The Tutors Toolbox

This small field guide presents 25 useful techniques in literacy and ESL tutoring. It is written as a refresher for persons who are trained as volunteer tutors.

The guide was written by Bill Graham of the College of New Caledonia in Burns Lake, and was funded by the B.C. literacy cost-shared program.

Some of the tutoring techniques described in the guide are: the language experience story; phonics; duet reading; cloze procedure; and spelling anchors.

To request a copy of The Tutor's Toolbox, call Literacy B.C. at 1-800-663-1293.

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STAPLE TM '96 (Supplemental Training for Alberta Practitioners in Literacy Education)

STAPLE'96 is Canada's first multimedia training program for paid or volunteer adult literacy workers.

The program is sponsored by the Literacy Coordinators of Alberta and funded by the NLS and Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development.

The program is on CD-ROM and includes a handbook. Information is presented through text, audio, animation and interactive exercises. It integrates assessment. with instruction through five modules: Introduction to Assessment; Reading Assessment; Teaching Reading; Writing Assessment; and Teaching Writing.

STAPLE '96 is for use with students who have some knowledge of reading and writing.

For more information, contact.

Literacy Coordinators of Alberta
211 RMP, Alberta Vocational College
332 - 6 Ave. SE
Calgary, Alberta T2G 4S6
Phone: (403) 297-4995
Fax: (403) 297-4849

A copy of STAPLE '96 is available on loan from Literacy B.C.

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The spring 1996 issue of the Literacy Materials Bulletin contains reviews of a variety of materials including: a job guide; a computer program to help students with rules of grammar; and classic stories rewritten for new readers.

The Bulletin is produced by the Literacy Materials Committee, under new chair Helen Thomas. Thomas, an instructor at Victoria READ Society, takes over as chair from Laurie Gould, who produced the previous six issues of the Bulletin.

With this issue, the Committee is asking for feedback from readers about what they would like to see in the Bulletin. Send your comments and suggestions to:

Helen Thomas, Chair
Literacy Materials Committee
c/o Victoria READ Society
720 Linden Avenue
Victoria, B.C.
V8V 4G7

Copies of Bulletin #l 13, as well as the previous 12 issues, are available from Literacy B.C. Materials recommended in all issues of the Bulletin are available on loan from Literacy B.C.

Phone: 1-800-663-1293.

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Come to the Library Series

These four workbooks are guides for adult learners who are thinking about going to the library.

Come to the Library is a project of the B. C. Library Association and was funded by the 1994/95 B.C. literacy cost-shared program.

The books tell learners: how to take out books; who works at the library; how to use the library catalogues; and ways to browse at the library.

Copies of the books are available from Literacy B.C. Phone: 1-800-663-1293.

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