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Tutor Orientation
September 11
6:00
pm
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Read Adult
Learners’ Stories In Upcoming Redlands Adult Literacy Program Anthology
Redlands Daily Facts: 7.28.2018 by Diane Shimota, Adult Literacy
Coor-A.K. Smiley Library
Adult
learners seek help in their writing in order to fill out job applications,
communicate with family members, help their children with homework or advance
their own education. Because of the importance of writing, the Redlands Adult Literacy Program identified
2018 as the Year of the Writer.
At
a recent writing workshop, adult learners in the Adult Literacy Program wrote
letters of appreciation to the Redlands City Council and A.K. Smiley Public
Library trustees about the impact of adult literacy in their lives. Following
is an excerpt from one of the many letters.
Sonia
Gutierrez wrote, “I originally came to the program to learn how to write
better. The Adult Literacy Program is very important to me because it helps me
learn English, improves my writing, and speech. I’ve learned a lot of new
words. It also helps me with my job and I’ve been helping my family with their
doctor’s appointments.”
Learner
Mina Ryan finds herself texting with family members rather than calling them on
the phone. She said, “Everybody communicates by writing now, so I need to be
able to write better. It is never too late to learn, and now I feel more
confident when I read or write. Thank you so much for this program.”
As
part of the Year of the Writer initiative, tutors have learned strategies to
ease writing anxieties, such as the use of dialogue journals in which tutors
and learners write short messages to one another. They practiced steps in the
writing process, from brainstorming ideas to editing final drafts, and they
gained tips for helping learners generate topic ideas through picture books and
story starters. READ MORE >>
Tutor Orientation :: September 11 ::
6:00 pm
