Literacy: Spanning the US
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Literacy
Program To Tutor Adults In Region
Recorder:
5.30.2019 by David McLellan
It’s
the little things that make the biggest difference when it comes to self-esteem
— applying for a job, passing a driving test, reading a menu at the restaurant.
For
adults who are illiterate or have poor reading skills, struggling at tasks like
those can make them feel “dumb” their whole lives, said Louise Doud, program coordinator
of the Literacy Volunteers of Orange/Athol,
based out of the Athol Public Library.
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“You
here stories (from the students) about them reading in their lives,” Doud said.
“Things like reading the banner headlines scrolling across the TV, they find
themselves being able to do these things and it’s very empowering. It’s great
to hear these stories.”
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The
program started in 1975, Doud said, as one of the first affiliates of the
Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts, which has 12 programs across the state.
Funding comes from the and the United Way of North Central Massachusetts, state
adult education funds and local fundraising.
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Christian
McCleary Tackles Adult Literacy
Jazz88:
5.30.2019 with Emily Reese
Christian
McCleary from the St. Paul Community Literacy
Consortium talks about his work in the Twin Cities advancing adult literacy
on Jazz88's Morning Show. LISTEN:
07:28
Tutor,
87, Still Loves Helping English-language Learners
SD
Union: 5.23.2019 by Pam Kragen
Joyce
Hartman said she never tires of seeing the spark of recognition that lights up
her students’ eyes when they suddenly understand what she’s teaching.
It
was that way in 1953, when the 21-year-old San Diego State University graduate
arrived alone in Japan to teach conversation English to local teens. And it
remains that way today, when the now-87-year-old widow spends one day each week
teaching English as a second langauge [sic] to adult immigrants.
“It
never gets old,” said Hartman, who lives in Escondido’s Redwood Terrace
retirement community. “When it dawns on them that they know what you’re saying,
they get so excited. It’s really fun and rewarding to watch.”
Hartman
is one of 25 tutors who volunteer up to three hours every Monday with about 40
to 50 adult English learners at the Rancho Bernardo Literacy Center,
which has been based at Rancho
Bernardo Community Church since 1985. The students range in age from their
20s to 80s and have included immigrants from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China,
Vietnam, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Iran, Germany, Colombia, Germany and the
Netherlands, according to program director Nancy Anderson. READ
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