A. Before reading
1. What makes adults attend evening classes? Suggest at least two reasons.
2. What can make them give up evening classes?

B. Nearly 700,000 fewer adults attended evening classes in England this year than last year. Can you guess one reason?
Read this article to know the details.
1. It seems there was a change in state subsidies. What changed?
2. What does Alan Tuckett think about that change?