English Language Learners (ELL)

Literacy Volunteers has several programs to help English Language Learners:

   ~ English Conversation Partners
         Volunteer Opportunities
   ~ Literacy Tutoring
         Volunteer Opportunities
   ~ English Language Learners Classes
         Class Schedule
         Sign Up Information
         Volunteer Opportunities

English Conversation Partners

Mission: The English Conversation Partner Program provides one-on-one meetings between English Language Learners and partners in order to improve their conversational English skills and to encourage a “cultural exchange."

Volunteers who would like to partner with an English learner should call Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin to request an application and schedule an orientation interview with the Program Coordinator. You may also return the form below either by printing it and mailing it or saving it and returning it as an email attachment.

Letter to potential English Conversation Partners volunteers
Application form for English Conversation Partners

Letter and form are pdfs and require Free Acrobat Reader to view.  

English Language Learners should also call to set up an interview. The coordinator matches volunteers with learners. The partners contact each other to arrange a time to meet in a public meeting space. LVA expects a one-hour a week commitment for one year from volunteers.

Call Bonnie Soper, LVA Program Coordinator, at 333- 6601 X 1323 or stop in at our office on the third floor of Auburn Hall on Court St.

Literacy Tutoring

This program provides a tutor to help someone learn to read and write in English or to improve their English reading and writing skills.

Volunteers who would like to tutor an English Language Learner should call Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin to fill out an application and sign up for the next 12-hour tutor training session. The director matches volunteers with learners. The partners contact each other to arrange a time to meet in a public meeting space. LVA expects a one hour a week commitment for one year from volunteers.

Call Tahlia Chamberlain, LVA Director at 333 6001 X 1321, or stop in at our office on the third floor of Auburn Hall on Court St.

English Language Learners Classes
This program is offered in partnership with Auburn Adult Education and provides group classes for students to learn English conversation, reading and writing. Classes are held on the third floor of Auburn Hall on Court Street.

Beginning February 4, 2008, we will offer:

Beginning English - Mondays, 1-3PM, Room B, Second floor, B Street Community Building, Birch & Bates St. Lewiston;

Beginning English - Wednesdays, 1-3PM, Third floor, Auburn Hall, Court Street;

Mid Level English - Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10-12AM, Third floor, Auburn Hall;

Mid Level English - Wednesdays, 6-8PM, Edward Little High School.

To sign up for classes, contact Juliet Dzija, Program Coordinator, Auburn Adult Education at 333 6601 X 1311 or stop in at our office on the third floor of Auburn Hall on Court St. 

Volunteers interested in helping with classes should call Bonnie Soper, LVA Program Coordinator, at 333 6601 X 1323 or stop in at our office on the third floor of Auburn Hall on Court St.

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Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin 
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