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External
links and resources
1-language.com:
Free, comprehensive English
as a Second Language (ESL)
site includes forums, real-time
chat, jobs, grammar, help-lines,
multi-lingual content -
and much more!
Adult
Literacy and Technology
Network:
Information on using technology
to enhance adult literacy.
Dave's
ESL Cafe:
Fun, creative site for
both ESL teachers and students
with interactive quizzes,
a graffiti wall, student
and teacher e-mail exchange,
literacy software for sale,
and a help center. Questions
about grammar, writing,
vocabulary, and phonics
can be answered quickly
by teachers from around
the world. "Dave" Sperling
is an ESL instructor at
California State University.
Literacy
Assistance Center:
Site provides technical
assistance, training, and
referrals to literacy programs
in New York City. Sample
lesson plans and ideas
on incorporating technology
into lessons; newsletters,
literacy publications,
and a section on jobs in
literacy.
Literacynet:
On-line interactive network
for communication, educational
materials, and sharing
of information about adult
literacy among eighteen
western states and Pacific
islands and island groups.
Literacy.org:
Site is jointly sponsored
by the International Literacy
Institute and the National
Center on Adult Literacy
at the University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Education.
Literacy programs and a
comprehensive and searchable
database of publications.
Many links to other literacy
organizations and resources
on the Web.
Michigan
Department of Labor and
Economic Growth:
State of Michigan’s
resource for adult education.
National
Center for Family Literacy:
Works with educators and
community builders through
an array of services to
design and sustain programs
that meet the most urgent
educational needs of disadvantaged
families.
National
Institute for Literacy (NIL):
National resource on current,
comprehensive literacy
research, practice, and
policy. The LINCS-The
Literacy Information and
Communication System (regional
site links: Northwest, Midwest, Eastern, Western/Pacific)
is one of the services
provided by NIL. The regional
sites are updated daily and
contain a wealth of useful
information on all aspects
of literacy.
New
Readers Press:
Order products and obtain
information from New Readers
Press, the publishing division
of Laubach Literacy.
ProLiteracy
America:
National literacy organization
that provides certification
for volunteer literacy
organizations and instructional
materials and support.
U.S.
Department of Education:
Information and resources
for teachers, researchers,
and program managers. Information
on grants, government and
legislative initiatives,
contracts, and other funding
opportunities.
Verizon
Reads:
Verizon has a wide variety
of programs and a network
of collaborative literacy
partners to reach illiterate
adults and children across
America.
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