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Advanced ESL Conversation Club
ORGANIZATION: CAP Tulsa
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CAP Tulsa has an Advanced ESL (English language learners) class that needs help having actual conversations with English speaking people. They meet every other week. It’s a fun group, mostly women in their twenties and early thirties.
The class begins Tuesday Sept 13, 2018 and runs every other Monday through December 3rd, 2018 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Union 9th Grade Center at 76th and Garnett, Union ALC, Room 1413.
The ESL specialist will be there for the first couple of sessions and show up periodically. We have an Agenda in place for conversation topics and can also brainstorm with the participants for ideas or topics to cover in the sessions. The volunteer facilitator will take the lead.
Class dates are Tues Sept 13, and then Mondays on Sept 24, Oct 8, Oct 15, Nov 5, Nov 19, and Dec 3.
Discussion Topics:
13-SepShort Talks- Creating topic cards for participants. Each participant will draw a card, let them gather their thoughts about the topic and then participant is assigned time limit (1 to 4 minutes) to share their thought about the topic. TBDUnion ALC, Room 1413 11:30am- 12:30pm
24-SepShow and Tell- Participants will be asked to bring an object to do a show and tell. The key to have them engage in a conversation is that ask them to pick something that is meaningful to them.
8-Oct Giving objects, pictures or written situations(How to act on different situations) to them in order to have them explain and discuss answers.
15-Oct Having Board Games such as Taboo, Apples to apples, scrabble, upwards, Catch Phrase, Jenga. This type of activity will help students with learning new vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading and writing.
5-NovCreating a Jeopardy Game about the CAPTulsa ESL Program and English Language and form multiple groups among participants to compete against each other.
19-Nov Superstitions: Discussing cultural or regional superstitions can help participants focus on new vocabulary, listening, speaking skills.
3-Dec Discussing current events from media platforms. Participants will be asked to find a current topic whether local or global and share their opinion with the class(assigned time 1-4 minutes)
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About CAP Tulsa
Location:
5330 E. 31st Street, Suite 300, Tulsa, OK 74135, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to help young children in lower-income families grow up and achieve economic success. Our vision for the future is that children grow up and achieve economic success so that their children are not born into poverty. Our method is to combine high-quality early childhood education with innovative family services and resources. Our two-generation approach aims not only to prepare young children for future success in school, but also to help their parents succeed through programs designed to increase parenting skills, employability and earning potential. We believe every child and every family deserves the same opportunity for success.
Description
Our method is to combine early childhood education of the highest caliber with innovative family financial and health services and targeted community improvement efforts.
We combine effective early childhood education with supports that promote nurturing parenting and family financial stability.
Early Childhood Education- 11 schools
- 150 classrooms and in-home learning
- 440 teachers and parent educators
- 2,321 children served
Engaged Families
- 1,850 families served
- 571 parents enrolled in CareerAdvance(r), ESL and Learning@Home
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Union 9th Grade Center7616 S. Garnett RdUnion ALC Room 1413Broken Arrow, OK 74012
DATE POSTED
August 10, 2018
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Adult Education
- People Skills
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 1 hour every two weeks
- The adult volunteer facilitator needs to be reliable/dependable as the group looks forward to the Co