literacy

8th International Language and Development Conference

nikeditor — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:05:23 +0000

Dhaka, Bangladesh from 23 to 25 June 2009. The conference has a strong focus on providing a forum for examining important issues related to language policy, language learning and language teaching in the context of the developing world and, in particular, from the perspective of policy makers, language and literacy educators, development professionals and donors. Read more

CAELA Digests and Q&As

nikeditor — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:13:57 +0000

CAELA's publications provide information about literacy education for adults learning English as a second language (ESL). Digests and Q&As address such topics as assessment and evaluation, professional development, improving language skills, ESL methods and approaches, program design, and workplace and vocational ESL. You can find the 72 digests and Q & As listed alphabetically. Read more

Training-the-Trainers in Information Literacy

nikeditor — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:07:07 +0000

UNESCO is strongly advocating the building of knowledge societies where the power of information and communication help people access the knowledge they need to improve their daily lives and achieve their full potential. In this context, information literacy has become crucially important, as a mean to empower people in all walks of life
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The Use of Film to Support Classroom Literacy Learning

nikeditor — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:53:37 +0000

In the western metropolitan region of Victoria, Australia, groups of students, with one teacher assigned to each group, have been given the opportunity to script, film and edit a short film every year... Read more >>

Tackle youth violence by ending illiteracy

nikeditor — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:24:37 +0000

This focus on exam results can leave a significant number of "hopeless" cases left behind. As the recent SATs result show, almost a fifth of students leave primary school without basic literacy. Allowing this number of children to slip through the net can have a detrimental effect on their behaviour in adolescence and through into adulthood... Read more >>

Borders Literacy

nikeditor — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:36:27 +0000

This site aims to help teachers by drawing together and categorising many of the free Literacy teaching and learning resources on the web... Read more>>

Research supports ’personalised learning’ for children

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Adults with literacy and numeracy problems show signs of difficulties as early as five years old and need to receive remedial help, new research has shown.... Read more