[NIFL-4EFF:1043] Re: Reading through videos

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TV411 is a pre-GED adult literacy video and television broadcast series that 
teaches reading, writing and math in an engaging, contextualized way.  We 
have 20 videos and accompanying workbooks, along with a user's gudie that 
allows learners working at home to self assess and direct their own learning. 
 We are currently constructing our web site.  The shows are half hour 
magazine style formats, each with 5 or 6 segments that embed literacy in real 
life, entertaining contexts.  For example, a sgement might show reading and 
writing in the context of preparing for a doctor's visit or filling out forms 
and applications, or math in consumer economics settings such as creating a 
budget or interpreting sale prices.  We don't neglect the inspirational 
either; our show features book clubs with wonderful literature, poetry, and 
songwriting by ordinary folks and celebrities.  The shows mdoel, explain and 
demonstrate literacy practices, while the workbooks provide structured 
opportunities for learners to try these things themselves.  We are a not for 
profit, funded by the Ford and Lila Wallace foundations, with the states of 
North and South Carolina and United States Steelowrkers of America and 
participating steel companies joint labaor management funded program ( the 
Institute for Career Development) as partners.  For more information, call 
Nancy Rademacher at 212-807-4244.  



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