ERIC Number: ED304536
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 77
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Learning about People: A Cultural Writing Experience [Student Manual] and Teacher's Guide.
Adult Education Services, Johnstown, PA.
This set of materials for a cultural writing curriculum for adult basic education students (5-8 grade level) consists of a teacher's guide and student manual (videotape and an audiocassette complete the set). The materials are intended to develop the adult learners' writing and reading competencies through their active involvement with the cultural heritage of their community, accomplished by conducting interviews with community members. The 11 lessons, or steps, are designated by the letters A through K and arranged so that each step builds upon knowledge attained through completing the preceding steps. The teacher's guide provides a supplemental reading list and the following materials for each lesson: lesson objectives, lesson overview, and suggested teaching ideas. The student manual provides informational materials and exercises that teach the students basic skills of Interviewing (Step A: Getting Started, Step B: Listening, Step C: Notetaking, and Step D: Taping) and of writing an organized, edited account of the interview (Step E: Transcribing, Step F: Organizing, Step G: Editing for Spelling, Step H: Editing for Vocabulary, and Step I: Editing for Usage). (YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Curriculum Guides, Editing, Instructional Materials, Interviews, Personal Narratives, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Teaching Guides, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
AdvancE, Pennsylvania Department of Education Resource Center, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126-333 (Manuals and related videotape and audiocassette).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Vocational and Adult Education.
Authoring Institution: Adult Education Services, Johnstown, PA.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A