The English Learning Corner

With the rapid economic development, the wealth gap in China has been widening in recent decades.  For example, it is estimated that there are close to 180,000 unprivileged children in Guangdong Provincealone: 39,000 orphans, 26,000 single-parent children, 95,000 street beggars and orphans in villages, and 14,000 children of incarcerated parents.  This number is daunting when we consider the consequences behind it.  It is evident from previous research that poverty-striven children often have lower self confidence, are more likely to fail in school, and less likely to get a good paying job than their middle-class counterparts.  Many of these children experience extreme trauma and difficulty through poverty and neglect.  These vulnerable children need additional help to protect them from harm, safeguard their rights and privileges, and promote their emotional and educational development in order to break through the vicious cycle of poverty.

House of Learning has been working closely with the Guangdong Women's Association in Guangdong province, to give these vulnerable children a place to enrich their minds and spirit. 

As an extension of the mobile libraries project, we plan to help these underprivileged children by setting up an English Learning Center (ELC) in Guangdong Province. Children will learn under a whole-brain learning approach, and be enriched by English through this Learning Center.

On April 10, 2010 an inauguration of the English Learning Corner was held at Qingyuan province with the corners being set up in 2 schools: the two schools are Ya-Wen Primary School (镇雅文小学) and Ma-yue Primary School 马岳小学.

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