Resources for teachers! We’d love to have your reviews! Would also love your feedback on my reviews. – Lynsey Title Section Level Review Stars Roundabout1992. Mind maps and questionnaires for fluency practice Culture and Language Post BeginnerAnd above My Favourite, My Pet, My Photos, Eating Out, Leisure. Questions and openers for discussing a variety of …
Join in fitness fun Health program to benefit children and parents A FREE, 10-week healthy lifestyle program that children can do with their parents is starting at North Narrabeen next week. Manly Vale’s Geiselle Rincon did the program with her son Santiago, 9. Picture: Annika EnderborgThe Go4Fun program teaches eligible children, aged 7-13 about exercise …
Service makes real impact on literacy THIS year marks the 30th anniversary of the Literacy Network Manly Warringah. Students and tutors benefit from working with each other.The service has existed to assist adults who experience difficulty with English. Lit Net is a community based organisation that trains volunteer tutors to help native speakers, as well …
Happy to New Year to all our members. Hope 2016 has started well for you. The committee has met and is planning events for the year. 1.Literacy Network get-together Date: Sat 13 Feb 2016 Time: 10am -12 noon Venue: Level 1, 14 William St, Brookvale Come and share morning tea and discuss your experiences with …
Wishing all our tutors, students, sponsors and volunteers a happy New Year and all the very best for 2016!
It’s nearly Christmas … time for you to sparkle … Please join us to celebrate the end of another successful year for the Manly Warringah Literacy Network Lunch, a drink or just catch up and meet our wonderful volunteers Where: Dee Why RSL Club – Bistro Reserved area in the Fishbowl When: 12 …
On Sept 1 we completed our 2015 tutor training with eight people enrolled. Three trainers shared the tutoring and the participants said they enjoyed the varied presentations. The next training session is planned for April/May 2016 and we are seeking volunteers.
AN INVITATION TO ALL LITERACY NETWORK STUDENTS AND TUTORS! AGM and Members Workshop. TIME: 10.00 am to 12 pm, Saturday September 19, 2015 VENUE: Literacy Network office, Level 1, 14 William St Brookvale Our Annual General Meeting is fast approaching! To be held in our new office at the Northern Beaches …
Literacy Network would like to thank Dee Why RSL for another generous donation in 2015. As a voluntary organisation, solely dependent on the work of volunteers, Literacy Network relies on the support of several local councils and service organisations. The money we receive enables us to purchase new student and tutor resources, update our computer technology, …
Literacy Network Office Move, April 2015 Due to the redevelopment of the Royal Far West complex in Manly, we have moved to a new office in the Northern Beaches Community College’s Brookvale Campus building. Our new address is: NBCC Brookvale Campus 14 William Street Brookvale NSW 2100 Our mailing address remains unchanged: The Literacy …
Our next Tutor Training Course For more details, please contact us by phone or email.
NALA is the National Adult Literacy Agency of Ireland, which is why there are Gaelic translations of key words and phrases. Some resources are ‘members only’, but the Reading and Writing Worksheets are free and can be printed via the print icon, and all exercises are in English! Click here to access the worksheets.
Time4writing is a free resource for tutors of adult literacy: click here to go to the website. Each topic comes with a video presentation plus a PowerPoint (slide) presentation explaining what it is, as well as worksheets to print and online games to play. The website is very easy to navigate and all resources are freely …
February is a busy month for events which come with a lot of reading material, from the serious to the fanciful. Valentine’s Day (February 14th) is probably the most well-known and commercially celebrated date in February, with numerous articles available online (click here for one with cloze tests, comprehension and spelling exercises). Chinese New Year’s day …
Australia Day falls on January 26th each year, and it’s a national public holiday. Google ‘Australia Day’ and you’ll find numerous articles on its history, significance and how people celebrate it; you will also find a wealth of information on the official Australia Day website here. You might also like to google ‘Australiana’. What student wouldn’t …
Wishing all our tutors and students a very Happy New Year, and all the very best for 2015. May it be a rewarding and productive year for everyone. For an article on New Year Resolutions – and how hard it is for most of us to keep them! – click here.
This resource comes to us via Literacy Network‘s President. Spell it right – click here for the link – aims to assist teachers/tutors in helping their students become more confident with their spelling – and quite possibly tutors, too! There are free printable worksheets as well as games, puzzles and quizzes (most are aimed at adult …
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.
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.
