National Adult Education Honor Society 2016

Sonia Gomez Maldonado is one of the 2016 National Adult Education Honor Society honorees on March 6, 2016. Congratulations, Sonia!

2016 CROP Hunger Walk

Students from the SAC Reading-Writing class participated in and gave a class report on this annual event to combat hunger and disease throughout the world.

Be a Better Reader

Reading Tips from about.com

By Kenneth Beare

Updated February 06, 2016.

Reading is an important part of learning English, but many students find it difficult. This collection of tips will help you improve reading by using skills you use in your own language.

1. Read for gist
2. Use context
3. Use your own language
4. Understand different reading skills
5. Skimming
6. Scanning
7. Extensive reading
8. Intensive reading

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The Return of "Good Work Amelia Bedelia"

From left: Amelia Bedelia, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. Rogers, Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Narrator 3

Meadowbrook ESL, December 7, 2016

Here are the videos:

Meadowbrook Field Trip

The Meadowbrook class visited ACC South Austin Campus for a tour of the library.  The city bus was an adventure, and one of the campus highlights was the art department's Frida Kahlo portrait in the 2nd-floor hallway.

25th Native American Powwow

The South Austin Oral Communication class and some of their friends and family members enjoyed the annual Native American Powwow at Tony Burger Center on November 7, 2015.

Digital Storytelling 2015

Both the Meadowbrook and South Austin classes created digital stories for their summer project. Not only did they have to write, edit, select images, and narrate their stories, but they also had to learn Windows Moviemaker 2012 at the same time.  Only two students—one in each class—came to the project with computer expertise.  However, all the students plunged into the project wholeheartedly, and those who finished early helped others.  I hope you enjoy their stories as much as I do.