Should the adult learner be taught to read and write in cursive or manuscript?

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Here a distinction must be made between reading and writing. Most of the reading required of adults will be either in block letters as in signs (e.g. NO SMOKING, EXIT) or in manuscript as on applications (e.g. Name, Address) and in texts and other printed material. This suggests that initial reading instruction should be in block and manuscript letters.

In many contexts adults are required to be able to print, for example, and in filling out forms. In other contexts they are expected to write in cursive, especially in signing their names. So adults should be able to at least sign their names in cursive.