This guide provides an overview and practical suggestions for the literacy administrator and worker. Chapters deal with: an overview of the problem of illiteracy; adult learner characteristics; methods of teaching languages to illiterate adults; the organization, administration, and supervision of literacy classes; patterns of adult education; audiovisual materials; techniques of conducting a class; teaching material and equipment; followup services; dropouts; the teacher of adults; testing of adults; supervision; and literacy records. Appendixes include sample survey forms; articles required for literacy classes; a functional literacy syllabus; guidelines for formulating functional literacy projects; sample of test papers; statistics on literacy in India; and a bibliography. (DM)