The Language Enrichment Program has been used

successfully in volunteer literacy tutoring programs held in local churches,

community centers, public libraries, even coffee houses. Church and community

after school, latch-key, Saturday and summer programs can help improve the

quality of life for neighborhood students and adults.

During the developer�s first summer vacation as a new

teacher, a local pastor (the president of the school Parent Teacher Association)

requested the developer to conduct a reading program at his church for children

and young people in the local community. This rewarding experience provided

young people measurable reading gains during this church basement volunteer

summer session.

Not long after, the Green Tree Coffee House used The

Language Enrichment Program in a Saturday morning program in inner city

Detroit. This was the Highland Park Baptist Church in Southfield, Michigan,

college and career class outreach project inspired by discussions with Bill

Pannell after the 1967 riots in Detroit. A handicapped student from the Detroit

Bible College (now Tyndale College) satisfied her community service ministry

requirement by typing mimeograph stencils from my original handwritten version

to make copies of the reading program to use for the coffee house ministry.

Middle to late elementary students worked the program each Saturday. Their

mothers told me they subsequently did far better in school. Several of these

students went on to successful college careers at the University of Michigan

where they played on the football team.

Since The Language Enrichment Program is

self-instructional, students can learn from the program with little or no need

for assistance from a teacher, tutor, or parent. All the students need to do is

work the exercises in order, placing their answers on their own paper, and the

reading improvement is automatic.

Students who use The Language Enrichment Program

dramatically improve reading comprehension, become motivated learners, and

experience greater success in school. Yet, since the content of The Language

Enrichment Program does not duplicate what students are learning in school,

the program holds their interest.

In current news reports, in 40 percent of New York City

high schools more seniors failed than graduated. Detroit Public Schools

currently report a 58 percent dropout rate. Significantly more male than female

students give up on school.

The developer knows by direct experience and observation of

students in his classroom, that The Language Enrichment Program

significantly cuts the dropout rate of students regarded as at extreme risk for

dropping out, some years to below one percent while the school dropout rate was

seventy percent. Because students experience success as they use The Language

Enrichment Program, their academic motivation is greatly strengthened, they

do better in all of their classes, reading is no longer a frustrating experience

but a rewarding activity, and they are equipped to comprehend today�s more

complexly written textbooks and other curriculum materials.

The problem is severe, but the solution is simple: use

The Language Enrichment Program to bring success to the students in your

church and community.