Literacy: Spanning North America
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Formerly
Illiterate Syrian Refugees Learning English To Become Canadian Citizens
CTV
News: 2.03.2019 by Sarah Schulman
Fatum
Ibrahim is pointing to her nose and smiling ear-to-ear.
"Nose,"
she proudly pronounces, eager to demonstrate her expanding English vocabulary.
Three
years ago, a day shy of Valentine's Day, 36-year old Ibrahim and seven family
members landed in Surrey, B.C., as part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's
signature Syrian Refugee Initiative. She didn't know a word of English, nor
could she read or write in her native Arabic.
"I
want to be a Canadian. I love it because our country has been destroyed and is
gone. Now Canada is our only country. ... But I don't think I will learn to
pass the English test until the end of my life," Ibrahim says through an
interpreter.
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Diana
Jeffries manages English-language classes for Pacific
Immigrant Resources Society, with funding from the federal government's Language
Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program. She says adult literacy
learners such as Ibrahim are right to wonder whether they will ever qualify for
citizenship.
To
meet the English-language requirement, individuals must reach Level 4 of the
Canadian language benchmarks, meaning they can understand simple sentences and
use basic grammar. Ibrahim has sat in a Level 1 class for more than a year. READ MORE >>
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Literacy
Volunteers in Winchester Adds More Adult English Language Classes
Local
DVM: 2.04.2019
Mark
Sieffert, executive director of Literacy
Volunteers, chats about the prevalence of low literacy, teaching immigrants
the English language and other programs that are offered in the Winchester
area. WATCH
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Monrovia Public Library’s Literacy Services in 2019
City
Manager’s Update: 1.29.2019
2019
is the Year of the Writer at Monrovia
Library’s Literacy Services!
We’ll
be hosting writing workshops, a new writing club, and storytelling programs for
tutors and adult learners. We've seen many success stories throughout 2018,
including: learners finally getting those jobs they wanted, passing the
Citizenship Test, and graduating from our program. With this momentum, we know
that 2019 will bring even more successes and positive life-changing
experiences.
Thank
you, everyone, for your continued support of the Monrovia Public Library Adult
Literacy Center. Please enjoy our quarterly newsletter highlighting our adult
learners’ achievements, and upcoming programs and workshops!
Culture
and Conversation: Practice speaking English by discussing and reading the ‘News
for You’ weekly newspaper in a friendly and relaxed setting. Build confidence
in your work, school, family and social life.
Speak
Easy: Join us for round-table talking and practice speaking English in a friendly
and relaxed setting. New topics weekly, including: popular culture, work and
jobs, health, and more. Build confidence in your work, school, family, and
social life. READ
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Fryeburg Public Library Receives
American Dream Literacy Grant
Conway
Daily Sun: 2.04.2019
Fryeburg Public
Library has been selected as one of 16 public libraries nationwide to
receive a $10,000 American
Dream Literacy Initiative grant from the American Library Association and Dollar General
Literacy Foundation.
The
American Dream Literacy Initiative strives to develop tools and resources for
libraries and library staff to provide effective literacy services to adult
English language learners in their communities and across the country.
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With
the funding, the library will host several free Technology Enrichment courses,
purchase new laptop computers and a projector. Our partnership with Lake Region
and Fryeburg Area Adult Education will continue and the library will continue
to host LRFAAE courses such as, English Second Language Advisement, Career
Advisement, Math Prep, HiSet High School Equivalency Diploma testing and
Academic Support. READ
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