NSW Adult Literacy &
Numeracy CouncilAdult Literacy and Numeracy Councils
Australian Council of Adult Literacy (ACAL) www.acal.edu.au
Queensland Council of Adult Literacy (QCAL) http://www.qcal.org.au/index.php
South Australian Council of Adult Literacy (SACAL) http://www.sacal.sa.edu.au/
Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council (VALBEC) www.valbec.org.au
Western Australian Adult Literacy Council (WAALC) http://www.waalc.org.au/
NSW Links
NSW Adult Migrant English Service (AMES) www.ames.edu.au
Board of Adult and Community Education (BACE) www.bace.nsw.gov.au
The Reading Writing Hotline www.literacyline.edu.au
State Library sl.nsw.gov.au
National Centre for English Language Teaching Resources (NCELTR) www.nceltr.mq.edu.au
TAFE NSW www.tafensw.edu.au
Department of Education and Training www.det.nsw.edu.au
SPELD http://www.speldnsw.org.au/
Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ATESOL) http://www.atesolnsw.org/
Around the nation
The Reading Writing Hotline
Australian adult literacy website www.dest.gov.au/literacynet
Adult Learning Australia (ALA) www.ala.asn.au
Australian Literacy Federation www.alf.edu.au
Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) www.dest.gov.au
Educational Network Australia (EdNA) www.edna.edu.au
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) www.ncver.edu.au
International
Research and Practice in Adult Literacy (RaPAL UK) www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk/rapal/rapal.htm
International Reading Association www.reading.org
Asia Pasific Literacy Database www.accu.or.jp/litdbase/
National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) Canada http://www.nald.ca/index.htm
Resources
National Reporting System (NRS) www.nrs.dest.gov.au
"io" Language and Community Zine home.vicnet.net.au/~twt/dalefrontpage.html
Communication in Education and Training Pty Ltd www.labyrinth.net.au/~commet/
CAE Further Education http://www.cae.edu.au/?infosection=adultliteracy
International database for Technical and Vocational Edu. and Training Research www.voced.edu.au
Statistics on Adult Literacy
Library references
Aspects of Literacy - Canberra, Aust Bureau of Statistics, 1997
Wickert, R - No Single Measure, Dept Education & Training, Canberra, 1989
Goyen, J D - Adult Illiteracy in Sydney, Canberra, AAAE, 1977
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