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Mar 5
1 min

ESL BASIC TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP

Are you ready to start teaching ESL? There will be an ESL Teacher Training Workshop to give you the tools. Our own Patti Oefelein will...

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Dec 1, 2020
1 min

GIVING TUESDAY: What you get when you support HOPE Literacy

When you support HOPE Literacy, you support some of the people hit hardest by COVID-19. The foreign-born have come to our nation seeking...

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Nov 13, 2020
2 min

COVID SPURS 4 NEW TRENDS IN ESL

Trends in ESL. In 2020 we’ve seen our world change and we as ESL teachers must change with it.

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Nov 11, 2020
1 min

Celebrating Immigrant Veterans

Today, the number of foreign-born veterans is 530,000. In fact, one-in-five recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor was an...

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Nov 9, 2020
2 min

Immigrant Hero: Alfred Rascon

How significant could a six-year-old immigrant kid from Mexico be? Alfred Rascon was that immigrant kid starting elementary school in the...

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Nov 2, 2020
2 min

COVID and Being There for Each Other

It's 2020 and times are tough for everybody -- especially for newcomers to America. The economy is struggling, and so many have lost...

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Oct 25, 2020
2 min

Is Ministry Worth the Risk during COVID?

In the age of COVID, every day people ask the question: Is going out in society worth the risk? Some have chosen to take the gamble for a...

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Oct 19, 2020
2 min

Ever Feel Like a Failure?

If you are like me and you've been working in the world of literacy and language education for any length of time, you've probably had...

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Sep 28, 2020
2 min

Need Ideas? Find ESL Teacher Resources FREE Online

Listening skills play a critical part in a student’s quest for success in English, but reviewing videos and podcast required to put...

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Sep 21, 2020
1 min

Thank You!

Thanks to your generous support, HOPE Literacy raised $6,322 on North Texas Giving Day September 17, 2020. Thanks to you, HOPE literacy...

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Sep 15, 2020
1 min

Make Your Dollars Go Further this North Texas Giving Day

HOPE Literacy's beloved board member, Jack McCoy, invested his life in helping others know Christ. Before his death in July, he donated...

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Aug 17, 2020
2 min

Never Stop Living

“If you don’t risk your life, you’ll lose it,” HOPE’s visionary board member Jack McCoy used to say. These were words of wisdom he lived...

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Aug 1, 2020
1 min

Best Free Resources for Teaching Online

HOPE Literacy is working to equip our sites with online resources so that critical ESL programs don’t have to be put on hold. HOPE...

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Jul 1, 2020
1 min

An American Story of HOPE

To celebrate Independence day this year, HOPE Literacy is sharing a series of stories of HOPE -- people who have come to our programs,...

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Jun 20, 2020
1 min

HOPE Literacy Celebrates World Refugee Day

June 20 marks World Refugee Day, a day near and dear to the heart of HOPE Literacy. HOPE Literacy seeks to empower churches to fight...

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May 31, 2020
1 min

Partnership in Times of Crisis

With a looming pandemic and so much uncertainty, now is the time to band together to make a difference in our communities -- even if it...

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Apr 30, 2020
1 min

Teaching in the Times of COVID-19

Classrooms have been shut down. But that has not stopped learning in many of HOPE Literacy's sites across Tarrant County. Site directors...

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Apr 24, 2020
1 min

HOPE Literacy earns Gold Star Rating

For more than two decades HOPE Literacy has been doing a lot with very little. We've served 9,089 people, activated 1,771 volunteers, and...

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Apr 16, 2020
1 min

CB Baird, Jr. Foundation to Fund Curriculum Library

Starting in the Fall, HOPE Literacy will be able to provide a new resource for its sites across Tarrant County: an ESL curriculum...

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Apr 14, 2020
1 min

Thank You, Walmart!

HOPE Literacy's Gambrell Street Baptist site received a generous grant of $500 from their local Walmart store. This grant will enable...

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