Women and Adult Literacy. Adult Education Newsletter, Volume 17 Number 1. Special Issue.

Articles in this special issue of the newsletter of the Adult Education Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) address the following topics related to women and adult literacy: (1) dealing with failures in tutoring (E. Radick); (2) color as a key to teaching literacy (J. Langelier); (3) a preschool home study program for Hispanic families that involves parents (C. Weir); (4) a course for Southeast Asian women that integrates an entrepreneurial project with language and math instruction (J. Treat); and (5) a project bringing together sixth-grade Hispanic girls, their mothers, and notable successful Hispanic women from the community as role models (P. Rigg). Professional association news and book reviews are also included. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)