Readers

Resilience: Stories of Adult Learning

This is an extensive collection of student-written stories on the general theme of resilience. It was a joint project with the UK organisation RaPAL so there are stories from the UK and Australia.
https://rapal.org.uk/resilience/

Page Turners

Short, easy-to-read stories for adults learning to read. Published by PRACE (Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education).
https://pageturners.prace.vic.edu.au/

A Fuller Sense of Self

A collection of stories told by adult literacy students, describing their life and learning.
https://valbec.org.au/A-Fuller-Sense-of-Self
Some of the people whose stories are in the book were recently interviewed for this wonderful little video
https://valbec.org.au/A-Fuller-Sense-of-Self

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Sugarbag on Damper Publishing

This site has links to a number of publications, mainly on Australian themes. Each has text written at three levels, and is accompanied by photocopiable worksheets at each level.
https://thelanguagepeople.com.au/shop/product-category/esl-english-as-a-second-language/australian/sugarbag-on-damper/

26Ten

26Ten is a network of organisations and individuals working together to improve adult literacy and numeracy in Tasmania. 26Ten’s name comes from the 26 letters of the alphabet, and the ten digits we use for counting. Among other things, 26Ten’s website contains links to useful resources and publications.

TCAL 25 Stories for the RWH

Resources – 26Ten

AMES Real Life Readers

A series of low-level readers especially designed for ESL and literacy learners, each with an accompanying CD. Linked to CSWE levels, each reader has low text density per page and is beautifully illustrated to assist comprehension. The back-page contains a vocabulary list. The series features adult interest stories in a range of genres such as humour, historical, and ghost story.
https://www.ames.net.au/ames-bookshop/ames-real-life-readers

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