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Guest post by Marisol Stork on the R.E.A.D. program in Ottawa County, Michigan, for improving adult literacy, and the importance of literacy for healthcare. 
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students enroll in Adult Education programs for many reasons. Ninety percent of adults cited career or job related reasons for participation in educational programs (Valentine, 1997). Adults enter educational programs to acquire skills needed to obtain a job, advance in their current job, or enter a new career field. The core academics of adult basic education programs include reading, mathematics, English, and computer skills. In addition, the skill set needed for career success by these adults is the same set of skills needed by high school and college graduates. These skills are the 21st Century Skills as outlined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
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learning support system for adults who want to accomplish specific learning objectives or goals such as earning a GED, improving their English language or other basic skills, increasing digital literacy, transitioning to higher education, preparing for a job, or improving job-related basic skills
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Worksheets, flashcards, lesson plans, and activities for teaching ESL and EFL.
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An instructional model to effectively and efficiently teach Adult Beginning Readers. Part 1 of 4.
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“Pop songs are written to be easily understood and enjoyed. As discussed above, they tend to use high frequency lyrics that have emotional content. This makes them strong candidates for word study or for reinforcing words already learned through written means. If a series of songs is to be used, students can be paired and given a song to teach the class.
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OTAN, adult education and literacy providers support services including electronic collaboration, access to information, and technical assistance...
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The California Distance Learning Project provides teacher resources and student activities for adult education in California.
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21st century, adult literacy education (including English for immigrants) must integrate digital literacy, a new set of core literacy skills, with existing curricula. While reading, writing and num... Via Mary Babcock
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21st century digital literacy skills/adult literacy education
Carlos A. Lozano's curator insight,
March 10, 2013 1:54 PM
La alfabetización digital es uno de las características que el docente del siglo XXI debe promover en su clase. 
Lisa Williams's curator insight,
November 12, 2013 5:54 PM
The importance of adult learners to integrate and have knowledge of 21st centruy skills is more important now than ever.
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GED Academy online prep is the most complete and tested Distance Learning program available today for adult learners.
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True adult literacy is broader than merely reading and writing. Many adult basic education, pre-GED®, adult secondary education, and GED students are not computer literate.
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a learning support system for adults who want to accomplish specific learning objectives or goals such as earning a GED, improving their English language or other basic skills, increasing digital literacy, transitioning to higher education, preparing for a job, or improving job-related basic skills
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Worksheets, flashcards, lesson plans, and activities for teaching ESL and EFL.
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designed to create leveled reading selections that are appropriate for and valued by adult learners.
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In 1991, Congress passed the National Literacy Act that defined literacy as:
Based on this definition, current statistics tell us that in the United States, 36 million adults need help with literacy. Among adults with the lowest literacy rates, 43 percent live in poverty and experience a higher rate of unemployment than the national average.
Translated into dollars, it is estimated that the effects of low literacy cost the United States more than $225 billion dollars each year in non-productivity in the workforce and loss of tax revenue due to unemployment. Furthermore, low literacy adds an estimated $230 billion dollars to annual health care costs in the United States.
- See more at: http://www.drbrianstork.com/blog/read-adult-literacy/#sthash.5Bs5aiPO.dpuf";