News from NIACE – December 2005
December 2005 Newssheet – Literacy, Language and Numeracy at NIACE
Day: 5 January 2006
Talking Numbers
Materials for parents to help their children develop number skills
Getting to Grips with M-Learning
Discover how you can use mobile phones and other handheld devices to enhance your offering for Skills for Life learners
National Debates Conference 2006: The teaching of literacy
Conference hosted by the Basic Skills Agency and the National Literacy Trust
LSDA CPD training materials
Skills for Life section on LSDA website now contains CPD training materials
Driving forward 14-19 reform: implementation plan
Government’s plan for reforming secondary education and the place functional skills will play
NIACE Committee of Enquiry into English for Speakers of Other Languages
The website for the NIACE Committee of Enquiry into English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is now live
New books on teaching adult literacy, language and numeracy
First two books in a new series have been published by Routledge: New Approaches to Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy
New BBC series – a useful resource for teaching literacy
Balderdash & Piffle explores the stories behind some of the words and phrases we use every day