List of European websites for literacy

• www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_literacy – adult literacy core curriculum
  This is an electronic version of the core curriculum that also covers Access for All. Simply enter
  in a skills descripter (e.g. spelling) and you'll be given all the relevent curriculum references
  with sample activities and further guidance. Saves hours of ploughing through the hard copies!
• www.teachingenglish.org.uk – teaching English
  Some tutors have been finding the "Teaching English" website (from the British Council and the BBC)
  useful for teaching ideas. There are ideas on teaching, tips, lesson plans and a downloads area
• www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus – Read Write Plus
  Part of the DfES website, read.write.plus aims to be the main source of information and advice
  on all aspects of implementing Skills for Life

Ireland

• The National Adult Literacy Agency
  Website: www.nala.ie
  Contact person: John Stewart
  E-mail: jstewart@nala.ie
  Try looking at www.literacytools.ie for resources.

France

• French literacy organization – Agence Nationale de Lutte contre l'Illettrisme based in Lyon
  Website: www.anlci.fr
  Try looking at www.anlci.fr/html/index.htm?ressources.htm~centre – this gives module information.
• For French as a foreign language:
  La communaute mondiale des professeurs de francais
  Website: www.franc-parler.org
  Try looking at www.franc-parler.org/parcours/phonetique.htm for French phonetics.
• For French as a second language:
  use the above link, then go to annuaire de liens/pratiques to find Francais langue seconde.
  Website: www.franc-parler.org/annuaire/fls
  Try looking at www.oise.utoronto.ca/research/sle/fsl.html for French as a second language information (a Canadian site).

Germany

• Website: www.apoll-online.de
  Contact person: Ralf Kellershohn – Referent Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
  E-mail: kellershohn@apoll-online.de
  Try looking at www.ich-will-schreiben-lernen.de/ich-will/index.html for resources.
  He has just participated in a conference for the European Leonardo project CEPPAC (www.ceppac.org),
  which covers a similar area to ours: CEPPAC is a European teaching and training project which aims to increase skills of teachers and trainers. For their resources list click here .

Belgium

• French speaking Belgian literacy organization – Lire et ecrire
  Website: www.lire-et-ecrire.be
  Contact person: Nadia Baragiola
  E-mail: nadia.baragiola@lire-et-ecrire.be
  Try looking at www.lire-et-ecrire-luxembourg.be/content/view/18/120/ – this has statistics relating to literacy levels in Wallonia.

EAEA (European Association for Education of Adults)

• Website: www.eaea.org/topics.php?topic=19
  This is the site for EAEA – European Association for Education of Adults. The specific link here leads to a page; if you scroll down to the bottom of this, there are links to training of trainers web resources, e.g. European language network.

History of ABE (adult basic education)

• Website: www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/projects/edres/changingfaces/1990s.htm
  This site has various timelines produced by the Lancaster project, showing the history of ABE (adult basic education) and relating this to world events, etc.