Students Name: Jaime Hidalgo
Tutors Name: Esther Landis
Time Tutored: 3.5 years
Time in U.S.A.: 4 years
Level: Low Intermediate ESL

                 A GOOD FRiEND
The FiRSt tHiNG tHAt I DiD WHEN I GOT TO U.S.A. WAS LOOKED FOR HELP to SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND ENGLiSH, ALL PEOPLE KNOWS tHAt IS VERY IMPORtANt to Talk ENGLISH FOR GET MORE OPPORtUNitiES AND BETTER JOBS.
I ASKED SOME PEOPLE IF tHEY KNOWS PLACES WHERE TEACH ENGLISH, tHEY tOLD ME IN WINtER IN THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS tHERE ARE tEACHING PROGRAMS OF ENGLISH LiKE SECOND LANGUAGE tHEY tOLD ME ABOUt INSTitUtiONS SUCH AS LITERACY VOLUNTEERS VALLEY SHORE tHAt HELP ALL PEOPLE tO NEED TO LEARN ENGLISH, tHEY ASSIGNED ME A TUtORS MRS EstHER LANDiS WHO GENEROUSLY IS VOLUNTEER FOR tHIS IStiUtiON. FOR tHREE YEARS AND HALF EVERY TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK DEVOtEDLY AND WitH GREAt PAtiENCE SHE TEACHES ME AND CONtiNUES tEACH ME. IN tHiS tIME I LEARN TO READ, WRiTE AND tHE MORE IMPORTANTE tO tALK, tHANKS FOR tHiS DEDICAtiON, NOW I CAN GO tO THE SHOPS ASK FOR SOMETHiNG THAt I NEED, i CAN COPE WitH MORE SECURITY IN MY WORK. I CAN tO HAVE A CONVERSAtiON WitH MY COWORKERS
IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
THE PEOPEL tHAt WORK LIKE VOLUNTEERS IN LItERACY VOLUNTEER VALLEY SHORE ARE tHE BESt FRIENDS OF tHE PEOPLE tHAt NEED TO HAVE HELP LIKE ME.
         THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

         JAIME HIDALGO