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The South Bay Literacy Council offers three programs to its adult students, and provides training for tutors in each of these programs.

The Council’s Literacy for English Speakers (LES) program is for English-speaking persons who have little or no ability to read and write English.  It is based on a video program developed for dyslexic children at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital (TSRH).  It was then adapted to adults and incorporated into our program. There are 160 videos in the program that involve all the senses in the learning experience.

The English as a Second Language (ESL) program is geared for people who are non-native speakers of English.  Many of our students understand little or no English, and need to learn to speak English as well as read and write it. Our ESL program  is based on a system developed in the 1930’s by Dr. Frank C. Laubach.  For 30 years, Laubach taught literacy in more than 300 languages and more than 100 nations.  Based on phonetics and word-picture association, the Laubach method has been continually improved over the years.

The Compuer Aided Literacy (CAL) program is for both ESL and LES students, and reinforces the English learning of our other programs.  Computer tutors are trained to use seven sets of programs, but our main programs are Rosetta Stone to reinforce ESL learning, and Ultimate Phonics to reinforce TSRH learning.  The computer centers have Open Sessions for any student who can attend.

 

The South Bay Literacy Council provides training for tutors in three coordinated programs.