Core Skills
Core literacy and numeracy skills
Adult literacy and numeracy resources that can be used both as professional learning for educators and trainers and as practical teaching strategies for workplace- and classroom-based learning.
Resources cover topics such as communication skills, developing a CV and understanding statistics.
Key Points to Note:
- Teaching programmes that address learners' literacy and numeracy needs enhance learner engagement and promote learner success.
- This suite of Core Skills resources supports some key areas which educators and learners can find challenging.
- These resources aim to support the development of literacy and numeracy skills for learners in the classroom and the workplace.
- It is expected that tutors will use, adapt and extend the ideas in these resources to meet the needs of learners and their own teaching situations.
- To get started, watch the Introduction to Core Skills Resources video.
- There are several resources available here to download, including videos, teaching and learning sequences and supporting resources.
A YouTube video introducing tutors to the Core Skills resources.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence introducing tutors to the topic of why communication is important.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas and starting points for developing speaking frames.
- 29 November 2015
A resource that supports the teaching and learning sequence video 'Using Speaking Frames'.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching communication skills and how to keep a conversation going.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching communication skills and how to clarify and repeat information.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching communication skills and how to manage difficult conversations.
- 29 November 2015
A resource that supports the teaching and learning sequence video 'Managing Difficult Conversations'.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching how to develop a curriculum vitae and create interest and a sense of audience.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching how to develop a curriculum vitae and write a personal profile.
- 29 November 2015
This resource supports the teaching and learning sequence 'Writing a personal profile'.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching how to develop a curriculum vitae and write a cover letter.
- 29 November 2015
This resource supports the teaching and learning sequence 'Cover Letters'.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching how to develop a curriculum vitae and improve the words and phrases used in CVs.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for teaching how to develop a curriculum vitae, and how to revise and edit CVs.
- 29 November 2015
This resource supports the teaching and learning sequence 'Revising and Editing'.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for developing learners' understanding of statistics and collecting and representing data.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for developing learners' understanding of statistics and collecting and representing data.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for developing learners' understanding of statistics and probability.
- 29 November 2015
This resource supports the teaching and learning sequence 'Describing Probability'.
- 29 November 2015
A teaching and learning sequence that provides tutors with ideas for developing learners' understanding of statistics and chance.
- 29 November 2015