FREE ADULT LITERACY SOFTWARE

The Neil Squire Foundation and Capilano College are proud to announce the release of SARAW LITE for Windows™. SARAW LITE is an entry level version of the award winning SARAW, Speech Assisted Reading and Writing, adult literacy software. SARAW is a self-paced and effective software package designed to help instructors teach basic adult literacy at the grade 2 to 7 level. Its built-in audio feedback allows students to hear and identify mistakes in grammar and spelling by themselves, allowing you to spend more time with students that may need more individualized attention. SARAW is specifically design to engage the adult literacy student.

SARAW LITE comes with the same reading, writing and vocabulary building software components that you are familiar with. As part of our ongoing commitment to literacy in Canada, any Canadian non-profit organization or publicly funded educational institution that teaches adult literacy can receive 2 free licenses for the SARAW LITE software. Simply send your request on your organization's letterhead to:

SARAW LITE Registration
c/o Neil Squire Foundation
Suite 220, 2250 Boundary Road
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5M 3Z3

If you are a non-profit organization, include a copy of your non-profit certificate of registration.

Please include your EMAIL and telephone contact information.

You can then download the software from the SARAW website at:

http://www.saraw.net

You will need to install the software on your computers. Once it is installed, make sure to run the SARAW Registration program on each of the computers you want to install the SARAW LITE program on. Send us the SITE CODES generated for each of the computers. Send the SITE CODE to the email address: info@saraw.net. We will contact you with the SITE KEYS to unlock the program copies.

If you do not have access to the internet or have a slow internet connection, you can receive a CD-ROM containing the software. Please include $15.00 to cover the cost of shipping and handling.

Please also visit the new on-line discussion group created for SARAW instructors. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saraw/

The on-line discussion group is an informal way to exchange ideas and experiences, discuss your preferences in supplementary resource material available on the web, in electronic or paper format, and publish and swap stories written by your literacy students. Please stop by to say hello, share your experiences or start a discussion.