Grassroots ESL
Presented at State Conference
Azusa Library
Literacy Update:
Nov/Dec 2014
City Librarian Reed
Strege and Adult Literacy Coordinator Cathay Reta traveled to Oakland,
California to present a session on Azusa’s Grassroots ESL
Program at the 2014 California Library Association Conference on November
8. The session was well-received by
approximately 40 library professionals who are interested in meeting the
English needs of English Language Learners in their communities. Attendees were especially interested in the
unique community partnership model developed by Grassroots ESL. A few people
have already followed up with requests for more information about it.
Another highlight
of the presentation was the snapshot of student statistics from the first full
year. From October 2013 to October 2014,
130 students received 3064 hours of instruction from 28 volunteer tutors. Since the program seeks to not only teach
English to non-English speakers, but to also encourage them to practice English
outside of tutoring sessions, we also collected information from students
regarding how many English-speaking people they know and how often they speak
English, along with their education levels and number of years living in the
United States.
For more information on our
Grassroots ESL Program, visit our YouTube page.
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