By completing this Digital Breakout, you will:

* Gain knowledge of strategies that can be used to improve alphabetization and literacy skills.

* Gain knowledge of how those who speak a minority language can face additional challenges in their own country.

* Be able to identify the power that our words and our language can have when we are interacting and engaging with others.

* Be able to identify some of the major barriers that exist for minority language speakers.

* Be able to use a wide range of strategies that can be used to improve alphabetization and literacy skills.

You walk to the address your cousin sent you when you agreed to collaborate with her and the entity she works with. You put the hand on the door knob. Everything in the interior of the place looks amazing and everyone in seems happy. You walk away. You will send a text to your cousin apologizing, you can’t do it. You try to walk fast but bump into a familiar face. Your cousin smiles. She was waiting for you in the corner of the street worried that you won’t be able to find the place. You strongly deny with your head: You can’t do it. Your cousin nods: Of course you can do it. You’re not alone and you’re going to do great.