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Teaching Adults to read and write.

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  • 25-05-2018 11:22pm
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    johnayo
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    I was reading a thread further down and a Poster gave advice to the OP to consider volunteering to teach adults to read and write.
    Now I have often thought that this is something I would be interested in doing.
    A good link in the other thread lead me to the NALA website and it would seem I would need to do a six week training course.
    I would like to know if anyone here have done this. It would be nice to get an insight of whats involved from someone in the know. I will email the website as well.
    Thanks in advance.


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    _Brian
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    My wife did this for a time before we had kids and found it very rewarding.

    If you have the time and inclination I’d say do it.


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    johnayo
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    _Brian wrote: »
    My wife did this for a time before we had kids and found it very rewarding.

    If you have the time and inclination I’d say do it.

    Thanks for reply.


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    endacl
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    It’s done on a volunteer basis. After the training, you’d be paired up with a single learner, probably through the adult education organiser in your local ETB (formerly VEC). You’d be asked to commit to an hour a week.

    Very worthwhile.


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    Tabnabs
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    My pensioner mother did it with NALA and found it a rewarding experience. She was teaching a small class of asylum seekers from all over the world and found the cultural interaction (good and bad) as interesting as the educational aspect itself.


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    johnayo
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    My pensioner mother did it with NALA and found it a rewarding experience. She was teaching a small class of asylum seekers from all over the world and found the cultural interaction (good and bad) as interesting as the educational aspect itself.
    That's exactly the type of response I'm looking for. I hadn't factored in the likelihood of having a class of asylum seekers, this would be an even more interesting situation.
    Do you know if these people were able to speak English at a reasonable level?


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