Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i0UK8vI02425; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:08:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:08:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <014901c3e76c$87f88040$1f991840@aladdinasi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Ann Gillespie" <ann@prolinguanashville.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9833] Re: Community Involvement X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4125 Lines: 94 Other opportunities for community involvement would be joining any civic action group, like the PTA/PTO, neighborhood organizations, resident associations, professional organizations and so on-- any group that is relevant to the student's situation. It would be a challenge for beginners but the exposure to real language, meeting neighbors and learning how to advocate for themselves would offer long-term benefits. ----- Original Message ----- From: <ttweeton@comcast.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:31 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9832] Re: Community Involvement > "What if they went to a soup kitchen and helped serve food? Or they could > volunteer at a hospital in the children's ward?" > > I don't mean to be a kill joy. All of these are good suggestions for volunteering if one is an American, but they presuppose that immigrants are familiar with Volunteerism in their own countries. My experience is that most of my immigrant students have spent their lives scrambling the streets, so to speak, to find enough food to eat in their countries. Perhaps these suggestions would appeal to students based on their economic levels. The poorest of the poor, that I deal with, would NEVER have the courage to walk up to a soup kitchen, knock on the door and ask in poor English if they could be allowed to volunteer. They are the ones that need the soup kitchens themselves!! Any extra time they have is spent looking for jobs. Yet they too complain that they have little contact with Americans and because they do not have jobs, do not have the possibility to speak in English with anyone. > > Here is a thought.....Perhaps an arrangement could be made with the soup kitchensthat they spend time helping serve food and on clean-up, in exchange for one meal a day? > > Tanya Tweeton > Adult ESOL > Lauderhill Community School > Fort Lauderdale, Florida > > What if they went to a soup kitchen and helped serve food? Or they could > > volunteer at a hospital in the children's ward? > > > > -- > > Ruthann Duffy > > ESL Tech Coordinator > > Essential Skills Program > > Shoreline Community College > > 16101 Greenwood Ave N. > > Seattle, WA 98133 > > > > Telephone: 206-533-6624 > > email: ra_duffy@comcast.net > > http://success.shore.ctc.edu/callab > > > Jennifer, and others, > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 10:36 AM, Jennifer Morrow wrote: > > > > > > > .....One of the pre-selected goals that my students are required to > > > > meet is to increase involvement in their communities.?In the past, > > > > this has been done by bringing in clothing or food that is donated to > > > > a shelter.?I wanted to spice things up a little bit.?All of the > > > > students I work with between the two jobs seem to want to interact > > > > with Americans but most feel their English is not good enough.?It > > > > seems that we could kill two birds with one stone by using this > > > > funding goal to really get students using their English in the > > > > community.?> > > > > My question... how??I already have the ideas of donating items and > > > > collecting soup can labels but I need more.?What activities can be > > > > done with students to get them more involved in the community??Any > > > > help would be appreciated!?> > > > I recommend: > > > > > > The Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook > > > > > > "The Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook is a resource > > > that can help you integrate civic involvement and community activism > > > into your adult education curriculum. The Sourcebook includes 20 > > > narrative accounts of civic participation projects from diverse > > > educational settings (written mostly by teachers). Supplementing each > > > account are "prep and practice" activities that develop the skills, > > > knowledge, and confidence one needs to engage in similar kinds of > > > community involvement. 218 pages." > > > > > > More information available at: > > > > > > http://www.worlded.org/publications.html > > > > > > David J. rosen > > > djrosen@comcast.net > > >
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