Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 6

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 6, includes chapters on:

*Demographic change and low-literacy Americans;

*The role of vocabulary in Adult Basic Education;

*Implications of research on spelling for Adult Basic Education;

*Issues in teaching speaking skills to adult ESOL learners;

*The preparation and stability of the Adult Basic Education teaching workforce;

*The adult literacy system in Ireland; and

*Broad-based organizing as a vehicle for promoting adult literacy.

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