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NEC's materials meet the demand for skills support for a wide range of settings and learning programmes from Entry Level 2 to Level 2. All materials have been written by experts and are suitable for a wide range of courses in both education, the workplace, and institutions such as prisons, libraries and adult and community education centres.

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Numbers for Life

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Develop Your Maths

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Develop Your English

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Basic Skills Solution

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Self-Access: ESOL Worksheets

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Self-Access Series

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Life Skills: Catering

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Basic Skills Tutor Training Resource Bank

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Back to Basics

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Basic Skills Collection

 

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Numbers for Life

Price £411.25 - Order code: B51A

An award-winning CD-ROM that allows learners to develop and apply their number skills using real-life scenarios.

This interactive CD-ROM makes comprehensive use of audio and Flash animation to engage students in a range of online learning activities. It is designed around six everyday scenarios that encourage students to practise and apply the skills they learn, and is supported by an extensive, interactive learning section called the Basics which develops underpinning knowledge. Designed as a classroom-based resource, Numbers for Life comprehensively covers the numeracy curriculum at Entry Levels 2 and 3.

The scenarios covered are:

bulletvisiting the bank
bulletthe shopping centre
bulletthe supermarket
bulleta DIY store
bulleta garden centre
bulletthe Post Office.

Qualifications supported: Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum Entry Levels 2 and 3

Format: CD-ROM plus 4 page booklet supplied in a DVD box

Published 2002

 

Develop Your Maths

Build learners' confidence and encourage them to work independently to develop their numeracy skills using these two series of workbooks written specially for adult learners.

Available at both Level 1 and Level 2, these self-study workbooks guide learners through all the number topics providing feedback on all the activities and minimising the need for tutor support. Each level contains three workbooks that address real-life issues such as understanding temperatures, measuring babies' weight, converting currency and diluting wallpaper stripper. The workbooks are fully mapped to the Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum at Levels 1 and 2 and cover:

bulletNumber
bulletHandling Data
bulletMeasures, Shape and Space.

Qualifications supported: Level 1 and Level 2 Certificate in Adult Numeracy

Price £45.00 - Order code: B54

Level 1: Three workbooks for developing numeracy skills at level 1

Format: 3 workbooks containing between 120 – 150 A4 pages Published 2005

Price £45.00 - Order code: B49

Level 2: Three workbooks for developing numeracy skills at level 2

Format: 3 workbooks containing approximately 100 A4 pages Published 2002

 

Develop Your English

Two series of workbooks written specifically for adult learners to build their confidence and encourage them to work independently to develop their literacy skills.

These self-study workbooks, available at both Levels 1 and 2, guide learners through all the topics and build skills based on their own experiences. Feedback is provided on all activities, minimising the need for tutor support. Each level contains three workbooks addressing real-life issues such as reading job advertisements, understanding automated voice instructions, and writing a letter of complaint. The workbooks are fully mapped to the Adult Literacy Core Curriculum at Levels 1 and 2 and cover:

bulletSpeaking and Listening
bulletReading
bulletWriting.

Qualifications supported: Level 1 and Level 2 Certificate in Adult Literacy

Price £45.70 - Order code: B53

Level 1: Three workbooks for developing literacy skills at level 1

Format: 3 workbooks containing between 120 – 150 A4 pages, also includes an audio CD, Published 2005

Price £45.70 - Order code: B48

Level 2: Three workbooks for developing literacy skills at level 2

Format: 3 workbooks containing approximately 100 A4 pages, also includes an audio CD, Published 2002

 

Basic Skills Solution

Full coverage of the National Standards for Adult Literacy and Numeracy.

This popular series develops learners' skills in Literacy and Numeracy at both Levels 1 and 2. The modular format provides you with:

material created specifically to support the standards

a flexible guided learning route that allows users to approach the materials according to their individual needs

a comprehensive suite of resources that supports the application of literacy and numeracy.

The material is suitable for any organisation delivering basic skills, but will be of particular benefit to learners requiring extra support whilst studying their main programme in FE colleges; learners within adult or community education centres; work-based learners or learners within a prison environment. The material is equally applicable to both young adults and older adults looking to improve their literacy and numeracy skills.

Qualifications supported: Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy (2000 standards)

Literacy - Price £400.00 - Order code: B46A

Two packs covering Literacy at Level 1 and Level 2 that build skills in speaking, reading and writing. Each level includes a skills check of strengths and weaknesses, and a wide range of worksheets and activities focusing on life-skill and generic work-based contexts, for developing different communication skills.

Format: 314/386 pages A4 in two ringbinders Published 2001

Numeracy - Price £450.00 - Order code: B45D

Separate packs for each level, including examples and practise activities set in life-skill and generic work-based contexts, plus skills checks to assess underpinning knowledge. Worksheets provide an opportunity for consolidation and revision.

Format: 500/600 pages A4 in two ringbinders Published 2001

 

Self – Access: ESOL Worksheets

Price £180.24 - Order code: B14A

Help learners improve their English and develop citizenship awareness.

