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Texarkana Gazette: 5.21.2021
The Literacy
Council of Bowie and Miller Counties won
two awards during the Adult
Learning Alliance of Arkansas' conference Friday.
The Literacy Council won for Innovative
Project of the Year and Student of the Year, two of the six awards the ALA
gives annually to outstanding adult learning programs in Arkansas.
Student of the Year was awarded to Denise
Anderson, a Literacy Council student who worked hard to gain literacy skills
and at age 56 read her first book in December.
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Q: How has your experience been so far as
a tutor?
A: My experience so far has
been really good. I enjoy helping people learn new skills that they can use to
achieve their personal goals. It is also a very rewarding experience being part
of a learner's progress through the ALS program. It
is such a good feeling hearing back from my learners on how they implement the
skills they learned in their daily lives.
Q: Give three reasons why being a tutor
might influence an adult member in your community struggling with literacy
skills.
A: Whether it is reading
the morning newspaper, applying for a job, or communicating with doctors, a
tutor can help a learner achieve these goals. Another reason is by prioritizing
their needs in a one-to-one setting. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up in a
class with 20 other students with different goals, while working with a tutor
focuses on the learner’s individual goals, level, and pace. READ
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Daily Ardmoreite: 5.22.2021 by Michael D. Smith
During a graduation season full of high school and college commencement ceremonies, one ceremony this week stood out with a collection of graduates from area literacy groups. The Ardmore Literacy Leadership on Thursday recognized learners for completing their high school diploma, GED, English as a Second Language, Spanish language or U.S. citizenship test.
Over 100 guests were on hand at the Colvert
Ministry Center to celebrate the graduates including families, tutors and other
supporters. Oklahoma Rep. Mauree Turner, an Ardmore native, provided a recorded camessage and Ardmore City Commissioner John Credle addressed those in
attendance.
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organizations represented on Thursday
included Ardmore Family Literacy, Ardmore Public Library, New Dimension
Literacy Council, Boys and Girls Club of the Red River Valley, and St. Mary
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Edmonton Journal: 5.25.2021 by Fish Griwkowsky
Though he lived in Edmonton as a child,
Greece-born Nicholas Koronios spent most of his life in Athens — returning to
Canada in 2016 when he was 24.
Back in Europe, he spoke English with his
mother after coming home from school and soccer, pretty basic stuff like,
“Hello,” or “Are you hungry?”
“I thought I knew some things. But in
reality,” the now 29-year-old Edmontonian admits with a laugh, “I didn’t really
know anything.”
Koronios was hardly alone in the city, struggling with a language that throws the homonyms there, their and they’re at us randomly on a daily basis, tripping up a good number of lifelong Canadians, as well.
“I thought, what can I do to better myself, right?”
On top of being able to communicate in a way
it’s so easy to take for granted, Koronios wanted to be an electrician, maybe a
police officer.
“So what do those jobs require? Number one:
English.
“So the first thing was like, ‘Oh, crap, I
need a tutor. I’ve got to pay big money.’ And you know, I didn’t even have a
job.
“How could I afford that?”
Enter Project Adult Literacy Society —
the friendly-sounding PALS for short.
Running in the city since 1979, the mostly
volunteer organization quietly does some of the most noble work in Edmonton:
increasing our ability to communicate. And, most importantly, the program is
free. READ
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