Article comments on problems of other countries in developing their level of adult literacy. (MM)

Examines the beginnings of mass education; the Russians' contribution, Unesco's contribution, the work of ethnologists and economists in this field, and the impact of the Tehran Conference. Includes a short literacy glossary. (RB)

Article describes a pilot project to combine programs in adult literacy and family planning in Turkey. (MM)

Describes the objectives of, and methods used in, a course for near-illiterate young adults. (SP)

Study in India showed that functionally literate farmers produced higher crop yields. (SP)

Describes a method by which language students can learn to read sense groups instead of word-by-word, increasing their reading and speaking skills. (SP)

Discusses the effect of orthographical systems on literacy attainment; the uses and advantages of phonemic spelling are presented. (Author)

The teacher must be aware of the deep" and surface" levels of language, the learner's linguistic competence, and the cognitive development of preliterate children and illiterate adults." (Author/SP)

Students of English as a second language, whose errors in writing result partly from lack of control over English transform patterns, should be taught to combine ideas through a transform process. (Author)

Students in the Zambia adult literacy program compared original and revised", i.e. vernacular, versions of reading materials; the findings with regard to reading and comprehension ease were statistically insignificant," and more students preferred the original version. (Author/SP)

Study deals with the differing educational environments that affect the cognitive processes of the literacy learner. (Author)

Describes the problems posed by the teaching of workers of different nationalities who find themselves in a country whose spoken and written language is unknown to the majority. (Author/ML)

Article stress the need to teach the local language as part of the process of completing the socio-cultural integration of foreigners. (Author/ML)

Article presents research findings concerned with developing educational programmes for adult immigrants; emphasis is given to critical problems of recruitment, persistence, and instruction. (Author/ML)