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literacy and ESOL students work very hard to accomplish their goals.
Literacy of Northern New York is proud to play a role in their success.
Scroll down the page to see samples of students' work and "Student of
the Month".
Jefferson County
Jefferson 2008 ESOL Class
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Jane, from Peru, received her US Citizenship in March. |
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Jefferson student, Sharon Potter, was featured in an article in the Watertown Daily Times. |
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Lewis County
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Chris Beaman, proudly showing his Learner's Permit. He now has is Driver's Permit. |
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St.
Lawrence County
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St. Lawrence Program Coordinator, Barbara Gordon, and student,
Jayalaskshmi Natarajan
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St. Lawrence tutor, Rosalie, and students at awards ceremony
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St. Lawrence ESOL conversation group
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St. Lawrence County ESOL conversation group
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Student
of the Month
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September 2007, Jefferson County
Sharon has been working twice a week with her tutor since February. She drives almost an hour to get to class. Her confidence has blossomed and she even got a job. She glows in her successes. |
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October 2007, Lewis County
Chris Beaman proudly shows his Driver's Licence. Chris worked very hard to reach this goal and deserves a huge applause. |
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November 2007, St. Lawrence County
When he began meeting with his tutor, he was unemployed. His reading improved, he got a part time job, and was promoted twice. He and his tutor meet every Saturday morning, they have lively discussions about what they're reading, even works by John Steinbeck.
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December 2007, Jefferson County
Doris has taken several of our English classes. She has made great strides and has even taken a cake decorating class in English. Doris always extends a warm welcome to new students. |
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January 2008, Lewis County
Student, Albert, tells us how much his tutor, Pat Dietrich, has helped him below, in "Our program through the eyes of a student", A.T. |
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February 2008, Jefferson County
3 students from Mexico have been learning to use a computer in English class. |
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March 2008, St. Lawrence
Amber Trerise is getting married in June. Her tutor is helping her learn household management and how to write "Thank-you" notes. Amber also got a part time job. Good work, Amber! |
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April 2008, St. Lawrence County
C. S. is back studying after many years. His tutor is excited about his progress - he showed improvment in both reading and math on his latest tests. Not only that, but he is learning all about computers, including taking them apart! |
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May 2008, Jefferson County
Zalika, with daughter Aisha, has accomplished so much - she got a job, received her US citizenship, and is working with Cecilia on a pilot reading program. Zalika always helps out at events. |
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June 2008, Jefferson County
Tammy has re-joined our reading program. She has been working hard, studying at home and doing homework. LNNY is giving one of the donated computers to Tammy so she and her children can use educational software at home. Tammy is also studying for her Learner's Permit. Good work, Tammy! |
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July 2008, Jefferson County
Chong has been working hard with her tutor, Gina. Chong is deeply motivated and continues to be asset to our program. |
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August 2008, Jefferson County
Sarai, a summer ESOL class student, helps other students outside of class with assignments. She also helps with translation during intake of Spanish speaking students in rural areas. |
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September, 2008 Jefferson County
Tonya has been working hard to improve her math skills and faithfully attends her classes. |
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October, 2008 Jefferson County
Eve is such a happy, enthusiastic, student. She also attends conferences in Albany as an advocate for NRCIL. |
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Students in Jefferson
County
ESOL class and birthdays celebration
Using a computer and learning English
Three tutors
working together with a small class of Spanish speaking students in
South Jefferson County have been having great success incorporating
a computer as a learning tool.
"It is a real thrill to be able to work with my student on his computer.
We got the new pictures [Mexico] on today and had a conversation about a
few of them...he particularly liked the Chichen-Itza pictures, but he
paused long over one particular plate of food that caught his eye,
naming each item on the plate.
Then I started him on the typing program, and he was practically beside
himself with enthusiasm and joy. As I was leaving, he held up his little
finger. ... He said, "no, first time, never in Mexico." What he meant
was he had never been shown how to use the keyboard. He said that he was
going to finish his cleaning then perhaps he could practice the
keyboarding skills for an hour.
I think he will be good at it...after a few minutes he got the hang of
how the typing program works and how the fingers should be used."
1. Talking about the
letters in the course of teaching the keyboard is a way to reinforce the
sounds of the letters.
2. Some students will be highly motivated to learn computer skills as
they are well aware that the world is divided into those with computer
skills and those without and that it is quite obvious which group comes
out ahead in the scheme of things.
3. Teaching computer skills by demonstrating an activity and then asking
the learner to repeat it is a form of TPR, an approach that is
particularly useful with 1st level students.
4. The content on the computer, particularly pictures of home, make for
great conversation. The student wants to tell the tutor about the
pictures that are particularly meaningful. Pedro, for example, went to
get a map to show me where the sites in the pictures were.
Field Trip to Thompson Park
Living Zoo
On September 25, Jefferson County Fall ESOL
class decided to a break from the classroom would be a nice change,
especially in the wonderful weather. The Zoo was the place of choice.
