Thank you to our sponsors!
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…
Introducing another resource: English for Everyone
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…
Report on Annual Tutor Seminar, June 2014
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…
Notice of Annual General Meeting
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…
Australian Citizenship
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…
Using BBC Learning English
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…
Anzac Day, April 25
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
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’
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…
Listening, reading and writing – with movies…
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…