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Teaching Adult ESL Literacy Study Circle - Brown University - brown 2025

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The document is a facilitator's guide for a Study Circle focused on teaching Adult ESL Literacy. It outlines the collaborative efforts of Northampton Community College and Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 to enhance professional development for experienced ESL practitioners. The guide details six sessions covering various aspects of adult ESL literacy instruction, including factors influencing literacy, reading process theories, phonics instruction, and practical teaching approaches. Participants are encouraged to engage in discussions, share experiences, and maintain a learning journal throughout the program. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding learners' backgrounds and adapting teaching methods to meet their needs.

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What are the basic literacy skills for adults?

Basic literacy skills include reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Digital literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate.

How do you teach adult literacy?

Repeated reading is the most effective instructional technique for increasing reading fluency in adults (58-61). In repeated reading, a student reads a passage many times while a teacher provides feedback about rate and accuracy levels, helps with difficult words, and models fluent reading.

How do I start teaching literacy?

Here are 17 different literacy strategies you can use in your classroom: Annotate the text. Work in teams. Read aloud. Host a book recommendation event. Encourage students to choose their own books. Make a geographical map. Conduct individual meetings with students. Offer reading rewards.

How do you teach ESL literacy?

Strategies for ELLs Incorporate songs, nursery rhymes, and poetry into your ESL reading instruction. These often contain simple, repetitive phrases that can help ELLs hear sounds and syllables more easily and will help develop oral proficiency. Use familiar vocabulary words for phonemic awareness activities.

How to become an adult literacy specialist?

You usually need at least a bachelors degree in education to meet licensing requirements set by the state. In addition, you may need further training in adult education or literacy education. You may consider a masters degree or a gradate certificate in adult education or literacy.