Just show me how the dang thing is built, and I'll go for it. By breaking the language down into manageable parts, Farmer learned to sound out words, to spell, and to write. Like Dallas Farmer, Enrique Ramirez and Sheila Greene joined adult literacy programs to find better work and to become better parents. But the keys to learning for them were quite different from phonics. Ramirez learned to read by playing word games like Scrabble with his tutor.
People still carry around a lot of shame when it comes to adult literacy.
Many want to read the Bible better. Others want to write their autobiography. Getting a high school diploma is very important. Ultimately, it's about achieving dreams, and that is quite different from individual to individual. TV411, which is now airing on public television stations across the country, is accompanied by print materials and a Web site designed for adults at the pre-GED level who are in need of reading, writing, and mathematics skills.