Reading and writing skills

A NALA resource pack for literacy tutors and healthcare staff

This student workbook is designed to help students practise writing different types of letters including personal, formal and business letters, as well as job application letters.

This is a workbook based on the “The Writer’s Companion” card. It is A4 in size and has 32 pages. Varied and challenging exercises are presented in an attractive fashion. It is sequentially laid out and easy to follow.

Photocopiable spiral bound tutor pack. Aimed at hospital workers applicable to others. Activities based on words and signs to do with fire safety, waste disposal and directions.

A unique approach to creative writing. All genres, including poetry are covered. Make boring essays a thing of the past!

This is a four paged, laminated “fold-over” card. The four pages, A4 in size, summarise all the basics in English grammar. Most aspects are covered – punctuation, capital letters, spellings, opposites, homonyms, plurals, parts of speech, handwriting styles (Nelson and Cursive), words with multiple meanings and much more !

The guide looks at one of the most widely used types of ICT, the cash machine or ATM. The guide provides resource materials for tutors working with learners who want to know how to use a cash machine. It provides step-by-step instructions on how cash machines work. This step-by-step sequence is intended to provide a comprehensive guide to a variety of options offered by cash machines.

A resource pack containing 4 reading books and an accompanying workbook. The books were written by members of the Travelling Community who are participants on vocational education and training programmes. The accompanying workbook contains learner materials and suggestions for integrated teaching and learning activities based on each of the books.

A set of 72 flash cards containing the words and signs from the Look Here! book, plus 11 extra signs. The flash cards can be used in a variety of exercises and games, and suggestions for these are supplied together with an alphabetical list of the cards. Two packs of cards will be needed for games such as Snap or Pelmanism. The cards may also be useful for initial assessment of students. Printed on 300gsm white card in several colours (in accordance with British Standard safety colours, where appropriate), the flash cards are supplied in six A5 sheets ready for cutting into single 35mm x 75mm cards.