19 May 2010
Review of the NALA Family Learning Conference 2010
“Family Learning to Learn is fantastic for raising parents’ confidence and skills because it demonstrates that learning can be learned and the reason they ‘failed’ in the past was because the teaching didn’t help them to learn effectively”...
10 May 2010
Most of us take reading and writing for granted, but for thousands of Irish people it’s a constant struggle. Anita Hopkins from the north inner city in Dublin is one such person. She left school at 12 with very poor reading and writing skills, to work in a sewing factory. She worked there for 17...
10 May 2010
“The biggest problem with not being able to read and write is that people will find out the problem – you just build up a fear in yourself. You just don’t want anyone to know,” says Tom Flynn from Knocklong, Co. Limerick who features in a new RTE TV series ‘Stuck for Words’.
Like many people his...
10 May 2010
Watch episode one: http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1072457
In Programme one, we meet four very different teenagers from Coolock. Paul, Chantelle and Chez all struggled in the traditional education system and dropped out of school early with very poor...
1 May 2010
As overall winners, Wicklow’s Liter-a-Teen project was today given €10,000 to further develop and publish their research which identifies the specific literacy-based needs of teenagers. Findings from the project will be shared with other adult literacy tutors and will help to influence good...
22 Apr 2010
Review of the Adult Literacy Forum 2010
Athlone provided the setting for the 2010 Adult Literacy Organsiers’ Forum where amidst unseasonably pleasant sunshine the focus was on “The Adult literacy service in a changing landscape”.
Day 1
Opening remarks: Inez Bailey, Director NALA
In her opening...
1 Apr 2010
“Una’s project is innovative and exemplifies the ethos of health literacy,” said Dr Gerardine Doyle, UCD Business Schools and chairperson of the Crystal Clear Awards judging panel. “The judges were impressed by her efforts to communicate with teenagers in a language that makes sense to them, even ‘...
1 Apr 2010
We arrived at the Aras. The excitement was palpable. President McAleese greeted us all individually and posed for photographs. We all felt very welcome. She then made a very touching and informal speech on the contribution of NALA [and other stakeholders] to literacy over three decades. She...
1 Mar 2010
The primary aim of www.makingcents.ie is to bring together under one roof all the financial literacy resources developed by NALA and EBS so that they are more easily accessible by the general public. Importantly it also forms part of EBS and NALA’s...
1 Feb 2010
Our plain English courses are aimed at information and communications officers, managers, administrators and others whose work involves regular writing. Each course will introduce you to the main plain English guidelines and will help you produce clearer, more attractive documents and website...