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.