This is a post from Movie Class teacher Janel:
Watch the movie preview below and then take a quiz about it to test your comprehension and your English. The preview is for a movie about immigrants called In America. Watch and listen carefully – you may have to watch it more than once!
If the movie looks interesting to you, and you’d like to watch it, it’s available for free at the New York Public Library. Click here to take a look!
We asked the students in Class 4A what they did this summer. Watch their response:
What about you? What did you do this summer? Leave a reply!
Last spring, we told you that three of our students – Lucy Liu, Walter Wan, and Grace Guo – had been published in the Literacy Review. The Literacy Review is a collection of writing by adult literacy students in New York City. It is published by NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. NYU Gallatin professor June Foley teaches a writing class here at University Settlement on Fridays.
In the video below, you can see many students reading from their stories at a special celebration last May at NYU. You can see our own Grace Guo at the 1:45 mark.
To read this year’s Literacy Review, click here.
To read more about NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, click here.
Well, classes are over. But you can still practice your English on this site! We will continue to update this site several times a week – all summer long!
On Friday, the daytime classes had a big party to celebrate (or mourn) the end of another successful school year. We asked the people at party the question “What are you going to do this summer?” This is what they said:
What about you? What are you going to do this summer? Leave a reply!
There is a new promotional video for the Adult Literacy Program on University Settlement’s official website. It features some familiar faces, and in the video a couple students you might know talk about why they study English. Watch it on the official University Settlement website, or watch it here:
After you watch, take the quiz to test your listening and memory: