/news/2014/01/29/kids-count-reveals-growing-gap-in-students-reading-proficiency/ News from the University of Hawaii Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:03:55 +0000 hourly 1 /news/2014/01/29/kids-count-reveals-growing-gap-in-students-reading-proficiency/#comment-59916 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:33:41 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=22139#comment-59916 I believe that verbal skills play a major roll in how we learn to read. As a music educator on `O`ahu for 30+ years I have followed the consistency in lack of reading and verbal skills. I believe that I have a system of teaching speech to island educators, as well as students, that will enable all to advance in verbal and reading skills.
I was a language major in college and minored in music. After arriving on the island in 1979 I developed and shared my speech and reading technique at Jefferson Elementary School in the Title One Program in which I taught Laotian and Cambodian students to sing. I readily accepted the challenge and the students wowed our community in how rapidly they learned. I would like to help if I can.

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