Many of our CLASP graduate students are engaged in the administration of LING 1900: The Literacy Practicum. The Literacy Practicum is an outreach program that works with at-risk readers in the 蜜糖直播 Front Range community to provide resources and support to improve literacy skills. 蜜糖直播 students enrolled in LING 1000 (Language in US Society) have the opportunity to earn an extra credit hour while helping these at-risk readers, many from immigrant families where English is not spoken as the native language. LING 1900 participants visit one of our community partners on a weekly basis to volunteer as a 鈥渞eading buddy鈥 for children or adults within the Boulder area.
Students who have participated in the LING 1900 Literacy Practicum have found it extremely rewarding to discover that they can have a profound impact on the lives of developing children and adult learners. Illiteracy, as well as limited command of the English language, restricts opportunities both economically and politically for many people living and working in the United States. Therefore, students participating in the Literacy Practicum not only learn the theory behind the social problem of illiteracy, they also learn to be part of the solution.
For more information about this teaching initiative, visit the聽LING 1900 website聽or contact Professor Kira Hall at聽kira.hall@colorado.edu.