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Exploring the Ties Between Health and Literacy: Using Cancer as a Content Area
What happens when breast and cervical cancer issues provide the content around which reading, writing, speaking, and math skills are learned and practiced? What happens when adult… Read More
HEAL: A Learner’s Perspective
In Charlottesville, one family literacy class and two ESL classes participated in the HEAL:BCC project. The students trained to become leaders for their families and communities by studying (1)… Read More
Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
An Interview with Deborah Lowe Duty, Regional Program Manager Since its inception 10 years ago, the Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program has served over 10,000… Read More
Real World Applications Focus of New GED®
by Marci Gore What do a pack of M&Ms, a coffee can, and a shoebox have in common? Would you believe they can each be… Read More
The Listening/Pronunciation Connection
Summary of the Plenary Address Given by Linda Grant at VAILL-ESL 2001 by Pat Bowyer Have you ever misheard the words from a… Read More
Dooley Takes Literacy Know-How to Beijing for UNESCO Confab
by Nancy Drury Duncan MELFA—An Eastern Shore Community College professor took a locally developed literacy program to China to share with educators from around the world. Read More
Book Review: “Methods that Matter: Six Structures for Best Practice Classrooms”
(Daniels, H.A., & Bizar, M. (1998). Methods that matter: Six structures for best practice classrooms. Stenhouse Publishers.) by Lisa Youngers Methods that Matter presents… Read More
Factors in Tutor Retention
* Links in this article that are no longer active have been disabled. by Victoire Gerkens Sanborn “A program that says ‘welcome’ in every way, over… Read More
HEAL Teaching: Three Experiences
by Lois Wyatt, Tom Bello, and Debra Tuler Lois Wyatt The HEAL:BCC curriculum opened numerous doors for our program. It opened a topic… Read More
Professional Development in Your Pajamas: Adult Learning Online
by Cheryl Fuentes “I’ve been in Adult ESL for almost 10 years—is there anything new out there that I should know?” If you have any experience… Read More