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students are let into Douglas
College's ABE programs. I
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Radstaak says about 40 new students
will be admitted next month into all
levels of Adult Basic Education.

"In our program, we can actually see
people go from a grade five reading
level (100 level) to grade nine in
six to ten months," Radstaak says.
"And the study skills we teach prob-
ably go a long way in helping to
achieve this."

The study skills are a unique part of
the ABE program. Students start at
the 100 level and are taught how to |
organize a notebook, in the 200 leve
students learn to divide their study:
time so they don't have to hustle
around at the end of the course",
Radstaak says.

 

The 300 level study skills course
teaches not taking from lectures,
summarizing form texts, memorization,
and more. This course is recommenced
for people who want to eventually go
onto college or university.

Going over the basics of everything
is natural for the ABE instructors
at Douglas College because there are
many people who need the extra help,
says Malnarich.

"The more confidence a person has in
their work, the more they can imp»ve"”
she says. "It's our job to give
people the skills they need to go
back to school."

Even though Douglas College has the
ominous look of a big institution,

ABE counters this by allowing no more
than 16 people into each class.

 

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"There would be lost quality to the
,education if class sizes were any
|larger," explains Radstaak. "People

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to be able to help the whole person
in ABE."

And Adult Basic Education is hot
considered the end of a student's
education by the instructors. Both
Radstaak and Malnarich would like to
see everyone go on to either college,
university or a technical program.

"It's a struggle, it takes a lot of

Radstaak says.

The Success of Douglas College's ABE
program can be measured by the vari-
ety of students who register in the
course. Ranging in age from 19 to

the early 50's, men and women with

all levels of reading, writing and |,
math skills have passed through the |
program.

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"And progress is based on &xpectation,"
Radstaak says. "The more expectationg

progress they're bound to make."

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