The DVD is designed for migrants to Australia to develop their sight survival literacy, to facilitate personal safety, well- being and integration into their local community. The DVD can be used as a teaching resource for service providers and teachers. The resource was developed by South Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre.
The resource is available from:
South Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre
241-243 High Street
Fremantle, Western Australia
Australia 6160
Phone: (08) 9336 8282
Website: http://www.multicultural.online.wa.gov.au/
Cost: $5.00
A PDF resource consisting of 10 booklets with self-help hints to help you plan and organise your writing tasks and identify the main points of what you want to write in a number of situations. The booklets consist of:
This resource has been developed by the Transport & Logistics Industry Skills Council Limited. Email tlisc@tlisc.com.au or phone 03 9320 4242.
A PDF resource 
(1.2 MB) for trainers and assessors written by Judith Miralles and Associates, to assist with learners from a background other than English in either an employment or pre-employment setting. The resource includes strategies to use to aid 'culturally inclusive' practice; an overview of intercultural communication, and a range of activates. This resource will assist trainers and assessors work more effectively with people from a background other than English.
Creative Training (3.2 MB) is for trainers in the arts and cultural industry who, in the process of delivering vocational training, also need to support the development of a young person's literacy (including workplace communication) and numeracy skills. This resource may help a trainer to be prepared for those trainees who are attracted to arts/cultural industry training because they perceive it to be very hands-on and practical. Some of those trainees may not be prepared for the literacy and numeracy demands of the training. The resource contains suggested approaches to developing trainee's literacy and numeracy skills and sample activities using these approaches. It also shows trainers how to identify the Literacy, Language and Numeracy demands of a unit of competency. The resource can be used for all training packages in the arts and cultural industries.
This document reports on a cross-sectoral initiative for parents and families based in a metropolitan primary school and preschool in South Australia. The project was funded by the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA).
‘Intergenerational ICT and Literacy in a Multicultural Setting’ was conducted through a partnership between the Care Health Education and Community project (CHEC) and Protea Training English Language Services. It was developed and delivered in the Ridley Grove Primary School in response to needs identified by parents from the school and from the co-located Woodville Gardens Preschool.
This report focuses on the key issues identified during the course of the project as having significant gains for participants in terms of social capital and community capacity building including:
• The importance of selecting a location which acknowledged the needs of the participants;
• Designing activities which recognised a broad range of learners’ language and literacy proficiencies;
• Responding to learners’ interests and requests;
• Creating opportunities for learners to link to services not directly related to the computing course;
• Creating opportunities for learners to continue their ICT skill development in other local settings.
Intergenerational ICT Learning and Literacy in a Multicultural Setting - Some reflections on community capacity building
‘Intergenerational ICT learning and literacy in a multicultural setting’ was one of the Care Health Education and Community project’s most successful community building projects. As with the overall CHEC project, a strengths approach and an action research model were used.
The CHEC project was based at the Woodville Gardens Preschool and Ridley Grove R 7 School (South Australia) from June 2002 to June 2004. The main aim of the project was to ‘improve children’s wellbeing and learning by strengthening families and community’.
A 13 week pilot course was conducted in 2003, with significant results for participants. Funding from the ANTA Adult Literacy fund enabled the CHEC facilitator, in partnership with Protea Training, to further develop and deliver two more 10 week courses and a second element to train parent volunteers to work with children on computers.
A resource to assist with assessing the spoken English of people from language backgrounds other than English, using the National Reporting System (NRS). Includes samples of what language behaviour described in NRS level one and level two looks and sounds like, and provides examples of assessment tasks for oral communication. Resource kit includes video and Trainer/Assessor Guide.
A kit that has been designed specifically for trainers working with Deaf or NESB learners undertaking the Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. Includes a CD and folder with print materials.
This 2001 project was funded by DETYA and managed by TAFE NSW - Access Division. It aims to help language teachers and workplace trainers working with migrant learners of English as a second language to increase their confidence in teaching pronunciation effectively.
Teaching Pronunciation: A handbook for teachers and trainers (662KB)
This project was funded by the Australian National Training Authority as part of the Adult Literacy Innovative Projects 2001. The research undertaken by West Coast College of TAFE Adult Migrant Education Service (West Coast AMES) aimed to examine the specific literacy problems of recently arrived humanitarian refugees from countries in the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan).
Teaching to Learn - Exploring alternative teaching strategies for oral/aural learners (626KB)
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A resource kit, including video and guide, designed to support teachers, trainers, and assessors who use the National Reporting System (NRS) to assess and report on oral communication skills. The resource includes a range of activities to assist the user to identify oral communication indicators and language feature displayed. It also takes the user though a range of typical scenarios to aid in learning. To purchase the KIT, contact Phillipa McLean on (03) 9657 8113. |
Strategies For Low-Level Literacy Students  (917.6 KB) |
A research report that examines strategies for teaching literacy to low-level learners. The report investigates, using qualitative and quantitative methods, what strategies are successful and provides a foundation for resource and curriculum development. |
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The Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) website provides teachers with a one-stop shop for the CGEA. It provides information about the curriculum, assessment, delivery strategies, moderation and teaching resources; online moderation, and database of CGEA resources; and teaching strategies which can be downloaded and printed off for use by students. |
SciWeb  |
Sci Web supports and promotes scientific literacy. It provides a range of science teaching ideas and activities that support teachers and trainers in science teaching and technology in their literacy, numeracy and ESL classrooms. It also provides information and links to other useful sites. |