Literacy: Spanning the US
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Faces of Immigration: Library Event Lets Immigrants
Share Their Stories
Frederick
News Post: 1.29.2020 by Heather Mongilio
Alexis
Alexis Zabsone learned English while
listening to the radio in Burkina Faso.
“I didn’t understand anything they were
saying,” Zabsone said at the panel discussion. “I just loved the sound of it.”
His favorite word was together, even
though he did not understanding the meaning. He just liked how it sounded.
In high school, they took two hours of
English each day. He wanted more and went to Ghana to take an English-language
program. He finished the 18-month program in six months.
“I felt like I was just meant to live in
an English-speaking country,” Zabsone said.
He came to Frederick when he was 30. He
married his high school sweetheart. She was already in the county, on a
scholarship with Hood College.
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He wanted her to have some more
experience before she moved back to Burkina Faso. He wanted some experience too
and followed her to Frederick.
When he arrived, he went to the library and literacy council until he was
able to take English classes. READ
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Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 6
Reading Level: fairly easy to read.
Reader's Age: 10-11 yrs. Olds
(Fifth and Sixth graders)
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Coalition Forms To Bolster Literacy in
South Central Virginia
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Dan River: 2.01.2020 by Caleb Ayers
Decades ago, thousands of well- paying
jobs were available for those without an education at textile mills such as the
Dan River Mills in Danville and Klopman Mills in Hurt. Farming also employed a
large portion of Pittsylvania County residents.
But then the mills closed. And a tough
agriculture market has choked out all but the largest producers.
This has severely diminished the
employment prospects for those without at least a high school diploma in the
Dan River Region and in similar, rural communities across the country.
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Illiteracy Generally, both rates of
illiteracy — meaning reading at or below a third grade level — and educational
attainment in Danville and Pittsylvania County lags behind Virginia averages.
Data from the 2011-15 American Community
Survey shows in Pittsylvania County 19% of residents over the age of 18 have
less than a high school diploma. In Danville, that number is 20%, compared to
only 11% statewide.
When broken up by age range, the older
generations of both the county and the city are less likely to have a high
school diploma. In both localities, more than a third of residents over the age
of 65 have less than a high school diploma, according to Community Profiles
from the Virginia Employment Commission.
Local statistics concerning adult illiteracy
are difficult to obtain, but Project Literacy in Danville estimates nearly 1 in
5 adults in the city are illiterate and the rate is even higher in the county.
To help provide the adults with basic
reading skills, several area pro-literacy groups formed the Literacy Coalition of South
Central Virginia. Made up of the Pittsylvania
County Literacy Program from Chatham, Project Literacy in Danville and Literacy Volunteers in
Campbell County, the group formed to increase their numbers to improve
chances of receiving grants. Each provides free, confidential tutoring for
adults who want to learn to read. READ
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Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 12
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. Old
(Twelfth graders)
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Helping Hands: Permian Basin Adult
Literacy Center
CBS 7: 1.20.2020
The PBALC
provides English language classes, adult literacy classes and basic computer
skills. WATCH 03:01
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