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FLLS Resources

Collection Resources:
The FLLS system contains many resources for new readers and ESL/ESOL students. To locate materials in the catalog, try searching for the following subjects:

• High interest—Low vocabulary books

• Literacy—Remedial teaching

• New literates' writings

• Readers (Adult)

• Readers for new literates

Learning Express: This database offers many tutorials and practice tests (including GED) for adult learners and native Spanish speakers. You can log on from any computer with internet access, all you need is a library card from a member library.

Tumblebooks: E-Books for Kids! With this early literacy tool, kids can listen and read along to animated talking picture books. Materials are available in English, Spanish and French.
 

 

Local Resources

Free Tutoring Services:
The following organizations offer free tutoring services for adults who need help reading, writing, or speaking English. Many also offer tutoring in computer skills:

• Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga County

• Literacy Volunteers of Seneca County

• Tompkins Learning Partners, Inc

• Literacy Volunteers of Broome/Tioga County

Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES):
BOCES sites offer many adult educational programs, including GED classes, ESL classes and the Even Start Family Literacy Project.

• Broome-Tioga BOCES

• Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES

• Onondaga-Madison-Cortland BOCES

• Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES

• Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES (includes sites in Seneca County)

Early Literacy:

- The Family Reading Partnership is a local nonprofit which promotes early literacy through many family-oriented programs.

- The Even Start Family Literacy Project provides literacy tutoring for low-income parents while their children attend an early literacy class. To find a program near you, contact your local BOCES.

 

Links

Adult Learning Activities, California Distance Learning Project - Use this free site to build your reading and life skills.

Key News - A monthly newspaper for new readers. You can read articles online, or download them as a pdf. 

News For You - A weekly newspaper for adult learners. Read and listen online to the top current events stories each week.

New York State GED Testing Office - Information about how to prepare for and take the GED, including local resources. To find a testing center and a list of upcoming test dates near you, follow this link.

PBS Literacy Link - Free online resources for adult learners and their teachers. Resources include tutorials for developing essential workplace skills and GED preparation.