Teach Reading to Adults alongside Writing and Basic English. When you teach reading to adults, the student needs to engage as many senses as possible to enhance memory. Teaching phonics involves looking at letter symbols, recognizing patterns within …

We know much less about effective strategies for teaching adults to read. The National Reading Panel (NRP), using an exacting screening process, found more than 400 studies to review. By comparison, the Reading Research Working Group found only about 70 studies on adult reading instruction and assessment that met the criteria for quality research.

We teach adults to read — by training volunteers and then matching the volunteers to students. 48 million adults in the United States read below the third-grade level. When they seek help, this is what they are likely to find:

The series is based on a three-day workshop on the four components of reading, developed by three experts in the field of adult basic education and literacy: Dr. John R. Kruidenier, Susan McShane, and Dr. Rosalind Davidson.

Here’s how to teach an adult to read. The first thing you need to do with an adult is build rapport with them. Find out why they want to learn to read. Ask them how they feel about reading and why they have struggled. Let them know the statistics that 5.2 million adults don’t know how to read. This will help them not to feel alone.

Every adult has a right to literacy, yet millions of adults cannot read or write above a third-grade level, do math, or use a computer. Share your gift of literacy by volunteering to teach others—changing lives while you’re at it. When adults in your community reach their educational goals, your community grows stronger.

Acquiring literacy skills as an adult is not easy and learning how to read can seem overwhelming at times, even to the most motivated learners. However, breaking the task down into smaller, more manageable steps helps adult students reach their goal through self-directed learning.

Using the recent research, this article updates and enhances the 2005 brief as follows: It reviews and refines the description of reading components; describes five evidence-based strategies for teaching adult learners to read in English, highlighting special considerations for working with non-native English speakers depending on their educatio...

A well-trained teacher or tutor in an adult literacy program should be trained in at least three methods, including the multisensory approach, which has proven to be effective for adult students with learning disabilities.