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171. Taxi Driver Demonstration - LBS Level 3 (2005)
Series: Connecting to Workplaces
Authors: Maxine Belille
Collection: Learning Materials
The Taxi Driver Demonstration - LBS Level 3 booklet gives learners and instructors information on a career as a taxi driver.
It includes essential core skills chart, exercises and answer keys, suggested learning activities and other useful information.
This is one of ten booklets in a series entitled "Connecting to Workplaces". The other careers in the series include:
1- Security Officer LBS Levels 2/3
2- Pet Groomer LBS Levels 3/4
3- Hunting/Fishing or Recreation Guide Demonstration LBS Levels 2/3
4- Laundromat Operator Demonstration LBS Level 4
5- Chambermaid/Housekeeping Cleaner Demonstration LBS Level 3
6- Florist Assistant Demonstration LBS Level 3
7- Cashier Demonstration LBS Level 3
8- Forestry Worker Demonstration LBS Level 3
9- Nanny/Caregiver Demonstration LBS Levels 2/3
Funders:
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Added: 2006-03-10
172. Teaching the Word "Restaurant": A Deweyan View (2003)
Authors: George Demetrion
Collection: Research Materials
In this report, the writer discusses an experience teaching adults to read new words.
Added: 2003-07-31
173. Teachings of the Four Elements (2001)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Nancy Cooper
Collection: Learning Materials
This software review from CONNECT describes Teachings of the Four Elements. Teachings of the Four Elements is an introduction to science, which blends hard science facts and experiments with teachings of the Anishinabe people. It is suitable for intermediate to advanced learners.
Funders:
Added: 2003-07-28
174. Text Editing (1997)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Pauline McNaughton
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan from CONNECT teaches basic word processing skills and use of the keyboard. Learners will practise punctuation and editing.
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Added: 2003-06-26
175. Theoretically You Can't Teach Adults to Read and Write: But Just Keep On Doing It (2006)
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
The author writes on "Why is it so hard to get funding for adult literacy education"?
He explains that innumerable studies, reports, TV shows, and statistical surveys in most of the industrialized nations of the world declare that their nation is being brought to its economic knees because of widespread low basic skills (literacy, numeracy) amongst the adult population. But repeated calls for funding commensurate with the size of the problem go unanswered. Why?
Added: 2006-06-15
176. This Is Not A Test: A Kit for New Readers (1990)
Authors: Anna Hemmendinger
Collection: Learning Materials
This self-evaluation kit for new readers includes a variety of checklists and exercises for adult learners as they assess their skills, goals, and move toward them.
Added: 2001-08-01
177. Tiny Steps Stories (And the Moral Is....) (1997)
Authors: Rob Truthwaite
Collection: Learning Materials
A collection of short stories with a moral from authors across the country.
This is a collection of stories written for children ages 3 to 9 years old. When screening the best submissions for this book, producers screened over 200 stories to determine the ones that best benefit the readers and their families. The top 21 stories that have been selected are wide ranging in topic. They are stories that can uplift you and make you smile and stories that you can learn by and even make you a bit sad. To order a copy of this book, contact:
Friesens Publishing
Canadian Children's Programs
Winnipeg MB R3L 2T4
Tel: 1-800-447-8374 or (204) 452-7626.
Added: 1997-01-01
178. Towards a Fully Literate Canada (2005)
Achieving National Goals through a Comprehensive Pan-Canadian Literacy Strategy
Authors: The Advisory Committee on Literacy and Essential Skills
Collection: Research Materials
“Towards a Fully Literate Canada” is the title that the Advisory Committee has adopted for its Report. This title expresses in clear language the Committee's primary recommendation. The Government of Canada, in full partnership with the provinces and territories, should commit itself to the goal of a fully literate country by adopting, implementing and promoting a comprehensive Pan-Canadian Literacy Strategy.
This paper makes the case that strong and focussed leadership is required to meet Canada's literacy challenges. Only bold action will serve the social, economic, cultural and political interests of every person who lives in our country, regardless of their circumstances.
Canadian governments know that a society that is literate and engaged reaps social and economic benefits that enrich individuals, families and communities as well as the economy upon which their prosperity depends. Literacy opens the door to increased productivity.
But ours is not a fully literate country. While we presently enjoy the rewards of an advanced knowledge-based society and economy, both of these pillars rest on a weak foundation.
On November 9th 2005, Statistics Canada reported the initial results of the International Literacy and Life Skills Survey (IALLS), the Canadian results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALLS) released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in May 2005. Statistics Canada reported that almost 9 million Canadian adults aged 16 to 65, or 42% of the working age population, have literacy skills that are below the level required to function effectively in a knowledge-based economy and society.
The proportion of the working aged adult population with low literacy skills remains exactly as it was in 1994.
Added: 2005-12-08
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179. TV411 (2003)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Elyse Schwartz
Collection: Learning Materials
This website review from CONNECT features TV411. TV411 in an interactive website where adults can strengthen their literacy and math skills while reading about practical topics.
Funders:
Added: 2003-08-01
180. Unlocking Language: The Classic Readability Studies (2006)
Volume 1: 1921-E. L. Thorndike and the Familiar Word
Series: Unlocking Language
Authors: William DuBay
Collection: Research Materials
This document includes:
- Introduction
- Word Knowledge in the Elementary School
- The Word Counts and Credits
- General Results- The Results in Detail
- The Adequacy of the Counts
- Uses of the List in the Teacher's Word Book
- The Establishment and Clarification of Standards
- The Evaluation of Text-Books
- Selection and Graduation of Readers
- Material for Phonic Drills
- A Standard Vocabulary for the Teaching of Foreigners
- The Vocabularies in Elementary Books for Teaching A Foreign Language
- The First 500 Words
- Text-Books for High School Pupils
- The Amendment and Extension of Spelling Lists
- The Improvement of Reading Scales and Tests
- Other Uses
- Prefixes and Suffixes
Added: 2008-01-04
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