Foundation Skills Faculty/Business and Finance Faculty/

Organisational Capability

TAELLN411Address adult language, literacy and numeracy

skills

Program outline

TAE upgrade - Educational context for the inclusion of the

TAELLN411 unit – Address adult language, literacy and

numeracy skills

Unit overview

Student Assessment Guide - timelines

Course Moodle

Communication and support

Walk in my shoes – teaching 101

You are a student.

• What do you want to learn?

• Why do you want to learn this new skill?

• How do you want to learn?

• What do you need to be a successful student?

Walk in my shoes – teaching 101

Now think of your students.

• What do they want to learn?

• Why do they want to learn this new skill?

• How do they want to learn?

• What do they need to be a successful student?

Language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) are the essential underpinning skills that enable people to be

productive in their work, to continue to learn and develop, and to participate fully in society.

More than 7 million Australian adults are likely to experience difficulty with reading skills

About 2 million adult Australians are in the lowest literacy category

Nearly 8 million Australian adults are likely to experience difficulty with numeracy skills

Poor foundation skills can be a major barrier for job seekers and for those wishing to up-skill. These core skills are crucial to higher educational outcomes — which in turn lead to higher workforce participation and higher productivity. Australian Government Budget9

Language, literacy and numeracy – everybody’s business

The Industry Skills Councils (ISCs) believe that responsibility for building the LLN skills of Australians

should be shared by industry and all education sectors. Nothing less than a co-ordinated response

to the LLN challenge will succeed.

Council of Australian Governments (COAG) blueprint for action on LLN in Australia 2012-2022 :

• better identification of the LLN skills of learners before training, and targeted funding to

address identified LLN skill gaps

• the inclusion of clear advice on LLN skill requirements in training packages and/or their

companion volumes

• the implementation of a strategy to develop greater national awareness of LLN issues,

including the de-stigmatisation of LLN skill development

• an increased capacity in the vet system to enable all practitioners to support the LLN

skill development needs of learners and workers

• better targeted solutions for building the LLN skills of workers/learners.

Language, literacy and numeracy – everybody’s business

Course Moodle

Why Moodle?

Enrolling in Moodle course

Navigating in Moodle

Course Content

Course forum

Let’s get working

• Please introduce yourself on the course forum and

respond to one other person’s forum post.

• Work through the Course Information

• Browse around the Moodle. When you are ready

start working through Topic 1 – Adult language,

literacy and numeracy in Australia

Course Facilitator

Kerry Lynch

Foundation Skills Faculty

Padstow

PH: 97225496 M: 0412418892