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Study Groups at the Library: Reading Activities 2

Reading Circles can be conducted by having the tutor focus on one book that the participants read together. In this case, the tutor starts by reading aloud while the others read along. The tutor models the physical act of following along by running a finger on the page to follow the text as one listens….

Study Groups at the Library: Reading Activities 1

Fostering the creation of study groups at the Library would promote more independent active learning , and be more effective with multi-level groups. It would require a study tutor and a group of 4-6 participants. The study group method is applicable for adult learners, and can be relevant to groups such as ESL students, literacy…

The love of reading

I really think it is important to promote literacy, especially the love of reading. It is so important to encourage extended reading activities for students outside the classroom and talk to students about ways to bring reading into their homes with their friends and families. This is something I am very passionate about. I was…

Celebrating International Literacy Day

It is best to go a journey on a road that you do not know; on a road that lures you on to peep over the crest of yonder hill, that ever flees before you in a game of hide-and-seek, disappearing behind great, jutting rocks and turns and trees, to leap out again at your…

Literacy Outreach: Meeting of the Minds

Encouraging encounters and interactions among adult learners is not an easy thing, but coaxing a deer and cat into close proximity is an even harder task. For awhile the cat and the deer got along, long enough to share nibble time and enjoy a snack and face-to-face time. I encourage community members to visit the literacy centres I…