Literacy: Spanning the US
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Learning
To Read, At Age 55
Nashville
Public Radio: 5.01.2019 by Coriad Harmon
When
a Nashville man named Robert was young, no one seemed to mind that he didn’t
know how to read. But as he got older, his lack of literacy made challenges in
life even more difficult.
Now,
at age 55, he's finally learning to read with the help of the Nashville Adult Literacy Council. LISTEN
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Woman Shares Lifelong Reading Struggle
To Promote Adult Literacy
SD
Union: 5.01.2019 by Pam Kragen
For
most of her life, Denise O’Neal did a good job hiding her secret from the
world. Then in 2006, when she struggled to read a Dr. Seuss book to her
3-year-old son, her secret was out.
But
rather than embarrass the 49-year-old San Marcos resident, the experience
empowered her to seek help from the San Diego Council on
Literacy.
Today,
O’Neal serves on the council’s board of directors, is an avid fundraiser for
the organization and she uses her story in speeches, public service
announcements and blog posts to bring awareness to the silent epidemic
affecting hundreds of thousands of children and adults in San Diego County.
“I
love what I do and I wish I could do more to get the word out and help more
people,” she said. “It’s really scary and intimidating and overwhelming to ave
to read a book when you’re struggling. Don’t feel you’re less of a person
because you can’t read or remember sometimes. There’s help out there.” READ
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Getting A Read On The World
Out
& About Now: 5.01.2019 by Jordan Howell
In a state where one in six adults
is at or below the third-grade reading level, Literacy Delaware teaches life
skills.
As you begin reading this, imagine
for a moment that you were unable—that for whatever variety of reasons, you’ve
made it this far in life without learning to read.
It’s not like you can’t read
anything. Maybe you recognize words and phrases, but the details and context
are unclear. Imagine how different your reality would be. Everything you read
from day to day—bank statements, bills, job applications, nutrition labels,
billboards, medicine labels, menus, user manuals, letters, emails, and just
about anything written on the side of a box—imagine most of that being beyond
your grasp.
Such limited literacy is more
prevalent than you might think. In Delaware, one in six adults is at or below
the third-grade reading level, and that’s in addition to the many more who are
learning English as a second language.
“The need is great,” says Cynthia
Shermeyer, executive director at the nonprofit Literacy Delaware. But, she
explains, teaching an adult to read is as much about developing life skills as
it is about comprehending groups of words. “There’s a lot more involved in it.
People hear ‘literacy’ and they think reading and writing, but what we do is so
much more. There’s math, there’s soft skills for holding a job, even learning
about managing money.” READ
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Students Express Gratitude Through
Literacy Council Dinner
Capital
Gazette: 5.02.2019 by Sharon Lee Tegler
Themed “Unmask Your Potential,” the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council’s Annual
Appreciation Dinner held at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church on April 25
provided a festive setting to unite students and their families with their
tutors.
As dinner got underway, tutor Ralph
Dawn kept an eye out for student Yosselin Rivera whom he’s helping learn to
read and improve her English. Aware she’d be nervous; he was relieved when she
arrived with her husband Jose Manuel.
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Opening
the evening’s program, AACLC’s Executive Director Lisa Vernon explained that
the nonprofit has 237 tutors providing free one-on-one math and literacy
instruction for 237 students. Some illiterate adults enroll to learn to read
despite lifelong disorders like dyslexia, others need to complete schooling for
diplomas. An increasing number seek tutoring for English as a second language
to obtain citizenship. READ
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