Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id SAA19718; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 18:03:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 18:03:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <0.a83326d9.2554bb4c@aol.com> Errors-To: listmgr@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: KUTHFAM@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2560] Re: HELP! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: OR In a message dated 11/5/99 5:17:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, JACOBO20@aol.com writes: << Well, several people have heard that we're doing this and all of a sudden I have three adults who've signed up to learn to read! >> Is there Laubach tutor training anywhere in the area? I'd recommend that for starters. You could supplement Laubach with what you know about teachig reading to children. My adult literacy students enjoy children's readers. Students can dictate stories to you. Use drawing, if students like to draw. Students can draw a picture to go with their story. Have students draw something they like (cars) and label parts (door, window, hood, fewnder, etc.). Have students write down directions to do something (directions for a recipe, how to change the oil in the car). I had one student who was interested in auto detail and he wrote directions for washing, buffing, some auto repair, and all sorts of other car related information. Students can write sentences about themselves, their children, something they like or a particular topic. My students write autobiographies with 10 sentences all beginning "I am...." Read a simple story with pictures to the student first. Children's books are good for this. Have the student practice reading the same book back to you. Most students enjoy the children's books, and if they are parents, they can practice reading the book so they can read it to their children. I always ask adult students how they feel about reading children's books. The vast majority are eager to read children's stories. They enjoy the pictures (visual clues) and the humor. Once in a while a student objects to using children's books and literature. In that case, I don't. (In the last 4 years, I can think of only one student who did not want to use children's literature.) I also check to see if literacy students can write their name, addresss, phone number, birthdate,and social security number. I'd also make sure they could write this information about their children. Sometimes these students carry a piece of paper with this information written on it. Ask students what words they would like to learn to spell. While a child, my son was having trouble reading, and I asked him what words he wanted to spell. "Bible" was one. I would have never thought to teach him that word. I'd also encourage students to write things for themselves. This might be an assignment sheet. Most literacy students can read numbers, so writing page numbers is something they can usually do. A grocery list would be another good thing to write. Students often need to learn how to write dates. Good luck. Teaching reading to adults is exciting. Millie Kuth Hamilton City ABLE Jefferson Annrx Hamilton OH 45011 513-887-5020/5021 KUTHFAM@aol.com
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