California Career Resource Network (CalCRN)

The Real Game Series Works Well with Diverse Audiences and as an Effective ESL Teaching Tool Transcript

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Danny Marquez (Director, Crossroads Employment Services)
...we have a high level of different refugee groups that come from Southeast Asia, that come from all over the world, even South America. For all of them right now in our group, it's a foreign country. Most of the kids have only been in the country maybe 4 or 5 years.

...the opportunity to dream, see what could be. The opportunity to dream the American dream is what we're trying to help them do. Career awareness is real important.

Lisa Guillen (Career/ School Counselor, Crossroads Employment Services)
Our director decided to introduce it and use it with a group of Russian and Ukrainian youth and since then, we've been running classes with these youth and for the last 12 weeks they've been running through lessons and having a great time.

Tatiana Solimena (Youth Worker, Crossroads Employment Services)
...at the same time, this game is really serious and they really find a lot new for them because sometimes they found very difficult, very new terms, very new words, very new way to find a job, very new way to understand something about themselves.

Danny
The Real Game touches you whether you're Bolivian or whether you're Vietnamese or whether you're Ukrainian.

Panna Putnam (Middle School Coordinator, Yolo County Office of Education)
We've never had any comment except very positive from across the board of all races, ethnic backgrounds, socio-economic, you know, gender, because there are gender equity issues in there too, which I think are really right on the spot, you know. Hits the nail on the head.

Lisa
Our director decided to introduce it and use it with a group of Russian and Ukrainian youth and since then, we've been running classes with these youth and for the last 12 weeks they've been running through lessons and having a great time.