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Providing Literacy Services to non-Literate Communities Dr. Henry Frank, Executive Director Haitian Centers Council, Inc

Providing Literacy Services to non-Literate Communities Dr. Henry Frank, Executive Director Haitian Centers Council, Inc. Definition of non-literate. French Creole & its historicity Alphabetization in Haiti & its complexity – social implications

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Providing Literacy Services to non-Literate Communities Dr. Henry Frank, Executive Director Haitian Centers Council, Inc

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  1. Providing Literacy Servicesto non-Literate CommunitiesDr. Henry Frank, Executive DirectorHaitian Centers Council, Inc.

  2. Definition of non-literate • French Creole & its historicity • Alphabetization in Haiti & its complexity – social implications • Haitian Immigrants in the US: History and Literacy Programs by CBOs • Challenges and Outcomes Affranchis in colonial Haiti

  3. Faces of other non-literate communities • Other French/Creole speaking communities (Martinique, Guadeloupe, & certain regions in Africa • Literacy Programmatic Approaches • Providers and Outcomes • Black English and/or English Creole Speakers (African-Americans, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Guyanese, etc. & Africans from Continental Africa

  4. Problem-solving & Pragmatic Approaches • Basic Education in the Native Language or English as a Second Language (ESL) • Intergenerational Teaching and Learning • Use life experiences as basis for teaching • Transfer of skills is a scientific truth

  5. Voices from the field “When you don’t know how to read it’s as if your eyes have been gouged out; but then when you learn to read you can suddenly see clearly.” Nacia Laurant,Graduate from a Literacy Program sponsored by Beyond Borders

  6. Considerations • Varied work hours (out of their control because of types of work) • Weekends used to care for family and church affairs • Shameful to disclose low-level or no literacy (private conversation) • Children use literacy superiority against parents Need for flexibility in communicating/teaching adults:

  7. Gender Issues • More women than men lack literacy skills • More women than men would attend literacy programs • Men and Women have been thru hardships, but society is patriarchal; More women are victims of abuse, rape, etc. • Men are generally the political players

  8. Exchange Comments Questions?

  9. Conclusion Summary & Next Step Contact us: Haitian Centers Council, Inc. 123 Linden Blvd. Brooklyn, NY 11226 Phone: 718-940-2200 Fax: 718-940-5296 Email: info@hccinc.org

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