Tutoring
The Literacy Volunteer Connection
Includes advice for first-time tutors, tutoring tips, and stories from tutors about their experiences. Lots of information on different methodologies.
Internet Sites for Adult Learners
This link is to a page on the LCALC site which contains links to internet sites that students can use to practice all content area skills. These sites are organized into easy and medium levels.
Lesson Plans
The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
Provides resources for ESL adult education and family literacy instruction. Includes responses to Frequently Asked Questions, a first-day orientation guide, lesson plans, research-to-practice papers on English language and literacy learning, and an annotated list of English and Spanish language assessments in use.
NCRTec Lesson Planning Site
Assists in the writing of focused lesson plans. Users enter their own content and by answering questions are guided through the creation of Lesson plans which address assessment, content, teaching strategies and the use of technology.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
Seven stories from Captured Wisdom On Adult Literacy. Answers to questions about projects are provided at the end of the stories. Select Teaching and Learning for links to lesson plans, includes a lesson planning site that includes integrating technology into your teaching.
ILTERC, Indiana Literacy and Technical Education Resource Center
A source for educational materials and information provided by the Indiana State Library
English as a Second Language
The Internet TESL Journal
A monthly journal featuring; articles, research papers, lesson plans, handouts and teaching ideas and links
Policy and Research
National Center for Literacy
A nonprofit organization supporting family literacy services across the United States through training, programming, research, advocacy and dissemination. Includes a Literacy Discussion list where you can exchange ideas with others interested in literacy. Click Research to get the latest statistics on literacy in the US.
National Institute for Literacy
Provides national literacy leadership, coordinates literacy services and policy, and resources for adult education and literacy programs.
National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
National representative and continuing assessment of English language literacy skills of American Adults.
