Embark on a linguistic journey through the rich heritage of Italy as you discover the language and culture that shaped artistic legends. Gain conversational skills and grammar proficiency in this immersive course, designed for both travelers and language enthusiasts. Uncover the secrets of Dante, Michelangelo, and Fellini as you lay the foundation for fluent Italian.
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Wednesday, Apr 10th, 6–7:30pm Central Time
Are you planning a trip to a Spanish-speaking country or want to feel more at home in a Latino neighborhood? Join us at the Discovery Center and learn the essential vocabulary and grammar to navigate a Hispanic community or foreign country. A $25 materials fee applies.
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Wednesday, Apr 10th, 6–7:30pm Central Time
Take your Spanish language skills to the next level with our immersive and practical course. Enhance your speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities while mastering future, past, and present verb tenses. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your Spanish fluency.
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Tuesday, Apr 9th, 6–7:30pm Central Time
Take your Italian language skills to the next level with this immersive course. Enhance your conversational abilities, expand your vocabulary, and strengthen your grasp of grammar. Perfect for those who have completed a beginner's course or have equivalent experience.
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Wednesday, Apr 10th, 7:30–9pm Central Time
Literacy Chicago focuses on being an integral part of the path their students are on to transform their lives, and their shared goals range from work related to community involvement, but education is the hub. Through their academic partnerships, they are able to hold classes off-site in several communities. Through peer collaborations, they are able to refer students and serve as a referral so that individuals with low literacy skills can access medical, legal, or civic opportunities as needed.
Literacy Chicago is also a people-focused organization. Just as their instruction targets individual needs, so do all of their programs and committees. They believe that not only do they serve the community as a resource, but that each individual’s goals should be integrated into their larger charge as an organization. They are proud to connect students and volunteers, committee members and board members, and these same groups with the greater community. It is their goal to inspire the many faces of adult literacy—from the staff to the students to the volunteers—to interface with the vibrant city of Chicago and its surrounding communities.
The students of Literacy Chicago, are quite simply their reason for existing. Beyond this, they are a consistent source of inspiration for staff, volunteers, and visitors, demonstrating types of courage and commitment that many of them don’t get to witness elsewhere in their lives. Their students understand quickly into their time here, that language and literacy can transform them forever. Many find their way off of public payrolls for the first time in their lives, many develop skills to take home and share with the children in their homes, and many go on to college. Some have come back as tutors for their programs. Above all else, it’s the gratitude students show for their classes and individualized help that keeps them steadfast in their service to them.
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ESL Conversations
Anonymous review on 11/7/2017
The class has only three students and we can practice useful conversations during the class. Also, the teacher was very helpful, she prepared some materials. I enjoyed the class.
ESL Conversations
Reviewed by MARIA B. on 5/10/2017
The course did not exist
ESL Beginners
Reviewed by Razvan P. on 11/1/2017
ESL Conversations
Reviewed by Yeanhee Y. on 7/12/2016
ESL Conversations
Reviewed by Dawn J. on 2/1/2016
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