Reading Instruction

This course pack features a set of nine high-interest reading materials that are designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 5 (roughly equivalent to grades 6 to 7.5 in the K-12 system).

Written specifically for adults, this beginning-level reader contains eight chapters about Langston Hughes' family history and personal life.

A collection of forty theme-based readers, along with an instructors guide, that support ESL literacy instructors in creating comprehensive, theme-based lessons for adult ESL literacy learners.

The Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education provides a forum for sharing research, information, theory, commentary, and practical experiences that will improve the quality of services for adult basic education, literacy, and numeracy learners.

STAR is a project of the U.S. Department of Education that provides training and support for teachers of intermediate reading students in effective, evidence-based practices in the four major components of adult reading instruction: alphabetics, fluency,vocabulary, and comprehension.

Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles (ASRP) provides research-based assessment strategies to improve reading instruction for Adult Basic Education and Adult Secondary Education learners.

This January 2008 webcast is a follow-up to the September 2007 webcast, “From Assessment to Practice: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading to Adults.”

This webcast disseminates research findings from several five-year research projects investigating the development of literacy skills in adults enrolled in Adult Basic and Secondary Education classrooms.

This article provides a research based rationale to identify which general teaching reading strategies work for all learners and which of those strategies do not work for English Language Learners.