How can adults who have developed some proficiency and confidence in literacy improve and develop their new reading and writing skills? Adult literacy programmes often include two components: initial literacy training offering reading and writing classes; and post-literacy training which may develop literacy skills further or offer other activities such as income generation. Views on what the ultimate goal of post literacy training should be, however, are diverse and hotly debated. Research by Education for Development found traditional, classroom-based methods of post literacy training popular, but failing. Literacy should adopt a more practical approach, suggests the report, and assist literacy learners to use their skills in the real world.