.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Seria Rights .h2Pag #. 627 words .h3 Copyrigh 1989 LUCI ASENSI MISANTONI LABORE FO LITERACY Writte b Jun Grayson Photographe b Richar Grayson Durin th da sh work wit numbe bi number an mone an power Sh i th financia controlle o th rapidl- expandin America subsidiar o Germa manufacturin company. Bu i i on Tuesda evening whe she i th languag facilitato a colleg literac clas, tha sh give hersel t th world Luci Asensi Misanton kno wha ca happe whe yo lear nother language Whe sh wa studen a th Universit o Madrid sh ha t writ t Chicag penpa assigne b her Englis teacher. Sh wrot t he penpal h correcte he English an the fel i lov H cam t Madri fo thei wedding Sinc 1961 the hav live happil eve afte i th Chicag suburbs. Whe thei thre childre bega junio hig schoo an n longe cam hom t lunch Misanton returne t schoo. Eve thoug sh ha he accountin degre fro th Universit Madrid, transferrin colleg credit fro Spai wa difficul an time-consumin s sh repeate colleg i th Unite States. Sh too advance placemen test t gai colleg credit an enrolle a Nort Central Colleg i Naperville Illinois Sh graduate wit doubl majo i accountin an computers. Wit tw technica degree an fluenc i fou language Spanish French English an som Portugues sh wa read fo th corporat fas track "Whe yo kno severa language yo ar mor valuabl t you company Yo ca communicat an understan peopl better, Misanton says. " love m wor bu i isn' enough alway wante t hel foreigners becaus wa onc foreigne myself, Misantoi says " kno ho har i i a th beginning Yo hav a accent Peopl thin yo ar no ver bright The don' mea t b unkind bu the don' understan tha you accen ha nothin t d wit you brains!" Misanton i on o 6 par-tim pai educator a th Colleg o DuPag (COD i Chicago' wester suburbs Sh supervise fiftee unpai voluntee tutor an 9 Englis a secon languag student ever Tuesda nigh a suburba library Sh meet wit he volunteer a 6.0 p.m t discus th classwor fo th evening Sh present th subjec matte t th entir grou o 9 student a 7.0 p.m Sh test th student an distribute th appropriat wor-book an literac materials The sh assign th student t th volunteer wh ca b mos helpfu t them Accordin t Joann Escobar directo o th departmen o adul basi educatio a COD 5,00 student ar enrolle thi yea i he departmen an 3,00 o the ar studyin Englis a secon language "W thin w hav provide structur tha allow fo th intimac an interactio tha i essentia t develo languag competence W d no wan ou student jus t surviv w wan the t succee i thei ne culture. Escobar als o Spanis heritag an wit master' degre i linguistic fro Columbi University Ne York continues "W ca eve fre u ou volunteer s tha the ca wor on-t-on wit students W hav a enginee fro Equado whos Englis skill ar no ye goo enoug s tha sh ca practic he professio here W hav bee abl t assig he t voluntee fro Cost Ric wh i als a engineer. "N matte ho fa hav t driv t class o ho lat w sta i class m literac wor inspire an energize me, Misanton says "Ever studen i succes story The gai necessar skills a wel a confidenc an dignit, fro thei accomplishments. ###