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===Online Resources literacy===

==Online Resources==
(updated March 2022 with thanks to Susan Howard, Maitland City Libraries)

==Resources for first and non-first language speakers==
https://www.abc.net.au/education/learn-english/

==Resources from Tasmania==

Resources to keep learners motivated
https://26ten.tas.gov.au/stories/Pages/default.aspx 
scroll down to the Individuals section for examples such as https://26ten.tas.gov.au/stories/Pages/Julie's-story-as-an-adult-learner.aspx

Libraries Tasmania: free literacy resources
https://libraries.tas.gov.au/literacy/Pages/resources.aspx

26Ten eReads – short, high impact stories for emerging readers
https://librariestasmania.overdrive.com/collection/32001 

Tasmanian Council for Adult Literacy resources
https://tcal.org.au/resources/ 

Stories from asylum seekers on their experiences are available as downloadable readers in various formats including pdf, epub and mobi.  
https://tcal.org.au/resources/books/namaste-book-series/

Literacy for Life Foundation resources for purchase (Yes,I Can! Initiative from Jack Beetson for First Nations Australians based on similar program from Cuba). https://www.facebook.com/pg/LiteracyforLifeFoundation/posts/

==International resources==
Yes We Can Read from the UK which is for coaches and learners from 8 to 80 from Gatehouse Books:  https://www.gatehousebooks.co.uk/products/yes-we-can-read-book

New Zealand 
https://www.englishlanguage.org.nz/teaching-resources-worksheets 

National Adult Literacy Agency from Ireland https://www.nala.ie/publications/?category=literacy-and-numeracy-workbooks

UK Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources Skillsworkshop
https://www.skillsworkshop.org/english
Maths 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/skillswise/maths/zfdymfr
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/math/

==Older recommendations==

Active Reading online program	Clarity English	Helps students improve their reading in an effective and systematicway. includes dozens of texts, video, audio and stimulating activities. Suitable for Elementary to Advanced level students.	Very good, Starter to Advanced	
JD	Liverpool, Bankstown	
Write On program	Ireland	Basic adult literacy	OK	writeon.ie	JD	


Learning Staircase	New Zealand	Literacy all ages	Subscription based	http://learningstaircase.co.nz/	Jacinta/JD Feb 2016	

Business Writing	Clarity English	Takes an interactive approach to helping course participants produce effective emails, letters, SMS and reports. Ideal for schools, coleges, iniversities and adult education centres preparing their students for th e workplace. Intermediate to Advanced.	


Liverpool	
Clear Pronunciation 1 (sounds)	Clarity English	Helps learners recognise and pronounce 43 English phonemes: vowels, consonants and dipthongs.	


Liverpool	
Clear Pronunciation 1 (speech)	Clarity English	Students learn to put the sounds of English together in natural speech.	


Liverpool	
Connected Speech	Clarity English	A pronunciation program that focuses on the suprasegmentals – pause groups, pitch change, word and sentence stress, linking syllables and the IPA.	


Liverpool	
Customer Service Communication Skills	Clarity English	Helps students develop soft skills and skills in listening, grammar, pronunciation and reading needed in a customer service environment.	


Liverpool	
Issues in English 2	Clarity English	An integrated skills program based around eight topical issues of high interest to teen and adult learners.	


Liverpool	
It's your Job	Clarity English	A detailed approach to finding a job in an English-speaking environment.	


Liverpool	
Road to IELTS (Academic; General Training)	Clarity English	The Academic module is for those who want to study or train in an English speaking University or Higher and Further Education. The General Training module focuses on general survival skills in broad social and workplace contexts.	


Liverpool, Sutherland, Bankstown	
Tense Buster	Clarity English	Helps learners improve their understanding of key grammar areas from entry level to phrasal verbs at advanced level.	


Liverpool	
Transparent Language Online	Clarity English	Transparent Language Online is a language learning database with pronunciation, speech, grammar, writing, and vocabulary building lessons for more than 100 languages, including 23 ESL courses.	


Liverpool	
Mango Languages	Mango Languages	Mango Languages has a series of English Language courses for people who speak the following languages. Arabic, Armenian,, Chinese, French, german, Greek, Italian, Jaapanese, Korean, Polish, Portugese, Spanish, Russian, Turkish &amp; Vietnamese. As well as courses to learn 55 different languages.	


Sutherland, City of Sydney Library Network	
Online Free course: Reading Literature in the Digital Age	University of Basel	Learn new ways of interpreting literary texts, from time-tested methods to computer-assisted practices such as distant reading. Duration 6 weeks, online free study	
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/reading-digital	
Online	
English as a Second Language – Beginners	
Most of the sites include comprehension, vocabulary, listening, reading and speaking at different levels; many of them are free.	
http://www.thecivic.com.au/index.php/en/library/special-interests	
Gunnedah Shire Library	
English as a Second Language – Intermediate	
Most of the sites include comprehension, vocabulary, listening, reading and speaking at different levels; many of them are free.	
http://www.thecivic.com.au/index.php/en/library/special-interests	
Gunnedah Shire Library	
English as a Second Language – Advanced	
Most of the sites include comprehension, vocabulary, listening, reading and speaking at different levels; many of them are free.	
http://www.thecivic.com.au/index.php/en/library/special-interests	
Gunnedah Shire Library	
Tutor resource for teaching adults to write	
Very methodical and intelligent, user-friendly, helpful, step by step	
http://adultliteracytutor4.blogspot.com.au/	JD	

Tutor resource for teaching adults to read	
Slightly more complex than the writing resource, but clear and well-organised, and helpful	
http://adultliteracytutor3.blogspot.com.au/	JD	

Resources for teachers and tutors	Reading Writing Hotline	A variety of feely available to download resources for general literacy, numeracy and readers etc.	
http://www.readingwritinghotline.edu.au/resources/	jc	Sutherland