Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iB14JvF00043; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:19:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:19:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20041201041519.95574.qmail@web13901.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Bruce Carmel <bcarmel@rocketmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:792] Non-readers backgrounds X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1510 Lines: 45 Thanks Virginia for those observations about what you have noticed about adults who are nonreaders. As I said there is not much out there about why adults did not learn. Your comments were very helpful to me. I have met adult non-readers whose families did not very much read at home, but there was some reading going on in the homes of those I have interviewed. But it was usually minimal: reading the Bible, important mail, etc. No accounts of reading for pleasure--no novels, no newspapers, no magazines. And what I think may be most important: no being read to. No one had books of their own as a child. I have heard no one say that both of their parents could not read. (Not everyone was raised by two parents.) Some said that they suspect one parent could not read well. Most people with siblings report that their siblings can read, even though they came from the same home. Some report some siblings who do not read very well either. But I know of no one who comes from a home where there was not much reading where all the children did not learn to read. I hope others post something of what they know about the histories/ backgrounds of adults who cannot read. (This conversation started with asssessment questions, but I think I might take it to another nifl list serv as it is a broader question for me now.) from Bruce Carmel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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