New Opportunity For Students

The face of today’s Adult Education Department is changing fast and

definitely for the better. Arkansas has sought to incorporate the services of

Career Development Facilitators in their Adult Education Programs. It is a

positive step toward serving the needs of the community as well as

students.

When you visit the UAC Adult Education Program, you can expect to find a

Career Coach on the Howard and Sevier County Campuses. In De Queen,

Cathy Billingsley is the Career Coach. In Nashville, Dawn Humphry is

currently training to become a Career Coach. Here is a list of the services

that Career Coaches can provide:

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The Communicator December 2016 Published by UA Cossatot Adult Education Department

In this issue you have two new idioms to learn.

The first is: Keep your chin up, meaning to be courageous in a

difficult situation.

The second is: Out of the frying pan and into the fire,

meaning, escaping a bad situation for a worse situation

IDIOM CHALLENGE: The person writing the most example

sentences using these two idioms will get a prize. Turn in your

sentences to Jamie Godwin or Lisa Lutz by May 1, 2017.

Question: I want to say, “The

food is smelling good”. I’m

talking about right now in the

moment. Why can’t I say that?

Answer: That is a good

question. The main use of the

present continuous is to talk

about events in progress at the

time of speaking. However, the

present continuous is not used

with verbs of thinking and

sensing. That is why we say,

“The food smells good.” We

have a handout with a list of

stative verbs that are normally

not used in the present

continuous tense available

upon request.

Question: Where I’m from, it

is okay to say someone is fat.

But here, I noticed it seems like

a bad word. Why?

Answer: Here in the United

States, many people are

overweight. Body weight is a

sensitive topic. To describe

someone as fat is considered

rude because it is too direct.

Instead, you can use the word

heavy or heavy-set. Many

times we will soften this word

even more by saying someone

is “a little on the heavy side.”

Congratulations Laura Salas for winning the Idiom challenge for

the phrase, the last straw. Here is her story:

One of my friends told me

about her experience she had

when she worked in a factory.

Someone stole her lunch. The

thief would also steal her

coworker’s lunch. After about a

month, the last straw was when

the thief stole my friend’s Tup-

perware container too. My

friend organized a plan with her

coworkers. They put a little laxa-

tive in the food. It worked be-

cause now they knew who the

thief was and this person never

took their food again!

Ask The Teacher

Congratulations Balbina Cortes for winning the Idiom challenge for the phrase, Hit the Books.

Here is her sentences:

Last year I finished my GED, but

to pass I had to hit the books.

My niece said to me “the pro-

nunciation of your English is not

correct. You need to hit the

books.”

I want to learn English. I need to

hit the books.

My son wants to read. He hits

the books every afternoon.

My daughter wants to be in 100

Club Points. She hits the books

everyday.

Celebrating Student Success

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