Problems at the Adult Learning Centre in New York
A Being a beautician is all Jong Ae Shul knew. She ran a beauty salon in Flushing for 25 years, serving mostly Korean-speaking
customers six or seven days a week. She didn't need to speak English, and she had
no time to learn it. "I wanted to learn English so I can go to other
places by myself," said Shul. "I was scared. I couldn't even take the
subway because I didn't speak English."
B Retired four years ago, she is making up for lost time. Shul now studies
English at the Queens Library's Flushing
branch. And she loves it. She goes there for about three hours three or four
times a week to attend classes, reads the textbooks, listens to CDs and gets
help from the tutors.
C All of these activities are offered at the Adult Learning Centre. And
the program, which includes English and civics
classes as well as adult basic education, is absolutely free. Places in the
program are awarded by lottery, and Shul is one of the few lucky ones who won
one of the limited spots. The free
English classes are funded by the city. Traditionally, those free classes
provided an opportunity for immigrants who otherwise cannot afford them. But
the three primary sources of funding for the program have suffered cuts that
resulted in loss of 3,500 slots for potential students.
D The library in Flushing regularly runs
34 conversational English classes, ranging
from beginning to intermediate. In September, the number of classes has been cut
to 27, according to Alla Osokina, director of its adult learning centre. "We
will have to find other ways to provide services to our students," Osokina
said, noting that there are only
four full-time administrative staff serving more than 600 students in English,
civics and computer classes. With the cut, the centre lost a full-time
instructor and the other instructor’s workload
has been reduced to half.
E In the autumn, the centre will rely heavily on interns and volunteers
to teach classes. "The quality of classes would not be the same as there
will be fewer classes taught by professionals," said Osokina.
civics – občanská nauka
note – poznamenat
ranging from to – v rozsahu od do
spot – místo
tutor – lektor
workload – pracovní náplň
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Cuts in the program
2 Jong Ae Shul – a
beautician
3 Adult Learning Centre
4 The quality of classes
might change
5 Shul – a student of
English
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1 What is the article about?
2 Who is Jong Ae Shul?
3 Who can study at the Adult
Learning Centre? And what?
4 What problems does the
centre have?
5 What has changed in the
centre?
3) Explain the following words.
1 customer
2 textbook
3 education
4 immigrant
5 volunteer
4) Answer the following questions.
What are typical problems
of immigrants? Why do people emigrate? Who and how can help immigrants in
another country? Why do immigrants go to school?
1: 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-E, 5-B
ReplyDelete2: 1- This article is about woman Jong Ae Shul. She is a Korean and now she's studying English at the Queens Library's Flushing branch.
2- She is a woman who ran a beauty salon for 25 years. She didn't speak English and now when she's retired, she's taking classes of English.
3- The classes are for adults but mostly for immigrants. They learn here English from beginning to intermediate, they can also take civics classes and adult basic education.
4- The center had to cut the number of students because of the three primary sources of funding for the programme. They also lost a full-time instructor because of these cuts.
5- The biggest thing that has changed is the number of students. Another thing that has changes is the number of tutors, they lost one of the instructor and now the volunteers teach there so the classe have chnaged too.
3:
1- customer- it's a person who buys some things or services.
2- text-book- it's a equipment for learning. It's a book with exercises and texts.
3- education- it's a noun. it means when you learn something new. education is mostly provided in schools.
4- immigrant- it's a person who leaves their homeland and come in to a new country.
5- volunteer- it's a person who does any kind of work for free without getting payed.
4: Typical problems of immigrants are language barrier, integration to a new country and learnin new habits.
People immigrate because of wars, poverty, job opportunities and many others.
There are many ways to help immigrants. For example classes of language spoken in country they immigrate in or to help them find jobs, schools and integrate them in to a new life. Volunteers and social workers can help them. Immigrants go to school to learn new language, to get education and get to know other people and habits in the country.
1: 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-E, 5-B
ReplyDelete2: 1. This article is about woman Jong Ae Shul. She is Korean hairdresser and now she´s studying English
2. she ran a beauty salon in Flushing for 25 years, serving mostly Korean-speaking customers six or seven days a week. She didn't need to speak English, and she had no time to learn it
3.Traditionally, those free classes provided an opportunity for immigrants who otherwise cannot afford them.
4.The Center was forced to reduce the number of students due to three primary sources of funding for the program. They also lost an instructor due to cuts
5. n the autumn, the centre will rely heavily on interns and volunteers to teach classes. But the three primary sources of funding for the program have suffered cuts that resulted in loss of 3,500 slots for potential students.
3: 1.customer-it´s a person who buys some things
2.text-book -a book used as a standard work for the study of a particular subject.
3. education- it´s the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
4. immigrant- a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
5. volunteer a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.