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Google invites literacy related videos for new website
September 29th 2006
A new site that aims to help educators, literacy organisations and people interested in literacy to share information, ideas and projects
Masters course with embedded subject specifications
June 23rd 2006
The University of Sheffield is offering a distance learning based Masters course in literacy and language in adult education that includes the adult literacy subject specifications
RAPAL Annual Conference 2006, Glasgow
June 5th 2006
Transforming Literacies – a conference to examine the impact of literacies practices, critical perspectives and action research on our work
How to create photo-movies
May 2nd 2006
Photo-movies are a great new way for students to use digital technology to improve their communication and ICT skills
NATECLA Annual Conference
April 3rd 2006
The National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults will hold its annual conference on the 7, 8 and 9 of July 2006 in Chester
The Phonics Debate: Research Summary
March 27th 2006
A summary of the research on the use of phonics in the teaching of reading and spelling
Materials to Support Quick Reads
March 6th 2006
The Vital Link has produced learning materials to accompany the Quick Reads titles
Most popular new words of 2005
February 20th 2006
A fun list for Literacy and Language teachers and learners
Unintended Consequences: Creativity Locked in the Arts
February 3rd 2006
Workshop and seminar at Lancaster Literacy Research Centre
Power of Punctuation
January 27th 2006
Samples of thank you letters using the same words but with different punctuation (and hence very different meanings!)