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The author suggests methods to improve the reading skills of the students.

Details of the 'What Money Means' campaign aimed at improving financial education in primary schools and developing a saving tendency in children are presented.

A teachers' training course in improving communications teaches a basic skills lecturer that sometimes a person creates his or her own fears that are not necessarily real, and shows him that good communication is the key to overcoming those fears.

Several suggestions are presented on how teachers can help children with special education needs be included in school playtimes.

The role of libraries in nurturing the reading habits of students is vital. The different facilities rendered by the libraries in order to promote and widen the reading areas.

John Bird's Quick Reads book 'How to Change Your Life in Seven Steps' recommends setting small manageable targets that will eventually help to reach the final goal. A basic skills teacher describes her efforts to help her pupils, as well as herself, take small steps to meet the final target.

'Which?' magazine is available on subscription that helps buyers select the best and avoid the worst products and services through product tests and supplies information. The articles are well written, illustrating a variety of styles such as sequential reports, descriptions, and case studies.

Ephemera such as junk mail and sales brochures can be a valuable source of reading material for literacy students. They are free and easier to acquire than texts. Students respond well to the practical, mundane subject matter found in such sources.

A teacher at an adult education class finds that poetry can inspire even the most reluctant basic skills student to learn, including those with severe learning difficulties at pre-entry level. Poems like Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and Kit Wright's 'The Magic Box' offer students plenty of opportunity to use their creative skills.

Letter-writing is a basic skill, but there are several ways in which to teach letter-writing. The author gives the example of a grammatically incorrect letter writing by a soldier to be released after his death, and emphasises that the impact of letters depends not on their grammatical correctness, but on their content.

Many well-known authors have contributed to a new series of Quick Read tales, including Ruth Rendell, and Joanne Trollope. The series is aimed at supporting basic skills teaching for adults.

Some students will need clearance from the Criminal Records BUreau before being able to go into work placements. The forms can be unnecessarily complicated.

The Skills for Life strategy unit commissions the 'Supporting dyslexic learners in different contexts' course which is written for adult learners and focuses on practical strategies. Over 1,700 people have taken the course which starts with a training day and is followed up with distance learning.

Author relates problems encountered when a bus was purchased and converted to a mobile IT classroom in order to reach more students. Problems include parking and internal space. Persuading people to participate and board the bus is also a problem.

A personal account of being a basic skills lecturer at a college, dealing with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act, learning sign language and attending a staff Christmas party.

A personal account of working as a basic skills lecturer and the different methods of teaching that can be used.

A personal account of the difficulties involved in using student-centred learning techniques on a basic skills course for adults. Particular attention is paid to dealing with a student who professed to have no interest in anything.

A personal account of the differences between the theoretical aspects of managing a college and the realities of actually being involved in the delivery of a college's services. It is argued that, while the managers do all the talking about how services should be provided, it is actually the lecturers who are on the frontline and that much of what they do does not get acknowledged in the statistics that managers enjoy so much.

The article presents information helpful to British teachers of students with dyslexia. The author explains the difficulties in identifying students with dyslexia, including the large range of symptoms and the students use of other strengths to cope with their difficulties. She notes the need for individualized instruction due to these factors, and she provides lists of symptoms, resources, and teaching strategies for reading and writing. INSET: Untitled.

The article presents information helpful to British teachers working with visually-impaired students. The author recommends beginning by learning the extent and history of the child's impairment. He discusses the use of Braille and/or Moon writing and reading, the necessity of describing graphic representations, and the importance of tone of voice. The article includes practical suggestions and specific information for use with younger children.

The article discusses the new approach to bullying in schools, which place focus on community responsibility. According to the author, around the world, an approach is being formulated in new anti-bullying programs where it involves inspiring children who witness incidents of bullying to take action. Further, the approach shifts the treatment of bullying as an individual problem to seeing as a social one. How the schemes work and how other schools respond to the matter are presented.

The article presents a narrative of the author's experience with her basic skills students in Great Britain. She describes a class in which she uses brochures promoting Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney World in Florida in an effort to teach students how to use a matrix to compare data, and she notes the increased level of enthusiasm that results from the dream of a Disney vacation. She ends with a reference to the less exciting practice in phonics.

The article presents the author's experiences over teaching the students with hearing disability. The author says that if the students say they can not hear properly, the teacher can not cry, as it may count as a disclosure of the Disability Discrimination Act. according to the author, she sits near the front of the students and make sure that her face is well-lit so that the expressions of the face may be understood very well. The teachers have to attend the hearing awareness courses. The author also presents experiences of her daily life with students from gathering for lunch in a restaurant to celebrating the festivals.