Wendy Quinones

Community Learning Center
Cambridge, MA

If you have questions or comments for the teacher, please e-mail her.

 
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Introduction to
Adult Fluency and Vocabulary,

Mar. 2007, 3 minutes

This segment introduces the teaching technique used and gives information about the students for the segments below.

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Adult Fluency and Vocabulary,
Difficult Abstract Words

Part 1

Mar. 2007, 5 minutes

The teaching technique used in this video, created by Lesley University's Mary Beth Curtis, is called Adult Fluency and Vocabulary (AFV). The teacher, Wendy Quinones, also refers to the Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS) .

More information about the Adult Reading Components Study is available at:
http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/arcs.htm

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Adult Fluency and Vocabulary,
Difficult Abstract Words

Part 2

Mar. 2007, 5 minutes

This segment accompanies the segment above.
It introduces the word, "metaphor."

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