These two activity-based workbooks are for tutors teaching ESOL to adult learners. They contain ready-to-use material mapped to the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum, and can be used with learners from Entry Level 2 through to Level 1. The workbooks cover the three modes: speaking and listening, writing, and reading, and include guided activities that learners can self-check, so are ideal for differentiated learning plans.

Topics include:

Volume 1 - connectives, dictation, dictionary work,
listening, prefixes and suffixes.

Volume 2 - prepositions, punctuation, reading,
spelling and writing.

Qualifications supported: Mapped to Adult ESOL Core Curriculum 2004 ESOL Skills for Life qualifications

Format: 2 wirobound workbooks containing approx 200-225 pages A4 photocopiable, plus accompanying audio only CD for listening activities.

Also available as a CD-ROM containing worksheets in PDF format (including RTF versions with minimum formatting so the text can be modified to create your own worksheets), Price £323.13 - Order code: B14D.

Published 2005

 

Self-Access Series

Activity-based workbooks for tutor-supported learning in literacy, language and numeracy, ideal for differentiated learning plans.

These four Self-Access workbooks will help learners develop confidence and build up their skills.

Grammar

Price £75.00 - Order code: B12

Activities covering English grammar, forms, functions and approaches to help learners build up their level of confidence and develop key literacy skills.

Format: 164 pages A4 wirobound workbook Published 1990

Spelling

Price £75.00 - Order code: B13

An integrated pack of carefully paced activities for word recognition and spelling.

Format: 144 pages A4 wirobound workbook Published 1991

Form - Filling

Price £75.00 - Order code: B15

Focused skills practice and advice to help learners at a basic literacy level learn how to tackle a variety of everyday forms. Sample exercises and word games are included, plus answer sheets and tutor's notes.

Format: 170 pages A4 wirobound workbook Published 1995

Numeracy

Price £75.00 - Order code: B17

Everyday activities to help contextualise different mathematical skills. Includes answer sheets.

Format: 160 pages A4 wirobound workbook Published 1995

 

Life Skills in the Workplace: Catering

Price £411.25 - Order code: B52A

An interactive CD-ROM specifically designed to build the basic food hygiene and numeracy skills needed by anyone who works in catering.

Life Skills in the Workplace uses knowledge and examples specifically relevant to catering to develop the basic number skills needed by employees to work in this industry. It includes activities and exercises to test a combination of food hygiene knowledge and basic numeracy skills, and includes four self-contained topics that encourage students to practise and apply their skills. These link to a learning section called the Basics which includes a comprehensive set of animations demonstrating the numeracy skills required at Level 1. The CD also provides underpinning knowledge for the Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene - the basic qualification for all catering staff.

Topics covered are:

bulletFood hygiene
bulletStorage
bulletPreparation
bulletBusiness.

Qualifications supported: Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum Level 1 Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene

Format: CD-ROM plus booklet in a DVD case Published 2004

 

Basic Skills Tutor Training Resource Bank

Price £225.00 - Order code: B44

Support for trainers delivering training to basic skills tutors and support staff.

This pack includes material addressing a range of staff development needs for new and experienced tutors and for college and work-based staff.

Contents include:

bulletinteractive worksheets
bulletexemplars and checklists
bulletreference section.

This pack is fully photocopiable, enabling you to make additional copies at no extra cost.

Format: 360 pages A4 in a ringbinder Published 1999: revised 2001, 2005

Back to Basics

In-depth coverage of key literacy and communication topics at Levels 2 and 3.

This accessible series of four short workbooks will help learners develop a range of essential language skills.

Grammar

Price £13.00 - Order code: B07

Topics include:

bulletstarting out
bulletbeing consistent
bulletpitfalls.

Format: 48 pages A4 saddle-stitched workbook Published 1993

Spelling

Price £13.00 - Order code: B10

Topics include:

bulletdouble letters
bulletE dilemmas
bulletunexpected sounds.

Format: 48 pages A4 saddle-stitched workbook Published 1993

Punctuation

Price £13.00 - Order code: B08

Topics include:

bulletsentence boundaries
bulletapostrophes
bulletdialogue.

Format: 48 pages A4 saddle-stitched workbook Published 1993

Reading

Price £13.00 - Order code: B09

Topics include:

bulletskimming and scanning
bulletcareful reading
bulletusing reference books.

Format: 48 pages A4 saddle-stitched workbook Published 1993

 

The Basic Skills Collection

Price £587.50 - Order code: B43

A self-access skills route into a vast library of basic skills resources

This CD-ROM provides even the most computer-wary learner with a self-access route into a vast library of NEC basic skills materials suitable for developing basic skills in literacy and numeracy. Indexed, fully searchable, and including literacy and numeracy materials for downloading, editing, printing and using in the classroom, it includes self-check questions for learners with direct links to relevant worksheets.

Qualifications supported: Supports the Numeracy and Literacy Basic Skills Standards

Format: CD-ROM

Published 1999; revised 2001

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