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[ajuma]

I have 2 adult students who speak quite well, but can't read or write in Enlgish. Any ideas, suggestions or book ideas that will help me to teach them without treating them like children?

[Hotpants]

Again, I will plug my site below for links to reading sites on the web.

For low level adult readers, I would recommend Penguin graded readers which come with web worksheet support. If the students are more academically oriented, perhaps you could try and print off the elementary level versions of the www.breakingnewsenglish.com worksheets.

[gang ah jee]

[ajuma]

[gang ah jee]

Ah. I can't really help you, but I'd suggest starting from what they need to read and write. This will probably be things like practicing filling in forms - name, address, marital status, etc. Otherwise, the principles of teaching reading and writing are the same as to children, just that as adults they will have adult needs and interests.

Try doing a search on ESL for refugees - to my knowledge most of the adult ESL literacy work that goes on tends to be in that kind of area

[ajuma]

Thanks for the idea...I checked out a couple of "Literacy Volunteer" sites and they have a wealth of information!!

[Ya-ta Boy]

May I humbly suggest:

An Ajosshi's Story #8:

[ajuma]

Ya-ta...I usually like and agree with your posts...but...this is helpful in what way?????

[Woland]

Make use of comic books, if you can find them. The visuals will support understanding of the text, and if you have options, you can vary the level of reading difficulty with different comic books. Good luck!

[MESL]

Try Easy True Stories. It's a whole series. Easy for you, easy for the students.