Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection
Explore a collection of 838 high-quality multimedia instructional resources, informed by research, for use by adult educators. These resources have been reviewed by subject matter experts and recommended and approved by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy. Search the collection by category, keyword, date and more.
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Adult Basic Education Disability Manual
2008
This is a Adult Basic Education (ABE) Fully-Accessible Online Disability Manual. This manual was designed and is supported by the PANDA Grant. This website equips ABE managers, teachers, volunteers and tutors to empower, educate and improve the lives of their students with disabilities. The guide includes knowledgeable contributions by Adult Basic Education and Disability Specialists.
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Adult ESL Teacher Credentialing and Certification
2008
This resource describes past and current efforts to professionalize the English as a second language (ESL) field.
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Connecting Literacy, Learning & Work
2008
This book is an accessible and comprehensive resource that offers theoretical background, rationale, insight into, and considerations for developing an educational program that links literacy and work in a meaningful way for students.
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Innovative Strategies: Ideas that Work!
2008
This guide contains 22 stories written by adult basic educators in Pennsylvania who describe the many different ways they have used PA’s Foundation Skills Framework.
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Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy
2008
This resource from New Zealand provides a framework that indicates what adult learners can know and can do as they develop their expertise in literacy - Listen with Understanding, Speak to Communicate, Read with Understanding, Write to Communicate.
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Staying Healthy: An English Learner’s Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living
2008
The Staying Healthy resource guide is an informational resource for students or patients, but can also be used to address ESOL competencies with the accompanying Teacher’s Guide. The main book includes sections on health care, your doctor, medicines, nutrition, chronic diseases, and general rules of staying healthy. There are also two addendums, which cover coping with stress and womens’ health. Written at the 4th-5th grade reading level, this book has a host of photographs and illustrations to help English learners better grasp the concepts and vocabulary presented in the publication.
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U. S. A. Learns
2008
USA Learns is a free website that teaches English skills to immigrants.
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USA Learns - USA Learns Citizenship Course
2008
The USA Learns Citizenship course helps immigrants prepare for all facets of the naturalization process, including the reading, writing, and civics components of the citizenship test, as well as the N-400 interview.
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