Valeriia Gurtovaia Toby Bondiskey Tiana Brown LANGUAGE Valeriia Gurtovaia Toby Bondiskey Tiana Brown

The Problem and Why Language barrier is a problem… People can not communicate with each other Prevent from getting a job, home Prevent from visiting different places Prevent from adopting a child

Have you ever felt misunderstood when you speak?

Target Community Northeast of Philadelphia Classes that offer language classes English, Russian, Polish, Spanish, and more Up to thousands of dollars to attend classes

Organizations that offer language classes Vita Education Services offer ESL, Literacy, High School Equivalency Preparation, and Family Literacy programs for adults New World Association (NWA) offers ESL, EL/Civics, GED, ABE classes Welcoming The Stranger an educational nonprofit that offers free classes in English, Computer Skills, and Citizenship Exam Preparation.

Proposed Solution Contact with someone on the state level Use posters, flyers, the Internet, media to aware other people Language Club after school or on the weekend

What have we done so far? Contacted with organizations Received permission to create a club, to put posters Put the posters

What do we still plan to do? Create an after school club Find volunteers to teach languages

Sources https://www.vitaeducation.org/literacy/english-as-a-second-language-esl Vita Education Services http://russworld.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=55 New World Association http://www.philadelphialanguagecenter.com The Philadelphia School of Languages http://welcomingthestranger.org/classes.html Welcoming The Stranger https://nscphila.org/lap/esl-and-language-proficiency Nationalities Service Center