In Their Own Words...
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Useful Links
Local Interest
Town of Palmer, Massachusetts
Satellite Libraries
MONSON FREE LIBRARY
Director: Hope Bodwell
2 High St., Monson MA 01057
Tel: 413 267 3866
www.monsonlibrary.com
WILBRAHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
Director of Adult Services: Karen Demers
25 Crane Park Drive, Wilbraham, MA 01095
Tel: 413 596 6141
www.wilbrahamlibrary.org
WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Director: Sylvia Buck
P.O. Box 937, Warren, MA 01083
Tel: 413 436 7690
WARE YOUNG MEN'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Director: Mary Baroll
37 Main St., Ware, MA 01082
Tel: 413 967 5491
www.warelibrary.org
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CLAPP MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Director: Owen Maloney
P.O. Box 627, Belchertown, MA 01007
Tel: 413 323 0417
www.clapplibrary.org
HITCHCOCK FREE ACADEMY
Director: Sue Gregory
P.O. Box 155, Brimfield, MA 01010
Tel: 413 245 9977
www.hitchcockacademy.org
HUBBARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Director: Judy Kelly
24 Center St., Ludlow, MA 01056
Tel: 413 583 3408
www.hubbardlibrary.org
PALMER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Director: Nancy Menard
1455 North Main St., Palmer, MA 01069
Tel: 413 283 3330
www.palmer.lib.ma.us
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Adult Literacy
- MCAE: Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education.
- Up to date news about federal and state literacy legislation, and public policy information.
- National Center on
Adult Literacy
- The National Center on Adult Literacy, NCAL, which is based at the
University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, was founded by means
of a grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 1990, to provide leadership
in the development of programs and research for adult literacy. NCAL, along with
the International
Literacy Institute (ILI) is part of the Literacy Online gateway to
resources for the national and international adult literacy communities
(litserver.literacy.upenn.edu). The site includes lists of electronic and print
publications, and training materials for staff
development.
litserver.literacy.upenn.edu/ncal.html
- National Institute for Literacy
- The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) is an independent federal
organization leading the national effort toward a fully literate America in the
21st century. Information about congressional legislation affecting adult
education, programs and services offered by NIFL, and access to NIFL
publications can all be found on this site. The LINCS section of this site,
(novel.nifl.gov/lincs/index.asp), includes facts and statistics, teacher and
student resources, and links regional programs.
http://novel.nifl.gov
- The
Internet Directory of Literacy and Adult Education Resources
- Intended for teachers, tutors, and professionals in the field, the
information for this site was originally compiled by Tom Eland, formerly
Coordinator of the Minnesota - South Dakota Regional Adult Literacy Resource
Center. It is composed of a large directory of selected (but nevertheless
plentiful) internet resources, which are organized by subject, alphabetically by
name, and by four categories of internet resources: www, gopher, listservs, and
other (such as ftp, e-mail and telnet). Subject headings include Adult Basic
Education, Bibliographies, Computer Literacy, Family Literacy, and Resource
Centers. (http://archon.educ.kent.edu/Midwest/Resc/Litdir/index.asp)
- Adult Literacy Resource Institute
- The Adult Literacy Resource Institute, ALRI, is a project and staff
development center for programs in adult literacy, basic education, and English
for speakers of other languages, in the Greater Boston area. It is one of five
regional support centers of the Massachusetts System for Adult Basic Education
Support, SABES.
http://alri.org
- LiteracyLink Homepage
- LiteracyLink is a distance learning project produced by PBS, Kentucky
Educational Television, the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL), and the
Kentucky Department of Education, and it is sponsored by the Star School Grant
program of the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to help adults to
prepare for the General Educational Development (GED)
exam.
www.pbs.org/literacy/
- Ask ERIC
- The ERIC Clearinghouses provide indexing and abstracting services for
educational periodicals and documents. This website has a search feature, which
allows educators to search for references to articles (some are in full text) on
all topics concerning education and literacy. There is a tremendous volume of
materials contained here.
http://ericir.sunsite.syr.edu/
- The National Adult Literacy and
Learning Disabilities Center
- This site is geared toward overcoming the learning disabilites which pose a
stumbling block to literacy. The National Adult Literacy and Learning
Disablilities Center is the result of a collaborative effort between the NIFL,
the Academy for Educational Development, and the University of Kansas Institute
for Research in Learning Disabilities. (http://novel.nifl.gov/nalldtop.htm)
- System for Adult Basic Education
Support (SABES)
- Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education, SABES has the intent of
providing literacy instructors with content and support materials for teaching.
