Reading from the Learners' Perspective

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Discussion on Focus on Basics Discussion List: Reading from the Learners' Perspective: June 12-16

In this discussion, teacher, researcher and author Alisa Belzer will discuss two of her articles from issue 8B of Focus on Basics (FOB).

Influences on the Reading Practices of Adults in ABE
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1108

and

Learners on Learning to Read
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1110

The first article examines case studies of three learners and the reading that they do outside of class to learn how this influences their learning, and how teachers can encourage out-of-class reading. The second describes a unique study where students were interviewed to give their own assessment of what factors influenced their success in learning how to read.

I will put the discussion here on the ALE Wiki when it is done, but in the meantime I invite you to subscribe for the week and participate if you are interested. You can subscribe to the list at:

http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/focusonbasics

Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney@worlded.org