Doing It For Ourselves: A Collection of Resource Tools For Volunteer Tutor Program Coordination
This is a wonderful resource that has been prepared by Mary Thompson Boyd and Paula Davies for BC Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology and the National Literacy Secretariat. This book is divided into nine sections: Shaping Our Programs: Volunteer Tutor Program Coordination; Literacy For What? Definitions of Literacy; Learning About Learning: Adults and Literacy; Making Meaning: Learning and Teaching Communication; Everything is Possible: Assessment; VALT's Whole Language Approach to Teaching and Learning Literacy; Multi-Sensory Approach to Literacy; Practice Makes Practice: Tutor Training; and What Have We Learned ? Program Evaluation. For further information contact: Literacy BC, Suite 622 - 510 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1L8, Phone: 1-800-663-1293 toll free in BC or fax (604) 684-8520.

Vocabulary Boosters: Reproducible Worksheets for Language Enrichment
Vocabulary Boosters (Level 1 ISBN: 0-8224-7280-5, Level 2 ISBN: 0-8224-7281-3) by Nancy Gill are useful resources for instructors and students. This two book series from Fearon Teacher Aids provide worksheets that help students learn new words through context clues, use of a dictionary, study of classical roots, exercises involving parts of speech, use of a thesaurus, and practice with analogies. They cost $13.00 each. They are available through Artel Educational Resources Ltd., 5528 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC, V5H 2G2, Phone: Phone: Toll Free 1-800-665-9255 Local: (604) 435-4949 Fax: (604) 435-1955.

Power English: Basic Language Skills for Adults
The ten books in this series, written by Dorothy Rubin, are clear, without being childish, and thorough, without being overwhelming. Each of the eight instructional workbooks focuses on grammar and usage, sentence structure, letter writing, punctuation and spelling, so there are graduated levels of difficulty, immediate feedback and overlearning. Each has a chapter review, a post-test, progress charts and a perforated answer key. There is also a book of locator tests and a book of review material. They are available through Prentice Hall Ginn Canada, 539 Collier-MacMillan Drive, Cambridge, ON, N1R 5W9, Phone: Toll Free 1-800-361-6128 Fax: 1-800-563-9196. Each book is $12.35.

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