Literacy In The News :: Spanning the US
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Patch: 12.31.2020 by William Hope
Voting
is a civic duty for most people, not a life-changing event. The 2020
presidential election was a monumental event for Baolin Ma and Renjiang Zhu,
grandparents who voted for the first time in their lives. The couple, born and
married in China, now live in Wilton and are students of the Greater Norwalk Literacy Volunteers
(GNLV) program at Norwalk Public Library.
Ma and Zhu are retired school teachers, who came to the U.S. in 2007 to be with their son and grandchildren in California. They moved to Wilton in 2015 to be near their daughter and her family, but something was missing. They felt like strangers in their adopted country. The problem was language. The problem was language. Though they were citizens and had studied some English in California, they did not feel like Americans. Ma and Zhu felt like outsiders because they spoke so little English. They had family, a church home, and some Chinese friends, but that was it. Everything else was closed off. READ MORE ➤➤
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Lassen News: 1.03.2021
The
New Year is always a good time to start taking advantage of what local
organizations have to offer — especially the services offered by the local
Lassen Library.
Whether
it’s your goal to read more, to sign up your little ones for the Family
Literacy Program or to study for your GED, the local library
has much to offer.
The
Family Literacy Program is a free monthly family program geared towards helping
with early childhood literacy development. These monthly Saturday programs
support families with children ages 0 to 5 years old and encourage and support
their early reading development. During these Saturday programs children are
able to participate in fun hands-on activities as well as listen to read aloud
stories
According
to Kelly Kreiensieck, Adult Literacy Program Coordinator, with current COVID
limitations the program is a little different, but each month participating
families are able to pick up a themed bag usually on the second Saturday of the
month with three to four books, crafts and activities to take home. READ
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ProLiteracy Blog: 1.05.2021 by Laura McLoughlin
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| @byrnedairy |
From New Readers Press, the company purchased Learning Upgrade licenses so Spanish-speaking employees can increase their English skills.
Each
shift, these employees are given time to use company computers to work in the
Learning Upgrade program. “They take advantage of it, and they are doing a
great job,” said Syracuse Cold Storage Supervisor Jim Begay.
Based
on what employees had to say, they’re taking advantage of it because they are
seeing where learning English can take them.
These are exactly the outcomes Byrne Dairy was hoping for. Investing in its employees has not just improved employee/supervisor communication, but the higher English skills among employees creates a more efficient workplace and gives the company an opportunity to shape its team to grow from within. READ MORE ➤➤
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