Light 'n Lively Reads for ESL, Adult, and Teen Readers: A Thematic Bibliography

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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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A valuable resource for teachers and parents...would be an asset to the reference section of libraries in schools and ESL Centres.-VATME Newsletter
Dr. Rosow's introductory sections are quite inspiring...This book may prove useful to teachers and community literacy volunteers alike. Certainly its theoretical background and educational philosophy should inspire and motivate all.-Orana
For those who teach reading to adults and teens and have difficulty finding material that will stimulate interest, yet is simple enough for new readers, Rosow's annotated bibliography delivers...Recommended.-The Book Report
The author shows educators how to promote more challenging reading and allow new readers to develop a broad literature base.-Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
This indexed work would be a helpful addition to the professional collection of an elementary or secondary library.-Library Lane
"A valuable resource for teachers and parents...would be an asset to the reference section of libraries in schools and ESL Centres."-VATME Newsletter
"For those who teach reading to adults and teens and have difficulty finding material that will stimulate interest, yet is simple enough for new readers, Rosow's annotated bibliography delivers...Recommended."-The Book Report
"The author shows educators how to promote more challenging reading and allow new readers to develop a broad literature base."-Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
"This indexed work would be a helpful addition to the professional collection of an elementary or secondary library."-Library Lane
"Dr. Rosow's introductory sections are quite inspiring...This book may prove useful to teachers and community literacy volunteers alike. Certainly its theoretical background and educational philosophy should inspire and motivate all."-Orana

Author Bio

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.