A resource catalogue by The Centre for Literacy is now available for purchase.
The catalogue offers a partial listing of almost 3000 of the items available at The Centre for borrowing or consulting. The subject headings have been assigned over the past two years using the Canadian Literacy Thesaurus with a small number of additional subject categories to reflect the broad nature of our collection which extends beyond adult literacy.
The price of the catalogue is $25.00 including postage for orders from Canada. For orders from the US the price is $25.00 US, which only covers surface mail.
For more information or to order a copy please contact The Centre for Literacy, 3040 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, QC H3Z 1A4, Tel: (514) 931-8731 ext. 1415, FAX; (514 )931-5181, email: literacycntr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Our project continues for the next academic year with a gift of two tickets from Geordie Productions for their coming performance of "A Promise is a Promise" tentatively scheduled for December '96.
The play is appropriate for children 12 and under. A call will go out in the fall inviting tutors and teachers to submit the name of a student who would like to attend with his/her child.
Once again, LPQ is inviting groups across the province to notify us of events they are planning for September 8.
When we received details about what various groups are palnning to mark International Literacy Day, we will collate the information and circulate a calendar of events for that day to the literacy community across the province and to the local media.
You may send your group's information by mail to LPQ, 3040 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H3Z 1A4 or by fax at (514) 931-5181.
Please include:
In order to ensure that this information gets out to the community in time, we must receive it by August 15, 1996.
The British Columbia Library Association has completed a project entitled "Come to the Library", a series of four workbooks intended to introduce adult learners to public libraries and to reading for pleasure.
The workbooks are written at a Grade 6 level and invite learners to become familiar with the librarian and his/her role; using the library membership; different categories of books; computer, microfiche and/or card catalogues.
The series is available in Montreal at The Centre for Literacy and the Fraser Hickson Institute.
For more information or to order sets, contact: Thomas Quigley, Project manager, come to the Library, c/o BCLA, #110-6545 Bonsor Ave., Burnaby, BC, V5H 1H3.
The following articles have been recommended by board member, Anna Poulsen, literacy teacher at the CECM.
--Matthew effects in reading: Some consequences of individual differences in the aquistion of literacy.
--The ability to manipulate speech sounds depends on knowing alphabetic writing
--Introduction to Three Studies on Reading Aquisition: Convergent Findings on Theoretical foundations of Code-Oriented Versus Whole-Language Approaches to Reading Instruction
--Whole Language vs. Code emphasis: Underlying assumptions and Their Implications for Reading Instruction
The above articles are available at The Centre for Literacy.
The LPQ office and LEARN line will be closed for summer vacation as of Friday, July 5 and will reopen on Monday, August 19.
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International Whole Language Umbrella Conference: "Celebrating
Literacy"
August 1-4, 1996, St. Paul, MN
Information:
Call
(612) 255-4887
Email: umbrella96@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu
Second Global Conference on Lifelong Learning "investing in human
Potential: Making Strategic Choices"
September 22-25, 1996 Ottawa,
ON
The conference will focus on learner-centered environments,
methodologies, technological and social strategies.
All sessions will be
accessible through the Internet and the World Wide Web.Information:
CALL,
Suite 400, 20 Bay St. Toronto, ON, M5J 2W1 or call Zarina Lalji (416) 325-4211
Bridging the Centuries: Emerging Visions of Literacy
October
16-19, 1996 Winnipeg, Manitoba
This conference will provide "the forum
in which to address critical issues related to the multiple literacies required
of our children, ourselves, and our society."
Information:
Irene
Schmidt, Garden Valley Collegiate, 736 Main Street, Winkler, MB. Tel: (204)
325-8008 Fax: (204) 325-5894 Email: ischmidt@MINET.gov.MB.CA