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Adult Learners鈥 Week, runs from Saturday May 11 to Friday
May 17.
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sees thousands of events nationwide celebrating adult learning
and is a great opportunity for people to turn lifelong ambitions
into reality.
+ Adult Learners鈥 Week is celebrating its 鈥淭en Years On鈥 anniversary
in 2002 with more chances than ever to take part.
+ This year the week also leads people into a month long opportunity
to take a 鈥楤ite Size鈥 chunk of learning through May and June.
+ There will be events in town centres, shopping centres,
libraries, pubs, schools and colleges.
+ Festivals, taster classes, street theatre and roadshows
will give everyone the opportunity to get a taste for learning
at a time, pace and place that suits.
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See
for details of Gloucestershire adult learners events. Alternatively
pop into your local college, library or adult learning centre,
or 0800 542 1655 to find out more.
Email 蜜芽传媒 Gloucestershire at :gloucestershire
@bbc.co.uk
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Every
time Maria Aveiro had to fill in a form or write a cheque, she was
forced to ask for help 鈥 so she decided to do something about it.
"It
was so frustrating," recalls 42-year-old school cook Maria.
So,
despite having a full-time job and coping with two teenaged children,
Maria 鈥 who came to the UK in 1990 - started attending English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes at Cirencester College.
Three
years later, Portuguese-born Maria has achieved qualifications in
letter writing, grammar and shorthand 鈥 and even encouraged her
husband Luis to join the class to brush up on his spelling!
Going back to learning makes you an independent person -
I gained something very important because now I can fill in
forms and write cheques by myself.
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Adult Learner award nominee Maria Aveiro. |
Her
15-year-old sister Louisa, who only moved to the UK last year, also
goes with her to her classes three times a week, and has been able
to progress quickly with her school work.
Maria
says: "Going back to learning makes you an independent person -
I gained something very important because now I can fill in forms
and write cheques by myself.
"I
feel so happy with my success and I want to keep studying because
I know I have much more to learn.
"I
have no problem speaking English, and I have no problem in writing
Portuguese 鈥 but I really found it so difficult writing in English.
"I
only really decided to do something about it when we moved to Cirencester,
away from the rest of my family in Sussex, so I had no one to fill
in forms for me!
"It
is very important for people from other countries to know they can
get help, as I did.
"I
would encourage anyone to come and learn because it is very important
and can change your life forever."
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