Vocabulary, Fluency and Critical Comprehension

Adult Literacy Resource Institute/SABES Greater Boston Regional Support Center, Wheatley Building 4th Floor, Room 04-167/Library, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA
Adult Literacy Resource Institute/Greater Boston SABES
University of Massachusetts Boston
4th Floor, Wheatley Buidling, Room 04-167 (library)
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125

Description: Are your students becoming critical readers? What are the components of reading instruction that enables ABE students to attain reading skills and strategies for fluency and critical comprehension? How are these strategies for fluency applied in the reading tasks needed for schooling, work and life at home or in the community? Recent theory development and research into reading competencies among adult learners has resulted in new and dynamic evidence-based instructional design. This workshop will give an overview of these developments and provide opportunites for teachers to integrate new reading instructional approaches into their teaching practice.

Contact: For activity information contact: Deborah Schwartz. For registration information contact: Andrea Lawless @ 617-287-4079.
andrea.lawless@umb.edu
(Deborah Schwartz: (617) 287-4072

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to: 1. Identify current theory and research concerning adult reading instruction. 2. Utilize the Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) materials focusing on vocabulary, alphabetics, fluency, and comprehension. 3. Link current theories of reading instruction to the Massachsuetts ABE Language Arts frameworks. 4. Identify appropriate instructional applications fo use in their practice.