Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre for students and tutors
900+ free PDF Skills for Life resources available on this privately owned site, used as a resource in literacy, numeracy and ESOL classes at Abingdon & Witney College.

We hope students and tutors around the UK will also find it useful. KEY:  Literacy ESOL   Numeracy / ICT Contextualised / General

02/07/09 The Average Briton gapped smartboard activity for ESOL/Lit/Num from Janet Kinsey & David Weston, Abingdon & Witney College. Omelette syllables and Power Walking cloze and suffix exercises from Tricia Egginton, Adult Education Centre, Mullingar, Eire. Updated Wimbledon comprehension/alphabetical ordering from Christine Robinson, Middlesbrough Adult Education. Swine Flu L1-2 practice exam questions from Elaine Slingsby, Hillcroft College. Diversity - Britain's Got Talent from Rachel Emmett, Hackney Community College. Barack Obama chronological text work from Ellie Walsh, Devon Adult & Community Learning. Swine Flu web research ideas (L1-L2) from Pam Benfold, Cheltenham Community Centre, Victoria (Australia). Swine Flu teaching ideas (E2-L1).

30/06/09 Floor plan area & perimeter from Pauline Bicker, Northern Learning Trust. Quick and Dirty method adding/subtracting fractions, Ratio & Proportion both from Keith Burnett, Sutton Coldfield College. Follow-me cards - multiplying by 10,100,1000 from Judith White, Somerset Adult Learning and Leisure. Numeracy bingo ice breaker, pounds to pence, and nos. to words all from Nicola Toms, Matthew Boulton College. Jenga shape and space from John Thompson (1), Wigan & Leigh College. Smarties pictogram Excel sheet from John Thompson (2), Devon Adult & Community Learning. Fairtrade numeracy from Jackie Barton.

Numeracy worksheets mapped to Adult Numeracy Curriculum (E1 Number E2 Number E3 Number L1-L2 number, MSS, Data Handling, pre-Entry Numeracy).30/06/09
Literacy and ESOL worksheets 02/07/09 mapped to Adult Literacy Core Curriculum (pre-Entry, E1, E2, E3, L1, L2)  ESOL Entry 1 ESOL Entry 2

Topical & seasonal 13/06/09. Contextualised resources - employment, care, cars, etc.26/06/08

Study skills, exam tips, general teaching resources 27/05/09

ICT Skills for Life and CLAIT resources 27/05/09
Lesson plans and interactive schemes of work 31/07/07. Quick teaching ideas 15/05/08

1 Embed ILT 13/09/08 Red Kite interactive SfL worksheets
2 Printable resources 14/02/09 Dollar Times free budget sheets & ESL-time business ESOL
3 Useful links for tutors 05/05/09 NATECLA Conference for ESOL practitioners, Leeds. July 2009

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