Experiences Working With Adult Learners

The book is based on the author's experiences working with adult learners as an undergraduate student progressing to teaching a Literacy Training course for graduate and under- graduate students, (a grant funded course) as a professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Like students, adults need to be motivated to read. The author shares engaging ways to work with adult learners to supplement their instruc- tion. Some of the reading/writing strategies included in this book are: ; • Four-square writing ; • Story Starters ; • Quick Writes (admit/exit slips) ; • Graphic Organizers ; • Sequence reading ; • Fluency Sticks ; • Think Alouds ; • Retelling ; • Word Ladders ; •SQ3R