National Adult Literacy Database

Authors: NWT Literacy Council

This resource promoting the celebration of Aboriginal Languages Month is intended to raise awareness about Aboriginal Languages loss and the importance of maintaining these languages. Through this resource, the NWT Literacy council hopes to help readers:

- understand why it is important to encourage the use of Aboriginal language in their communities, homes and literacy programs;
- understand some of the issues around maintaining and revitalizing an Aboriginal language;
- understand how young children learn language;
- integrate culture and language into their community programs;
- promote Aboriginal language and culture in their communities; and
- get ideas for Aboriginal Languages Month.

Added: 2009-03-02

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Celebrating 2009 International Adult Learners' Week

Authors: PEI Literacy Alliance

This Special Edition Newsletter, Success Stories: Determined to Learn, was created by the PEI Literacy Alliance to celebrate International Adult Learners Week. It contains the personal stories of ten learners as well as brief information about Essential Skills. These stories were also published in The Guardian and Journal Pioneers newspapers during International Adult Learners Week.

Added: 2009-03-20

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Series: Language for Work

Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)

The purpose of this guide is to help job analysts improve the recording and communicating of language tasks related to occupations, further benefiting all users of these documents. It begins with a brief overview of ESP and NOS research and applications. The information found in the latter half of the guide takes analysts through the language demands of tasks they
describe and helps them improve their products to better meet the needs of today’s workforce.

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Added: 2009-07-03

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• Langage et travail : NCLC et Compétences essentielles pour les analystes de postes

Series: Language for Work

Authors: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)

This guidebook was developed by the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB) to help immigrants meet employment goals in the Canadian workplace by enhancing the understanding of Essential Skills (ES) for facilitators who work with immigrants. In addition, it is an excellent tool for a diverse range of individuals such as workplace trainers, teachers in educational institutions, members of labour unions, training consultants and counsellors in social service agencies, who may have little or no prior training in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL).

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Added: 2009-07-03

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• Langage et et travail : NCLC et Compétences essentielles pour les formateurs

Series: How To Kit

Authors: NWT Literacy Council

In celebration of NWT Literacy Week, the Northwest Territories Literacy Council has declared October 1 TV Free Night and has put together a collection of ideas and activities to mark the special event. Families and communities are encouraged to participate.

Teachers can use the ideas and activities in their classroom. Adult educators can share the ideas and activities with their learners who are parents. Family literacy providers can use the book to prepare for a fun family literacy night to celebrate NWT Literacy Week. Parents can also use many of the ideas and activities with their children at home.

Added: 2009-08-21

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Series: Effective Presentations & Safety Talks

Authors: Alberta Workforce Essential Skills

Effective Presentations and Safety Talks is a hands-on resource package developed to provide organizations with communication skills training for supervisors, safety trainers, lead hands and other employees interested in improving public speaking skills. The package is divided into five one-hour sections with each topic representing one hour of training.

Trainers can download or photocopy one Participants' Handbook for each person in the group. The recommended use of the materials is with a trainer, facilitator or consultant to the organization. The initial work involving a review of workshop values has proven to be important in setting the tone and way people interact in the sessions.

Added: 2009-08-26

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How to set up and run reading circles

Authors: Frontier College

This guide is a compilation of the knowledge, experience and best practice that has accumulated from the extensive knowledge Frontier College has acquired as well as and its work with reading circles throughout Canada since 1988. This guide is designed to help interested individuals, groups and organizations run and set up an efficient reading circle. It primarily explains how to set up a reading circle for children and outlines key factors in making a reading circle succeed as well as hypothetical scenarios that could happen and how to deal with them.

Added: 2009-09-02

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Series: How To Kit

Authors: NWT Literacy Council

The How-to Puppet Kit was created to help celebrate NWT Literacy Week. Puppets lend themselves very well to family literacy activities. Even very young children can make their own puppets and use them to make up and act out stories.

Part of a series of How-to kits, this one has two sections. The first section includes activities for children. You can use these activities in family literacy programs, childcare centres, at school or at home. The second section includes information and ideas for family literacy providers, language instructors and teachers about using puppets in their programs. This original and entertaining how to book is family oriented and accessible to people of all ages.

Added: 2009-09-04

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Authors: Nunavut Literacy Council

This beautifully designed and family oriented picture book from the Northwest Territories Literacy Council is enjoyable for both adults and children. The book contains an array of stories that relate to the culture of the north, fairytale adventures, various unusual animals and more. These creative little stories are all tied together with amusing tongue twisters and pleasurable poems. The picture book is very original, easy to read and is appropriate for people of all ages.

Added: 2009-09-11

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• Mots et images

Authors: Sandra Hennessey

Essential Skills, as researched and defined by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), are the skills needed for work, learning and life. They provide the foundation for learning all other skills and enable people to evolve with their jobs and adapt to workplace change. The research included identification of nine Essential Skills, their definitions and the development of rating scales to measure the complexity levels of these skills when applied to tasks. The Essential Skills Research Project also developed a methodology to document the application of Essential Skills in Canadian occupations. This documentation uses a template known as an Essential Skills Profile.

Essential Skills research and development has focused on workplace applications, with limited focus on other contexts. This focus has led some to think of Essential Skills as connected only to the workplace although the overarching definition identifies these skills as needed for “work, learning and life.”

A review of essential skills definitions used in other jurisdictions was undertaken in this document to determine whether a plain-language, context-free approach to Essential Skills was readily available. A brief overview of the findings from other jurisdictions – international and provincial, followed by further HRSDC and Ontario Skills Passport information – is provided.

Added: 2009-06-24

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