Christmas 2014 is approaching fast! To celebrate another year with Literacy Network, please come and join us for a drink and some snacks. When: 4pm-6pm, Friday December 12th Where: Literacy Network Office 18 Wentworth St, Manly Please RSVP by the 5th December to let us know if you are able to join us. …
Happy Volunteer Day to all our tutors as well as those who work tirelessly behind the scenes for Literacy Network! You can find an article on International Volunteer Day via the Breaking News English website under Holiday Lessons, December 5.
Literacy Network would like to thank Manly Council for both their grant and their ongoing support.
In Australia, we celebrate Armistice Day by, among other things, observing a minute’s silence ‘at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month’. You’ll find an easy-to-read article on Armistice Day via the Breaking News English Website by clicking on the ESL Holiday Lessons link, right hand column on the homepage.
With thanks to Google search engine and Ron C. Lee PhD for the website, here is a new resource for tutors to explore! All of the content on Dr Lee’s website is free to download and/or print (courtesy of some fairly annoying, pop-up advertising). In the For Beginners section, you’ll find Super Easy Reading passages, …
All Hallows’ Eve, otherwise known as Halloween, is coming up on October 31. Whether people in Australia choose to celebrate it or not, most have at least heard of the day via a series of horror movies! Now widely celebrated in the USA, the festival originated in the UK – it has both Celtic and …
Introducing a new resource: English Language Partners New Zealand This organisation is the equivalent of the adult migrant home tutor program in Australia and its website is worth exploring. To do so, click here. You’ll see a red ribbon tab running across the homepage below the organisation’s logo. Click on the first heading, LEARN …
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To read ‘Adult literacy and numeracy – what’s the story?’, click here To go to the Reading Writing Hotline and have a look at their recommended resources, click here then click on Resources. To see what other services and resources there may be out there for students and tutors, click here
Labour Day is fast approaching. Always celebrated in Australia on the first Monday in October, most people are happy to have a long weekend and don’t particularly care about the reasons behind this National Holiday. For those who would like to find out a little more about Labour Day, click here.
BBC Skillswise offers a wealth of information, tips and exercises aimed at improving an adult’s literacy skills. It’s one of the links available under Tutor Resources, and it’s well worth a look. Once you’ve accessed the website via the Tutor Resources link, click on the ‘English’ box to view the headings for all …
Literacy Network is a not-for-profit organisation which helps adults learn to read and write. All our tutors are volunteers and we rely on sponsorship to continue our work in the Northern Beaches community. So it is with grateful thanks that we acknowledge the continuing help of our wonderful sponsors: Dee Why RSL, Pittwater RSL …
Father’s Day is fast approaching (September 7) and there is a useful lesson on this special day in Breaking News English under Holiday Lessons. You won’t find it, however, in the September lessons, but under June 15. For those wondering why Australia (and New Zealand) celebrate on a different day to the rest of …
English for Everyone is a free resource for printable English Worksheets, and it’s well worth a look. On the left of the Home page you’ll find an index of all the topics covered – quite an extensive list – with hundreds of worksheets available to download and print. If for some reason you’re …
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The annual Literacy Network Seminar took place on June 14, 2014, and twenty two of our tutors were able to attend. As in the past, Jill Gavin, literacy tutor and past president, touched on some of the grammar difficulties faced by our learners and gave valuable tips and insights on how we could help our …
Please note that the Annual General Meeting of Literacy Network Manly Warringah Inc. for the six months January to June 2014 and for the financial year July 2013 to June 2014 will take place on: Friday, 25th July 2014 at 11 am at: Terrey Hills Tavern 2 Aumuna Road, Terrey Hills. The meeting will …
The following link is for those tutors whose student has fulfilled all other requirements to apply for Australian Citizenship and wants to prepare for the Citizenship Test. This link will also be added to Online Resources. http://www.citizenship.gov.au/learn.cit_test/test_resource/ This is the link to the only resources recommended by the Australian Government. The website …
Breaking News English is one of the biggest resources available to tutors. Once you’ve clicked on the Breaking News English link, via Volunteer Tutors then Tutor Resources on the Literacy Network Homepage, you’ll find over 1,800 lessons and counting on anything and everything. From’Twitter in Turkey Court’ (April 5, 2014) to a ‘Toilet Theme Park in …
You’ll find the link to BBC Learning English via the drop down menu on the Literacy Network homepage: click on Volunteer Tutor – tutor resources, then scroll down to online resources and click on BBC Learning English. The left hand column menu on the BBC Learning English homepage offers a variety of choices, from General and Business English to …
This year marks the 99th anniversary of Anzac Day. There are so many stories about Anzac Day, it makes another great reading, writing and discussion topic. As with April Fools’ Day, you’ll find the link to a Holiday Lesson on it on the Breaking News English homepage. You’ll also find a wealth of stories and …
April Fools’ Day (sometimes written as April Fool’s Day) is just around the corner and since this day is celebrated in a great many countries around the world, it makes a handy reading, writing and discussion topic. You’ll find the link to an ESL lesson on it under Holiday Lessons (in the …
Using Literacy Face to Face Literacy Face to Face is the first online resource listed under ‘Tutor Resources’ (accessed via the drop down tab under ‘Volunteer Tutors’, LN homepage.) After you’ve clicked on the link, scroll down to find the table with titles of the PDFs available for download. While some of these files …
As well as Lessons on Holidays, (all of which can be accessed from the LN Homepage: ‘Volunteer Tutors’ – ‘Tutor Resources’ – Breaking News English – ESL Holiday lessons in the far right column), Lessons on Movies can be a helpful resource. If your student likes movies, what better way to bond with him/her over a movie …
