Useful links for LANTITE preparation

Sometimes it’s hard to know where to look for useful resources. Listed below are a few that you might find helpful.

Practise by testing yourself:

LANTITE information from ACER including practice tests. UK Department of Education, QTS Literacy Skills Tests (see downloadable tests on right hand side of page). QCAA –  NAPLAN tests and answers If you want answers to more recent papers, you can scroll through the Queensland state reports to find them

Technical Writing Skills (Grammar and punctuation): Technical language skills and reading comprehension tests – IXL Bristol University ‘Improve Your Writing’ pages. Purdue University literacy exercises

Reading comprehension and response practice: Reading comprehension practice with Readtheory.org

Vocabulary, spelling and word usage: Vocabulary.com Useful vocabulary website, but watch out for differences between American and Australian English https://www.vocabulary.com VCAA – Academic vocabulary/glossary Easily confusable words: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/commonly-confused-words Essay terms (more useful vocabulary) If you know that spelling is an area of weakness, this is a very useful website: https://howtospell.co.uk BBC teach is another useful UK site for spelling rules.

Meditation SmilingMinds is a free website and may prove useful if you are stressed about the LANTITE test.

Tutoring If you would like guided and focused literacy support email me: anna @fixingenglish.com

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