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Resource Center of the Americas summary conversation circle notes as provided to learners
Many of the women in our group are avid readers in Spanish. We want to also be able to read English. Only one woman in our group said that she does not read much at all. She might read if something interested her.
What we like
* Books on tarot (note: a 2nd translator said this should have been "terror")* Classic literature especially by Mexican authors and Latin American authors
* Literature, like Ana Bolena
* Contemporary history, about what other people's experiences are. Also, historical literature, that helps to understand political tension and revolution and difficulties and political things in different countries
* "One of my preferred authors is Elena Poniatowski. One of her greatest works is The Night of the Tlatelolco. A tragedy of Mexico. It is universal and classic novel."
* Romance novels
* Books related to learning technical labor and work related information
* Psychological books like what do you do if you have a problem child or how do you deal with problems with different people
* Books about relationships between people
* Sewing
* Books that are practical - "how-to" do different things or know about things that affect us
Our group had several suggestions for what to offer women learning to read English
* More books available on pregnancy and about how to raise small children and information available about teenagers having babies* Books about menopause and how to understand it and not think it's a disease
* Very important to have books that are bilingual in English & Spanish. Very important to help learn English and to have more books like that. Also, the translations must be good. Too often the Spanish translations are very bad and confusing. Books like the driver's manual are very hard to understand in Spanish because the way it is written is confusing.
* Bilingual books on topics like the driver's manual, medicine and human rights and laws in the U.S. and on citizenship, the constitution and labor laws, human rights, and dictionaries and terminology and psychology.
* Good novels and romances written in English but other books on how to do things should be bilingual
One woman mentioned she likes to journal. Mev asked if we would like to share our writing with other people. One woman said she did not think people would be interested. Her writing expresses loneliness, frustration, anger. She writes when no one wants to listen to her problems again. However, some women thought they would like to read other women's writings because it helps them to feel better. When you read about other people like this it helps you to feel better for awhile.
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