Boston
Public Library
English
as a Second Language
Electronic
Resources
Boston Public Library ESL
(English as a Second Language) Programs
The
Boston Public Library provides "ESL Conversation
Group" sessions at various times and in various
locations. The schedule of Conversation Group times and locations is updated regularly.
The
Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library houses
the Dudley
Literacy Center (617-442-6186), which is open Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, 10am to 6p.m., and Thursdays, 12pm to
8p.m. The Dudley Literacy Center offers Reading
Discussion Groups, Writing Process Groups, Computer
Literacy Skills classes, and Introductions to the
Internet as well as a collection of books,
audiotapes, and videotapes to serve the adult
literacy community.
The
Central Library and some neighborhood branches also
have collections of literacy materials which can be
taken out of the library. These materials include
books, audiotapes, and videotapes, and can be found
in the Circulating/Take
Home Collection
Catalog.
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Boston
and Massachusetts Literacy
Organizations
Greater
Boston Literacy Organizations
- Free
- Fee-based
- Boston
Center for Adult
Education:
5 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02116; (617)
267-4430. Cost: $80/90.
- Brookline
Adult and Community Education Program: 115
Greenough Street, Brookline, MA 02446; (617)
730-2700.
- Cambridge
Center for Adult Education: 42 Brattle Street,
Cambridge, MA 02238-9113; (617)
547-6789.
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Massachusetts
Literacy Organizations
- Massachusetts
Adult Literacy Hotline: c/o SABES, World
Education, 44 Farnsworth St, Boston, MA 02111;
1-800-447-8844. They have a complete and
up-to-date list of adult basic education, adult
secondary education, and adult English language
classes in Massachusetts.
- Eastern
Massachusetts Literacy Council: 400 High Street, Medford,
MA 02155; (781) 395-2374, (781) 395-3281 fax. EMLC is a private
non-profit affiliate of ProLiteracy
Worldwide, the largest nonprofit volunteer adult literacy
organization in the world.
- Literacy
Volunteers of Massachusetts: 15 Court
Square-Suite 540, Boston, MA 02108; (617)
367-1313. Affiliated with Literacy
Volunteers of
America.
- Massachusetts
Board of Library
Commissioners:
648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215; (617)
267-9400 or 1-800-952-7403. Although this branch
of the state government is not primarily a
literacy organization, they may also be able to
help direct people towards literacy
programs.
- SABES:
The System for Adult Basic Education Support,
this organization was established to support
literacy programming in Massachusetts. ALRI is a regional branch of SABES for the Boston
area.
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