INRW: Integrated Reading and Writing: Books & eBooks

This handbook presents a wide range of research on adults who have low literacy skills. It looks at the cognitive, affective, and motivational factors underlying adult literacy; adult literacy in different countries; and the educational approaches being taken to help improve adults' literacy skills.

Inside, you'll find: Engaging exercises based in the kinds of writing students already do. Versatile "parachute writings", quick bursts of practice to drop into a day's lesson. Strategies for introducing academic vocabulary and making it stick. Skill-boosting strategies for successful summarizing and using textual evidence Variations specific to all disciplines and content areas.

This grammar-first handbook provides comprehensive coverage of grammar, style, punctuation, mechanics, writing, and research--all presented in the context of rhetorical concerns including the writer, reader, message, context, and exigence (reason for writing).