Adult
Education
Education
| Racine Family Literacy's Adult Education Program provides two levels of ESL and two levels of ABE (Adult Basic Education) instruction:
Students attending these classes display a wide range of abilities and backgrounds. Many beginners have pre-literacy skills in their native language, while advanced students may read and write English well above the level of many native US born adults. The advanced ESL/Early GED class is meant to bridge the gap for ESL stu- dents from fluency in conversation to reading and writing skills necessary for attaining a GED, a higher skilled job, or starting post secondary education. Some students already possess a high school degree in their native country. Others have attained higher skills in English than they ever had in their native language. Classes are taught by state certified, experienced ESL instructors and students' progress is measured twice yearly with the BEST (Basic English Skills Test) for ESL students and the TABE (Test of Adult Basic English) for Early GED and GED students. The TABE provides a grade level score for reading, and is used to place students in the appropriate level. The Early-GED students usually have reading scores between 3rd and 5th grade; the GED students' scores range 6th grade to 11th grade. Integrated Services: Integrated into the adult language instruction is the family/community learning component. Adults learn about child development, how to attend a parent/teacher conferences, fire safety, lead prevention, childhood asthma, household poisons, computer and the internet, nutrition, gang prevention, etc. Trained professionals--nurses, doctors, family educators, social workers-- visit to provide this information. See "Family/Community Learning" for more. |
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