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ESOL Program Volunteer Training/Support Model: Boston HERC (Erin McNally 06-07)

Member Name: Erin McNally

Service Site: Boston HERC

Site Location: Léon de Juda, Boston, MA

Project Description:

In this presentation, Erin McNally outlines the procedures which the Boston HERC to train and support the volunteers who teach in their ESOL program. The Boston HERC relies upon volunteers to teach its ESOL classes, so effective support is essential. She describes the interview process, the initial training schedule, how volunteers are supported afterward, and the incentives that they use to promote the satisfaction of their volunteers.

English as a Second Language (ESL) Software

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English Tutor for Windows: $69.00. Contact: (513)792-9555

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Wade Davis: Cultures at the Edge: TED 2003 Video

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With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, now disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. He argues passionately that we should be concerned not only for preserving the biosphere, but also the "ethnosphere" -- "the sum total of all thoughts and dreams, myths, ideas, inspirations, intuitions brought into being by the human imagination."

 

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