rights advocate, Fannie Lou Hamer. It is an interesting very short read, and a great example of what other adult new readers might be able to create.
  • CNN Learning Resources http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/ Recent CNN articles on current events and an extensive archive of articles on compelling contemporary topics (such as abortion, gun control, euthanasia) in a full version and an edited, easier-to-read version.
  • City Family Magazine http://cityfamily.org City Family was a magazine for immigrant and working families. It went to health centers and other places in New York City. It is now on the Internet as Cityfamily.org" Some of the articles, written simply and in plain language, are New York City oriented.
  • Key News http://www.keynews.org Current events articles, including a section on health that gives a great rundown on causes of disease.
  • The 8 Planets by Bill Arnett. http://www.nineplanets.org/ "...overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has my text and NASA's images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information."
  • Since 1995, World Education's twice-yearly publication, The Change Agent, has offered adult educators and their students social justice-focused reading material that can be used in teaching reading. http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/
  • Hopes and Dreams by Pat Neuman. http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/neuman/hopes/hopes.pdf This Canadian book is intended for adults who already have acquired the reading skills and knowledge of a beginning and mid-stage one learner. It is one of five written by the same author, the others are: Mama's Song, That's the way I like it, Voice Like an Angel and One Woman's Courage.
  • The Writer's Voice Newsletter Archive http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/writvoic/archive.htm A collection of newsletter-style books from East End Literacy in Toronto, Canada.. Each issue contains stories written by learners and stories about learners, along with puzzles and recipes.
  • A Hell of a Good Job! Finding Work that Matters, Volume 1 of Working Lives by the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/wlives/volume1/cover.htm The first in the series of four volumes of essays that are intended to speak to the concerns and interests of adult learners.
  • "High Interest Low Vocabulary Resources from the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy:"

http://education.gsu.edu/csal/highinterest.htm

  • "Leisure Books and More for New Readers:"

http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/books_dvds_and_more/item_list/book_lists/3259/C207

  • "Young Adult Library Services Association Booklists:"

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm

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