Literacy Face to Face is a resource to assist volunteer adult literacy tutors and others who want to help someone improve their literacy. It could support adult literacy tutor training programs and also support new teachers of adult basic education. This publication has been produced by the TAFE NSW Access & General Education Curriculum Centre and was funded by DEST as a 2006 Innovative Project.

You can download the full document or the sections that best meet your student’s needs. If you are using the resource for the first time make sure you download Section 1 Read this First which will give you lots of helpful strategies on using the resource.

The files below are in PDF format. If the files do not open then you will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader (this link opens in a separate browser window). Note that the larger the file size the longer a file will take to download.
 

    • Full document (2,522K) - includes all the separate files & sections below
 

    • Covers:  Front (443K)   Back (246K)
    • Imprint page (12K)
    • Introduction, Acknowledgements & Contents (83K)
    • Section 1 Read this first (219K)
    • Section 2 The Beginning Reader/Writer (336K)
    • Section 3 The Intermediate Reader/Writer (204K)
    • Section 4 The Vocational Student (204K)
    • Section 5 Writing and Spelling (597K)
    • Section 6 Does Your Student Have a Disability? (64K)
    • Section 7 Is Your Student From a Non-English Speaking Background? (108K)
    • Section 8 Everyday Numeracy (194K)
    • Section 9 Getting Started on the Computer (102K)
    • Glossary (36K)
    • Some Useful References (65K)