Litstart: Strategies for Adult Literacy and ESL Tutors

by Patricia Frey, Evey Renner

The purpose of this book is to provide you with strategies and background necessary to tutor an adult in the skills of reading, writing, and speaking English.

LITSTART is the cumulative product of decades of tutoring, tutor training, program coordination, and research involving a network of thousands of people.

This third edition adds many new features, including:

-Addition and integration of English as a Second Language
-Enhanced guidance on the process of lesson planning
-Conversion of the Word Study chapter to the strategy format
-Guidelines on homework, grammar, portfolio assessment, and questioning techniques for checking comprehension
-Several new and revised strategies
-Elevation of the top level from fifth grade to seventh grade level
-Many other revisions and enhancements

(from the foreword of the book)

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

277 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm using this book to help a Korean student learn English. Textbook only not for everyday reading.

[Dr. Barrett Dylan Brown, Phd · Rating 3 out of 5]

7.24.10 Seems good so far, there are some fun word-games and such. Of course, I wont know how good it _really_ is until I start teaching Adults to read...