Light 'n Lively Reads for ESL, Adult, and Teen Readers: A Thematic Bibliography
| AUTHOR | Rosow, La Vergne |
| PUBLISHER | Libraries Unlimited (06/15/1996) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
If you have been searching for reading materials that are both interesting and accessible to beginning adult and teen readers, look no further. Rosow builds this annotated bibliography of high-interest, low-reading-level fiction and nonfiction materials around themes that appeal to adults. She covers a variety of resources, from books and chapters of books to magazine articles and letters, organizing them from easier to more difficult reading levels to help readers progress with their reading. Dozens of dialogue and writing activities are suggested for each subject area. Most can be used with any size group, from one-on-one tutoring situations to large multiethnic classes of students with a range of reading and writing abilities. Perfect for adult and family literacy programs, ESL students, teen remedial reading classes, and readers' advisory, this book is a great tool for motivating and empowering students to read.
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ISBN-13:
9781563083655
ISBN-10:
1563083655
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
343
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
6.14 x 0.91 x 9.28 inches
Weight:
1.39 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Annotated,
Ikids,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes
Reference | Books & Reading
Reference | Children's & Young Adult Literature
Dewey Decimal:
016.428
Library of Congress Control Number:
96007084
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If you have been searching for reading materials that are both interesting and accessible to beginning adult and teen readers, look no further. Rosow builds this annotated bibliography of high-interest, low-reading-level fiction and nonfiction materials around themes that appeal to adults. She covers a variety of resources, from books and chapters of books to magazine articles and letters, organizing them from easier to more difficult reading levels to help readers progress with their reading. Dozens of dialogue and writing activities are suggested for each subject area. Most can be used with any size group, from one-on-one tutoring situations to large multiethnic classes of students with a range of reading and writing abilities. Perfect for adult and family literacy programs, ESL students, teen remedial reading classes, and readers' advisory, this book is a great tool for motivating and empowering students to read.
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Author:
Rosow, La Vergne
La Vergne Rosow is founder of the experimental Beaumont Literacy Program in California and an adjunct teacher education faculty member at the University of Southern California. Author of "In Forsaken Hands: How Theory Empowers Literacy" (Heinemann, 1995) and "Light 'n Lively Reads for ESL, Adult, and Teen Readers: A Thematic Bibliography" (Libraries Unlimited, 1996), she has studied adult literacy issues in the United States, China, New Zealand, and Australia.
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