Acosta - VERY Busy

English as a Second
B.C. at a Na-

Joan Acosta from the

Language Dept. represented
tional Conference, E.S.L. & Citizenship
from March 31 to April 1 in Richmond. Joan
is also producing the teachers' notes for
The Westcoast Reader, a newspaper for
people learning to read English, which
goes to 12,000 ESL students and teachers
throughout B.C., the Yukon, Alberta, Man-
itoba and so on. Remarks Nick Collins,
"She is a very busy teacher too.'' Scanning
through the paper, one notices that’ the
articles are far more interesting that one
might expect. Articles on the problems’ of

unemployment in Canada, International Wom-
en's Day, the B.C. Voters List, Income
Tax, the B.C. Winter Games, the problems

of Domestic Workers in Canada and an Open
House at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

were among the items -- a far cry from the
tiresome conversations we recall from be-

ginning French and Spanish classes.

Cafeteria Specials
Monday, April 5

Soup: Cream of Celery
Specials: 1. Spaghetti & Meat Sauce

2. Grilled Pork Chops & Apple
Sauce

3. Nutrition Special
Tuesday, April 6

Soup: Lenti]
Specials: 1. Grilled Baby Beef Live &
Onions
2. Chicken in a Basket

3. Nutrition Special
Wednesday, April 7

SPECIAL PRE-EASTER MENU
1. Spring Vegetable Cocktai]

Stuffed Roast Leg of New Zealand Lamb,
Mint Jelly

continued...

Letters to
the Editor

New year in a new country

1 come from Vietnam. | have
been in Canada for two years.
Now |’m studying English at
John Oliver Night School. | read
the Westcoast Reader in my
class. | liked almost ail the
stories especially ‘‘New year in
a new country”. It was about a
Polish family that was in a
refugeé camp in Austria. Now
they are living in Vancouver.

| was interested in the story
because their life is similar to
mine. | am a.refugee living in a
new country. | want to meet
friends, too. In the future, |
would like to see stories about
the life of refugees in South
America.

Thanks.

Miss Nhi Quach
3633 Knight Street
Vancouver, B.C.

Februa

Standing, left to right: Jean Collier (the tutor)
Sitting: Minh Hai Chung, Va Chan Lu and her baby, Phi In Tang.

26, 1982 THE WESTCOAST READER Page

a

Photo by Jan Sawyer

ey

A tutor
helps
three

Vietnamese
women
learn

English

at home

Thi Do Chu.