Below are some pictures from the trip.
Visiting the Thompson Park zoo, Watertown
Jefferson ESOL class, Fall 2007, made a visit to the zoo on September 25th.
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.jpg "Doris and Maria at Fort Drum Super Sign Up, 2007")
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Doris and Maria at Fort Drum Super Sign Up, 2007 |
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Summer 2007 ESOL class |
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Punita, Doris, Maria, and Jose |
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ESOL class, 2006-07 |
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Coral, Sung Mi, and Doris |
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Summer 2007 ESOL Class |
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Doris and Maria |
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Doris with "Student of the Month" certificate |
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Joel, Sarai, and Sabrina, ESOL class 08 |
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Sarai and Sabrina, ESOL class 08 |
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Our
program through the eyes of a student ... or, see how well our students
are doing:
March, 2008, Lewis
County
I have Been
working with a ESL tutor Caryn for 1 year + 3 months. I'm so glad, I
have Caryn as my tutor. She is my personal advisor and a nice teacher,
She helped me pass my citizen ships test in march. I'm very thank ful
for this.
I'm looking forward
to working on spelling and grammar.
I hope Literacy of
N.N.Y will always Be here to help other E.S.L. Students.
By Mickie O.
1/26/08,
An essay from a student in St. Lawrence County
A Good Teacher
In seventh grade I had a basketball coach and a math teacher all in
one. Being left handed I had trouble making shots. My coach took time
to show me the proper way to play the game. He took the time to each me
math in the proper way also.
If we did not know how to do the work he would come around and help
us one on one until we got it. He was always helpful to me and to the
rest of the class. He would write out the work for us so we could
understand how to do it. The teacher made it look so easy that we liked
to do it.
He knew all of us by name and I don't know of one kid who did not
like him. The guy was just as good teaching Basket ball as he was
Math. If we did not have paper or pencils , he would give us some to
work with.
I had to stop playing basket ball to help my dad on the farm at
nights. One day the coach came to my home and asked my dad if I could
come back and play basket ball. My dad could not do all the work by
himself so he would not let me go back to play the game.
Sometimes my dad would let a go and see the game and help the coach
on the side line. The coach would buy the team food and drinks after
the game. If some of the kids did not have a ride home he would take
them home and that is what a good teacher is.
C.S.
(Editor's note: This student has shown an exceptional gift for learning
about computers, with no prior knowledge.)
January, 2008, student of the month, Lewis County
I realized that I
didn’t have anything to do in life so I needed to start working on my
education in jail and keep on going at it. The jail nurse talked to me
about having a Literacy volunter tutor come in each week. I agreed with
it. She set up an appointment and lessons began. For a few months, I
studied in jail. Then after I was released I continued at the Literacy
office each with my tutor. I’ve gotten better at my reading. My tutor
said that my reading improved to a level three. I can write letters
better and read books for fun reading. I will continue to work towards
my G.E.D. I am proud to accomplish my goals for reading so far.
A. T.
1/10/07, A
student from Jefferson County
To: Literacy Program
Hello
My name is Jan I’m a student at Potsdam University. I started with the
literacy program last fall. I spoke with Cecilia Brock about getting
help with my reading and writing skills. She matched me with Mrs. Kyrie
Russ who was doing her internship program at the time. Mrs. Russ is an
awesome tutor. She showed and gave me guidance on different strategies
to help strengthen my academic skills. Being in the Literacy program has
benefited me greatly and I would recommend this program to any student.
I would like to extend my deepest gratitude of thanks for all of your
help and support, also for helping me believe in myself to pursuing my
Bachelors degree.
Thank
you,
Jan, Jefferson County
From a Lewis
County student ...
what if There was no electricity
If we had no electricity for a month, I would find myself living in the
eighteen hundreds. My day would begain waking up with a rooster crowing.
I would slowly pull myself out of bed and light a lantern so I can see
my way to the kitchen. Now I need to light the wood stove. I need to get
the water for my coffee by hauling it from the well. Then I will make
the coffee on my wood stove. Next I will get the bacon and eggs out of
the ice box and cook them on the wood stove, also. At home I have a
remodeling project. I need a hammer and a hand saw to work on it. It
will take a lot longer to finish the project.
Now after a long day I need a nice hot bath which means I
need to heat up some water on the wood stove. This takes quite a long
time. I'm ready to relax and read a book since theres no tv to watch.
After a long day with no electricity, I fell asleep and dreamed of the
electricity being back on.
Albert
July 31, 2008
Zalika (below), one of our ESOL students, was sworn in as a
U.S.
citizen in June 2006. She studied for more than a year in order
to pass the citizenship test. A native of the poorest nation on earth,
Niger
,
Africa
, Zalika no longer has to worry about returning to her homeland,
where famine and disease are common and less than 10 percent of the
women receive any education.
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.jpg "Doris and Maria at Fort Drum Super Sign Up, 2007")
