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$5,000 grant helps Redlands Adult
Literacy Program focus on writing skills
Redlands Daily Facts: 3.10.2018 by Diane Shimota, Adult Literacy Coor-AK Smiley Library
Many adults in the Redlands Adult
Literacy Program ask for help with their writing as
well as with their reading. They have found that writing is essential in
communicating with their children’s teachers or applying for a job.
When adults lack writing skills, they
face many obstacles. For example, some adult learners have reported that they
have difficulty when filling out job applications or medical forms because of
their limited writing skills.
The Friends of A.K. Smiley Public
Library recently received a grant of $5,000 from Edison International that the
Redlands Adult Literacy Program will use to further enhance writing strategies
used by tutors and learners. The grant will fund two writing workshops for
tutors and adult learners, support the publication of an anthology of works by
adult learners and their tutors and provide vital technology services to adult
learners in the community.
The writing workshops have been
developed in response to tutors observing that the learners demonstrated
improved reading comprehension, but they struggled to reach their writing
goals. Learners require writing strategies that are engaging, relevant and
respectful to help overcome anxieties or learning disabilities. Many tutors had
requested additional training in how to model, teach and guide adult learners
of varying abilities and backgrounds through the writing process.
For this reason, Redlands Adult
Literacy Program dubbed 2018 “The Year of the Writer” and is focusing its
efforts to develop new strategies and tools to promote better writing for adult
learners. READ MORE >>
Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation :: April 24 @ 6 pm
