Table of Contents

1. Unit 2: Adults as Learners
   1. Working with Adult Learners
   2. General Instructions to Tutors
   3. Helping Learning Happen
   4. Qualities Developed by Good Tutors
   5. Active Notes
2. Unit 3: Learning Styles
   1. Barsch Learning Style Reference Form
   2. Learning Channels Inventory
   3. Learning Styles Matching Activity
   4. Learning Styles Characteristics and Tutoring Tips
   5. Strategies for Learning
   6. Cultural Attitudes
   7. Practical Tips
   8. Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal
   9. What's Confusing
   10. Appropriate Instructional Approaches and Techniques
   11. Aboriginal Learning Styles
3. Unit 4: Planning for Learning
   1. Getting to Know Your Learner
   2. Sample Questionnaire A
   3. Sample Questionnaire B
   4. Sample Questionnaire C
   5. Sample Questionnaire D
   6. How to Handle Concerns
   7. Learning Situations
   8. Questions Tutors Commonly Ask
   9. Setting Goals - An Overview
   10. Learning Plan
   11. Setting Goals
   12. Learner Profile A - Alvina
   13. Learner Profile B - Raymond
   14. Learner Profile C - Helen
   15. Learner Profile D - Carl
   16. Task List for Setting Goals
   17. What Makes a Good Lesson Plan?
   18. Tips for Planning
   19. Lesson Plans
   20. Assessing the Session
   21. How Well Am I Doing as a Tutor?
   22. Lesson Comments
   23. Developing a Portfolio
   24. Portfolio Assessment
   25. Components of a Portfolio
4. Unit 5: About Literacy
   1. Keep Literacy In Your Life
   2. Word Strips
   3. Defining Your Philosophy of Literacy
5. Unit 6: Reading
   1. The Shower
   2. Basics of Reading
   3. Tips for Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
   4. Phonics Sequence
   5. The Laundromat
   6. Creating Cloze Text
   7. Strategies for Reading
   8. Learner Profile A: Pat
   9. Learner Profile B: Chol Thung
   10. Learner Profile C: Jill
   11. Learner Profile D: Kevin
   12. RAP
   13. RIDER
   14. Phonics
   15. Sight Word Activities
   16. Dolch Basic Sight Word List
   17. Information Reading Technique (IRT)
   18. Life Skills Technique for Reading (LST)
   19. Context Clues Technique for Reading (CCT) or “Educated Guessing”
   20. Silent Reading Technique (SRT)
   21. Neurological Impress Technique
   22. Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review Technique (SQ3R)
   23. Symbols