Radhika – a
12th grader now, was referred to us by the local hospital’s Social
Worker because she couldn’t bear to see the plight of her struggles. She was working to support the family with a
sickly mother when she was supposed to be going to school.
When she
was admitted to the Hope House in 9th grade in 2012, she had no clue
about the concept of English except for alphabets. But today, she is a bubbly young lady with
fair fluency in English conversations, reading, and typing. How she managed to pull that off is the
signature of Hope House’s initiative called “Leadership Development Program”
(LDP).
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As soon a
child is admitted to the Hope House, we start them on phonics. Yes, Radhika was given phonics training when
she was in 9th grade and encourage them to read whatever they can
lay their hands on, be it story books, or titles on the buses or billboards
etc. Once they finish 10th
grade successfully, they are enrolled in LDP where learning English is one of
the modules they have to complete.
We set
their baselines for measuring future progress by making them to read/ type a
particular newspaper clipping by measuring the speed and accuracy. That same clipping is saved for the future
and the test is repeated every year.
During the year, they are made to read the daily English newspapers,
write emails, read story books, practice touch screen typing (online) and of
course to show them child friendly English movies
In July of
this year, when we re-tested Radhika, she showed jaw dropping improvement in
all the areas of English.
Reading – speed has improved by 33%
and errors have come down by 40%
Typing – Speed has improved by 82%
but errors have gone up by 25%
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