Adult Literacy Research

 

I found this (below) .pdf online.
It looks like a very comprehensive and interesting resource – no doubt plenty of food for thought – or material for discussion – in here.
It’s “the result of a two year research study funded under the National English Literacy Demonstration Program for Adults of Limited English Proficiency.” It was done in [...]

Adult Literacy in Australia

I found this report on adult literacy in Australia. I believe it is from 2006, but recently re-released. 
“Just over half (54%) of Australians aged 15 to 74 years were assessed as having the prose literacy skills needed to meet the complex demands of everyday life and work.” – That means that the other half DON’T [...]

Related Blogs

This post will just be a small collection of links, to related blogs. Once I have accumulated them, I will use this list to put together a Blogroll or a set of Links for this Blog.
Canadian adult literacy practice: an online ‘magazine’ blog
http://wendell-communitylit.blogspot.com/
Teaching ESL to Adults
DLC Adult Literacy Community
Adult Literacy Education
Adult Literacy Blog
http://davidlondono.blogspot.com/
http://englishupdates-rays.blogspot.com/
http://lishuqin118.blogspot.com/2007/11/english-language-learners.html

What is this place?

This blog is intended to be about my real life now – which I estimate to be my Real Life Number 9.
Real Life Number 9 is as an adult literacy teacher, for a non-profit organisation, in an English speaking country.
When you get to my age, you feel as though you have lived at least several lives!
And because [...]