Literacy: Spanning North America
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International
Literacy Day a time to share love of reading
Fort
MacLeod Gazette: 9.07.2018 by Frank McTighe
Kate
Glover wants to know what Fort Macleod and district residents are reading. Glover
wants people to celebrate International Literacy
Day on Saturday, Sept. 8 by sharing their favourite books.
“International
Literacy Day is observed to raise awareness of and concern for literacy issues
around the world,” said Glover, who is coordinator of the Willow Creek Community Adult Learning
Society.
People
are urged to share their favourite books with others in person or on social
media.
“Although
literacy is the great enabler, one in five Albertans, aged 16 and older,
struggles with the ability to understand and use information from texts
including news stories and instruction manuals.”
Glover
also wants people on International Literacy Day to consider becoming a tutor to
help children and adults with literacy. READ
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Volunteer
literacy tutors help clients move on to better lives
NJ
Herald: 9.09.2018 by Kathy Stevens
For
23 years, Marguerite Gadel has been working with Literacy NJ to help people
read and understand the simple written request above. Her students are people
who are foreign-born and speak English as a second language or those who speak
English but, for various reasons, have trouble reading.
As
a tutor for Literacy
NJ-Sussex, Gadel, 90, helps people how to read English; speak the language;
understand items such as forms, job applications, directions and articles;
develop writing and math skills; and comprehend the New Jersey Driver's Manual.
She gives people the small steps so they can move on to bigger things -- such
as getting a better job, obtaining a driver's license or communicating
effectively with a doctor or their children's teacher.
"It
is very rewarding work," Gadel said.
One-on-one
tutoring with Literacy NJ is at no cost for the students, who are of all ages
and many nationalities. There is always a waiting list of people who need
instruction, and more tutors are needed.
READ
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Intersection:
The Adult Literacy League
WMFE:
9.11.2018 by Matthew Peddie
One
in five adults in Central Florida reads at or below fifth grade level. The
Adult Literacy league, now in in its 50th year, is on a mission to change that.
Many of the league’s students are brand new arrivals to Florida, and English is
not their first language.
Gina
Berko Solomon and Claudia Cardozo from the Adult Literacy League join us
for a conversation about learning English and the need for more tutors. LISTEN
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