Literacy:
Spanning the U.S.
After 4 years with tutor, adult student has skills to take
naturalization test
Prescott
Valley Tribune: 4.22.2015 by Sue Tone
With no prior tutoring experience, Prescott Valley resident Daniel Van
Haren has helped bring his student, Indelicacy Corona, from Level 1 to Level 5
in English reading, writing and speaking skills over the past four years. She
now reads and writes in English at an upper high school grade level, and is
ready to take the U.S. Naturalization test.
Van Haren is a tutor with the Prescott
Valley Library Adult Literacy Group, which provides free tutoring to adults
wanting to acquire reading skills and those wanting to improve their English
language skills.
Corona has been in the U.S. since 2002, and moved to Chino Valley in
2007 with her husband, Mike Ayyad. For the past three years, she has worked
full time as a housekeeper at an assisted living facility, paying into Social
Security, state and Federal taxes. READ
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Volunteer now to help
change a life at LiteracyNJ
South
Jersey Central Record: 3.19.2015
When Bill first came to
the LiteracyNJ office in Willingboro, he
was 19 years old, had not completed high school and had few opportunities for
work. He needed to earn his GED and was hoping he could find some assistance.
Lou Potter was exactly
what he needed. Potter, a Medford Lakes resident and volunteer literacy tutor,
helped Bill create a plan to prepare for his GED test. The LiteracyNJ office
provided them with GED study materials and they set to work, meeting at the
local library to prepare for the exam.
With Lou’s help, Bill
earned his GED and got a job with an area before/after school program. He now
hopes to further his education and ultimately, earn a Bachelor’s Degree.
Another tutor, Steve
Rakoczy, also from Medford Lakes, has worked with his student for over a year,
helping him learn to read, write and speak English more proficiently. His
student, a local resident, has since obtained a driver’s license and received a
job promotion and a raise.
Locally, about 20
tutors provide one on one or small group instruction to adult students. Some of
these tutors include Eileen Marcy, Peg Cunningham, Betsy Allen, Tom King and
Suzanne Berroa. READ
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Literacy Volunteers
provide the gift of communication
Pittsfield
Gazette: 3.12.2015 by Susan Guerrero
Hundreds of local
residents have been assisted in reading, writing and learning English by a
non-profit organization since its humble beginnings more than 50 years ago.
The seeds of Literacy Volunteers of Berkshire County,
incorporated in 1980, were planted by a group of local women in the 1960s, said
Karen Wallace, executive director. That original group of women attended a
training session of the Literacy Volunteers of America in Syracuse, N.Y.
When they returned,
they did informal tutoring in various settings in the area including local
churches, Wallace explained.
The women, from their
encounters with people in the community, became aware that there were people
who were struggling with reading and writing, she said.
The desire to help
others to read, write and sometimes learn English continues with the 50 or so
volunteers who tutor in the organization today.
Last year, a total of
80 adult learners from 30 countries met faithfully at the Berkshire Athenaeum
with trained men and women tutors from Literacy Volunteers of Berkshire County.
In addition to the
United States, the adult learners came from places all over the globe such as
Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, El Salvador, Ghana, Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan,
Tajikistan, Romania and many others. READ
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