Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g1JHrUu03891; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:53:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:53:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p0500194bb8983f297e69@[128.118.94.106]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Eunice Askov <ena1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2249] Re: ESL/ABE Software X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1197981399==_ma============" Status: O Content-Length: 3970 Lines: 86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" I hope that you will take a look at A Day in the Life... for both instruction and assessment. While we developed it at Penn State's Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, it is distributed by Curriculum Associates (http://www.curriculumassociates.com/publications/adil.shtml). Intended for pre-GED adult and adolescent students, the software simulates job tasks in the customer service, retail, health care, maintenance, food service, and clerical areas, requiring students to use necessary literacy skills to accomplish the job tasks in each area. It not only teaches essential literacy skills, but reinforces the importance of literacy for performing jobs in the workplace. Nickie Askov >Help! Our board recently approved special funding for our adult education >consortium to purchase software. I'm looking for information on specific >software programs that have worked well with adult learners including ESL, >basic skills (low level readers), pre-GED, and GED. Any and all info, the >good, the bad, and the ugly, is appreciated. Thank you for your assistance. -- Eunice N. Askov, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Education Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director for Research, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy Penn State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802 (814)865-0597 (telephone); (814)863-6108 (fax) ENA1@PSU.EDU
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