This work is an addition to a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning. Volume 4 opens with an overview of significant recent developments in the field. Subsequent chapters cover a wide range of topics critical to the success of adult education and literacy services in the United States, such as race, class, gender and sexual orientation; the role of workplace education in building adults' basic skills; the role of...

The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 5 is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning.
Each Review opens with an overview of significant recent developments in the field of adult literacy during the year, followed by a set of chapters presenting in-depth reviews of research and best practices on topics of high interest to...

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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