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Listen up – we need your help!
Media release
31 January 2012
Listen up – we need your help!
Are you passionate about helping others with their reading skills? Auckland Libraries is again running its popular ‘Repeat Read Aloud’ programme for adults this year and is in need of volunteers to help deliver it.
Repeat Read Aloud is a collaboration between Auckland Libraries New Lynn, Waitakere Central and Ranui libraries and Culture Company Reading 4U.
“Communication, community and cultural literacy are core drivers for this project and, in the spirit of community, we work closely with volunteers to make this free programme happen,” says Cecilia Lindsay, programme coordinator for the Culture Company Reading 4U.
“Repeat Read Aloud helps migrants improve their listening skills and pronunciation which, in turn, gives them the confidence they need to communicate.
“The programme also introduces new Aucklanders to the range of services and valuable resources that are offered by Auckland Libraries and available to them on an ongoing basis,” she says.
Repeat Read Aloud runs
for two hours, twice a week, for six weeks during each
school term. It covers English language skills and promotes
intercultural communication. It is also a great way of
strengthening the social and cultural fabric of local
communities.
At the end of each term volunteers and
course participants can share their stories and experiences
of learning from each other. These are then published by
the group.
If you are passionate about helping migrants
become part of your local community and learn English,
please contact Culture Company Reading 4U volunteer
co-ordinators:
• Cecilia for Waitakere Central Library
on 09 421 1811 or 021 778 936
• New Lynn Library on 09
827 3640
The course is also offered at Ranui Library and
we are inviting expressions of interest from people who
would like to take part in the course. For Ranui inquiries
please contact Culture Company Reading 4U volunteer
coordinator Kiran on 09 833 5861.
All programmes begin
on 31 January 2012.
To find out more about this programme
visit: www.reapeatreadaloud.co.nz
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