English language class in session: Bonnie Moir interviewing some students and teachers of an English language class held at St Paul’s African House on Wednesdays and Sundays.
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Megan Fisher
Listening, speaking and reading is the focus for students at Umoja Empowerment Group’s English class for refugees in Shepparton.
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For its second year, St Paul’s African House has been the classroom of English classes for level two students.
The class functions as an additional learning space to run along side undertaking TAFE classes, to help solidify words and lessons learnt in structured learning classes.
Each week, the level two students meet on a Wednesday, as TAFE doesn’t run and level zero and level one meet on Sunday, at an office on Campbell St.
The level two students are taught by Bonnie Moir, who was inspired to teach English as a foreign language after being an educator in China for three years in the early 2000s.
“I love it, I love teaching,” Mrs Moir said.
Patrick Bulambo is the teacher of English level 0 and joins the level 2 classes to provide additional support to Mrs Moir.
Supporting: Patrick Bulambo
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Megan Fisher
The students feel that the class in addition to their higher education has made an impact on their English speaking, reading and listening skills.
“Our class helped me to know writing, listening, how to make a sentence, past, present and future, helping us how to know English,“ student Rehema Muamijua said.
All smiles: Rehema Muamijua and Muisha Sarah.
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Megan Fisher
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