DESIGNING AN ELECTRONIC READING LITERACY STATION FOR ADULT NONREADERS

READING LITERACY TRAINING FOR ADULT NONREADERS IS SEVERELY LIMITED. PUBLICLY ASSISTED ADULT NONREADERS NEED ENCOURAGEMENT TO GAIN READING LITERACY SKILLS, THUS REDUCINGPUBLIC DEPENDENCY. OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP READING LITERACY SKILLS CAN BE INCREASED BY PLACING ELECTRONIC READING LITERACY STATIIONS IN LOCATIONS FREQUENTED BY PUBLICLY ASSISTED ADULT NONREADERS. READING LITERACY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CAN BE ENCOURAGED BY USING STATE-OF-THE-ART ELECTRONIC VIDEO AND AUDIO LASER-DISKDELIVERY SYSTEMS ALLOWING TOUCH-SCREEN LEARNER INTERACTION. ADULT EDUCATORS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA TECHNICIANS CAN DEVELOPREADING LITERACY SKILLS DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMING THAT ASSUME NO INITIAL READING ABILITY. ELECTRONIC VIDEO/AUDIO ADULT NONREADER TRAINING SYSTEMS ARE NOT WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE TARGET POPULATION.