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81. Asking for Clarification: Understanding the Message (2009)
Lesson Plan 10
Series: Language for Work: CLB and Essential Skills Lesson Plans for ESL Instructors
Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan, part of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Essential Skills series, is aimed at learners who are reluctant to ask others to slow down or repeat what they have said. The goal is to help learners find ways to interrupt politely when they need clarification. As well, the lesson reassures learners that asking for clarification doesn’t mean losing face in the workplace.
The lesson plan is rated at CLB level 3-4 and is estimated to require 2 hours. It focuses on the essential skills of oral communication and working with others.
Added: 2009-10-14
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82. Accident Reports (2009)
Lesson Plan 12
Series: Language for Work: CLB and Essential Skills Lesson Plans for ESL Instructors
Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan, part of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Essential Skills series, helps learners who may have to fill out accident reports. Vocabulary in the plan includes many words that specifically apply to injuries and to equipment found in the workplace.
The lesson plan is rated at CLB level 4 and is estimated to require 3 hours of instruction time. It focuses on the essential skills of document use and writing.
Added: 2009-10-20
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83. Reading Memos (2009)
Lesson Plan 13
Series: Language for Work: CLB and Essential Skills Lesson Plans for ESL Instructors
Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan, part of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Essential Skills series, focuses on the formatting conventions of the memo; identifying intended readership for a memo; and understanding a memo’s key information and required action. It also looks at the difference between a letter and a memo; how memos are distributed; and the purposes of memos and other workplace communications.
The lesson is rated at CLB level 4-5 and requires 1.5 to 2.0 hours for completion. It focuses on the essential skills of reading text and document use.
Added: 2009-10-20
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84. Finding Information about Jobs in Canada Using the Job Futures Website (2009)
Lesson Plan 14
Series: Language for Work: CLB and Essential Skills Lesson Plans for ESL Instructors
Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan, part of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Essential Skills series, introduces learners to the Government of Canada’s Job Futures website. The lesson also helps learners draw information from pie charts, tables, and bar graphs.
In addition to a variety of exercises, the lesson plan includes a link to the Job Futures website.
The lesson is rated at CLB level 4-5 and focuses on the essential skills of reading text, document use, numeracy and computer use. It requires about 1.5 hours to make an initial exploration of the site and to become familiar with its terms.
Added: 2009-10-20
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85. Measuring in Metric and Imperial (2009)
Lesson Plan 15
Series: Language for Work: CLB and Essential Skills Lesson Plans for ESL Instructors
Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan, part of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Essential Skills series, is aimed at learners who need to be familiar with measurement systems used in Canadian workplaces. They are taught to estimate measurements in metric and imperial units and then to confirm more exact figures using conversion tables.
The lesson also focuses on the continued use of multiple measurement systems in Canada.
The lesson is rated CLB level 4-6 and focuses on the essential skills of numeracy and document use. It requires about 1.5 hours, plus time to do an online quiz.
Added: 2009-10-20
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86. From Practitioner to Researcher and Back Again (2009)
An Ethnographic Case Study of a Research-In-Practice Project
Authors: Betsy Alkenbrack
Collection: Research Materials
This thesis was prepared to fulfil the requirements for a doctor of philosophy degree in educational studies at the University of British Columbia.
It documents a Research in Practice (RIP) project conducted by five adult-literacy instructors that lead to a report entitled Hardwired for Hope: Effective ABE/Literacy Instructors. (Battell, Gesser, Rose, Sawyer, & Twiss, 2004). As the five practitioner-researchers were nearing retirement, they set out to conduct a research project that would put the experience of long-term instructors on record, describing the background, beliefs and strategies they had brought to their work.
The author of this thesis was one of three graduate students who participated in the research for Hardwired for Hope. The experience gained as participant-observer is one source of data, along with document analysis (minutes, emails, reports and the study itself) and interviews with project participants and two other informants.
The author points to five themes that emerged: collaboration; knowledge creation; recognizing and valuing practitioners as researchers; supporting practitioner research; and promoting a research-in-practice culture.
The author also provides recommendations for practitioner-researchers and university-based researchers who want to contribute to the RIP movement.
Added: 2010-04-28
87. The PEI Literacy Alliance Guide to Provincial Elections (2009)
Authors: PEI Literacy Alliance
Collection: Learning Materials
This document explains why it is important to vote in a provincial election; who has the right to vote; how the list of voters is compiled; and where to go to vote. It includes a sample ballot and instructions on how to mark it.
The authors include tips on what to do if the voter has trouble reading the ballot and the steps to take if the voter’s name is not on the list. The authors also explain how to vote in an advance poll or use a mail-in ballot.
The guide contains contact information for Elections PEI.
Added: 2009-11-05
88. 2009 Summer Tutoring Program for Kids - Final Report (2009)
Authors: PEI Literacy Alliance
Collection: Learning Materials
The Summer Tutoring Program for Kids (STPK) in Prince Edward Island has been running for eight weeks every summer since 1998. The program, which is offered free of charge, gives children with reading difficulties a chance to maintain their literacy skills over the summer months and provides relevant summer employment for qualified students. Students in Grade 1 through 6 are referred to the program by resource teachers in their schools.
This document summarizes the delivery of the 2009 program, which saw 26 tutors working with 600 children in communities around the province. Some of the tutors worked specifically with French-speaking, French-immersion or English-as-a-Second-Language students. The authors outline the orientation process for tutors and explain how tutors contacted both school resource teachers and the libraries where the tutoring takes place.
The authors describe the program’s successes as well as the problems that arose and offer a series of recommendations for improvements.
Added: 2010-01-26
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89. Literacy and Essential Skills Awareness Guide (2009)
Authors: Literacy Ontario Central South (LOCS), Ottawa Community Coalition for Literacy (OCCL), Literacy Link Eastern Ontario (LLEO)
Collection: Learning Materials
This guide provides tips for identifying employees or clients who need to improve their literacy and essential skills. It includes questions to ask to find out more about a client’s educational background and literacy skills, as well as information to help interpret the responses.
The guide includes contact information for some of the adult regional literacy networks in Ontario. Appendices include a reading-level chart that illustrates how people with various levels of literacy will interpret a caution label on a product.
Added: 2009-12-02
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90. Beginner's Guide for Program Coordinators of Smaller Literacy Agencies (2009)
A guide intended for the new agency Program Coordinator as a quick start to best practices in the Ontario Literacy and Basic Skills arena
Authors: Mid North Network
Collection: Learning Materials
This guide is intended to ease the transition process for a newly hired program coordinator at a smaller literacy agency. It is also meant as a tool for regional literacy networks to ease that transition by encouraging the network to take an active role in mentoring and coaching.
The guide begins with a series of self-assessment questions designed to help a new coordinator identify areas of strength and weakness. It includes a list of terms and acronyms and a section on getting to know the regional network.
There are also sections on Literacy Service Planning (LSP); Common Assessment practices; Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) program guidelines; and the maintenance of learner files.
The guide also includes information about learner satisfaction surveys and tips for establishing a work plan.
Funders:
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Added: 2010-01-20
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