About This Textbook
This book is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 6 (roughly equivalent to grades 7.5 to 9 in the K-12 system). It is one of six readers. This reader contains 11 original instructional essays written specifically for adults and comes with an accompanying course pack. Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 1,000 words. New vocabulary are set in bold throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary found in the appendix.
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Author
Shantel Ivits
Publisher
BCcampus
Publish Date
March 11, 2015
Level
Adult Basic Education
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Instructor, Continuing Education Department & Hope Centre Coordinator
Michelle Vandepol, University of the Fraser Valley
This text is a great resource for BC Post-secondary institutions, especially ones interested in promoting inclusive values and a variety of voices. It would be appropriate to use in ABE Education and Career Planning, ABE Computer classes, Digital„