Examples of resources posted to the website include bibliographies on family
literacy, workplace education, health education, and learning disabilities, a
newsletter, publications catalog, workshops, and teacher sharing groups.
www.sabes.org/index.htm
- MetroBoston Community-Wide Education
and Information Service
- MetroBoston is one of a number of communities across the country which are
part of the Community Wide Education and Information Service. CWEIS is a
national initiative designed to develop and encourage free public access to
education and information on-line services using local public radio and
television stations as a nucleus. MetroBoston CWEIS provides public and
educational information free of charge to members of the metropolitan Boston
community. It serves as a gateway to organizations which operate existing
services and provides new services for organizations which lack the financial or
technical resources to operate their own. The main partners in the metroBoston
CWEIS initiative are the Literacy Telecommunications Collaborative, the
Community Technology Centers Network, New Visions, and
WGBH.
www2.wgbh.org/mbcweis
- National Center for the Study of
Adult Literacy and Learning (NCSALL)
- The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy is a
collaborative effort between the Harvard University Graduate School of Education
and World Education. The Center for Literacy Studies at The University of
Tennessee, Rutgers University, and Portland State University are NCSALL's
partners. The goal of NCSALL is to help the field of adult basic education
define a comprehensive research agenda; to pursue basic and applied research
under that agenda; to build partnerships between researchers and practitioners;
and to disseminate research and best practices to practitioners, scholars, and
policy makers. NCSALL is funded by the U.S. Department of
Education.
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall
English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Dave's ESL Cafe
on the Web
- Dave Sperling has produced an excellent site for students and teachers of
ESL, EFL (English as a second language, foreign language). Idioms, grammar,
quizzes, FAQs, advice from ESL teachers via the help center, and job postings
for ESL teachers are just some of the choices offered on this attractive site.
(http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/eslcafe.html)
- National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy
Education (NCLE)
- NCLE is an adjunct to the ERIC Clearinghouse at the Center for Applied
Linguistics (CAL). NCLE offers online access to downloadable articles,
instructions on how to join the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) - ESL
listserv, and information on ordering books, bibliographies, videos, and a
newsletter, all produced by NCLE. (http://www.cal.org/ncle/)
- EXCHANGE: Electronic, Xross
Cultural, Hypertextual Academy of Non-native Gatherings in English
- A forum for non-native English speakers to share writings, and to access
learning resources for ESL. Participants are encouraged to share aspects of
their native culture, and to contribute creative writing pieces. One very nice
feature is their idiom bank, in which lists of idioms are grouped under a common
word and explained. Here one finds idioms such as get around, get ahead, get
along, get away with, and get something accross.
(http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/exchange/)
- English as a Second Language Home
Page
- Intended as a starting point for ESL students, this page has links to sites
grouped under the headings of listening and speaking, reading with
understanding, grammar and writing, ESL schools, and an ESL Teachers' Corner
with job listings.
www.rong-chang.com
- IATEFL - The International Association of
Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.
- The IATEFL site has sections on publications for sale (such as materials
appropriate for ear-training and pronunciation), sections for special interest
groups (business English; teacher development), and a list of direct links to
the ESL offerings of well known publishers.
www.iatefl.org
- TESOL - Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
- TESOL is active in the formulation of standards for ESL and professional
preparation for ESL instructors. (http://www.tesol.edu/index.html)
- BBC
English
- The BBC has constructed an interesting way to enhance the use of radio to
learn English. The section Words, Words, Words (which is also available in Real
Audio) explains the use of vocabulary in recent BBC news reports, and since the
reports are out of the U.K., the use of English is dictinctly British, as
opposed to American.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
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