Adult Literacy
A Handbook for Development Workers

This is a book for development workers who have no formal training in adult education who have to respond - as planners, trainers or teachers - to requests for literacy skills. It sets out to deepen their understanding of literacy and its importance in the process of development and change.

This is a book for development workers who have no formal training in adult education who have to respond - as planners, trainers or teachers - to requests for literacy skills. It sets out to deepen their understanding of literacy and its importance in the process of development and change. Using examples from many countries, the authors give practical guidance, in clear language, for all stages of literacy action from planning to assessment. Besides reading, they cover the skills involved in writing, calculating and interpreting visual images. They suggest ways of using materials that are already available and how to develop new ones designed for specific situations. Authors give practical guidance in clear language for all stages of literacy action from planning to assessment.

* A note from the publishers
* About the authors
* Acknowledgements
* Foreword
* Preface: The purpose of this book
* Part One: Literacy and Development
1. The case for literacy
* Part Two: Planning for Literacy
2. Recognising and assessing needs
3. Looking at literacies and establishing aims
4. Getting organised:some practical issues
* Part Three:Exploring Teaching and Learning
5. Some methods for teaching literacy
6. Learning numbers and reading images
7. Planning a session
8. Selecting and training literacy workers
9. Assessing progress and evaluating impact
* Part Four: Materials for Literacy
10. 'Special' materials
11. 'Ordinary' materials
* Part Five: Continuing with Literacy
12. Developing a literate society
* Postscript
* Glossary
* Notes
* Further reading
* Index