Welcome to the AOK Life Skill Workshops!
Professors & teachers can improve their use of the European Language Portfolio (ELP) with interactive games for teaching English in their classes;
Learners better their English with learning strategies from the ELP and “teaching-learning clubs”;
Students learn about studying outside of S. America in colleges and graduate schools with scholarships, internships and on-line degrees;
Parents/adults freely attend the workshops on-line or in the classroom to enhance their skills for pre-school storytelling to assisting their children in elementary and secondary education;
Adults boost their Adult Basic Education (ABE) skills and “Market English” sales ability;
Families raise their food preparation skills through the workshop Whole Foods for Busy People: How to Save Time & Money with “One-Dish Meals”, Easy Recipes, and Cooking Ahead;
They can also learn to make steamed bread, pancakes and granola and healthy, inexpensive ways to prepare nutritious meals with beans, grains and vegetables;
Participants improve their Internet research and study skill abilities.
John B. Kirk, Director
AOK Life Skill Workshops
Portland, Maine
E: kirkjohnb5@gmail.com
W: www.aokbasicskills.gratis
General Information
- AOK was located in Quito, Ecuador but is now in Portland, Maine in the U.S.
- The life skill workshops are presented by John Kirk, a retired ESOL English teacher, and take place in English or Spanish.
- As the educational materials used are for non-commercial purposes, there is no charge for participating in the workshops.
- The workshops are given in support of the UN World Goal No. 2 – Zero Hunger & No. 4 – Quality Education and can incorporate related skill badges.
- They are mostly presented with Zoom; however, in-person presentations are available; handouts include free, annotated folders of related websites.
- AOK is a personal retirement project, not an organization.
- For a website summary of AOK, please go to the section “AOK & ESOL Wkshops” and look at the page “Letter: UN – AOK Offer to Share Workshops for SDG’s 2 & 4”.
Study Better, Learn More!