Adult Literacy Resources

Enriching Our Lives:
Poetry Lessons for Adult Literacy Teachers and Tutors
AIM POETRY, PLAYS & ESSAYS

Teaching Adults:
A Literacy Resource Book
AIM READING & WRITING

How to Teach Reading:
For Teachers and Tutors
AIM READING & WRITING

Reading and Writing the Essay:
A Process Approach
AIM READING & WRITING

Right-Track Writer:
Beginning GED Essay Writing
AIM READING & WRITING

Telling Stories, Writing Lives:
A Handbook for Beginning Adult Writers
AIM READING & WRITING

Very Easy True Stories:
A Picture Based First Reader and Easy True Stories: A Picture Based Beginning Reader
AIM READING & WRITING

Read All About It!!
Tutor Adults with the Daily Newspaper
374.012 L447r

Litstart:
Literacy Strategies for Adult Reading Tutors
374.012 R576l

English Step by Step with Pictures
428.24 B634ep

Everyday Consumer English:
Dialogues, Readings And Practice Exercises to Build Needed English Skills
428.34 K673e

Teach Someone to Read:
A Step-by-Step Guide for Literacy Tutors
428.407 R727t

Teaching Reading to Adults
428.407 T22

Reaching Adult Learners With Whole Language Strategies
428.4071 K913r

TUTOR: Techniques Used in the Teaching of Reading:
A Handbook for Teaching Basic Reading to Adults and Teenagers
428.42 C725t

Learning English Made Simple
428.4321 H383l

Online Resources:

Springfield Adult Basic Education Directory

A directory of educational resources for adults and out-of-school youth for Basic Literacy, Pre-GED, GED, English as a Second Language, Transition to College, MCAS help for out-of-school youth, & Family Literacy. (In WORD format.)

RWN Collection

The Read Write Now adult literacy collection at the Central Library includes books in all areas in simple English for adult learners. Browse the RWN collection in the catalog or ask a librarian for assistance.

Adult Education and Literacy Resources

Additional links to resources compiled by librarians at the Springfield City Library.

The Read/Write/Now Literacy Center, currently located at the Pine Point Branch Library, is also a valuable resource for learning strategies and programs for learning English. Please contact them at (413)263-6839 for further information.