In 2024 alone, Festa and its over 2,000 volunteers served 1,934 children and 1,327 families from 71 countries.

ESL teacher Jorge Saucedo leads a class about weather in his Fannin school classroom. Student Marina Baldez is a 30 year-old nurse from Mexico who can't be a nurse here until she masters English.

MT. VERNON — Adult English classes hosted by the Vernon Township Public Library at Mt. Vernon Middle School started this week and will aim to help meet the needs of people with different levels of ...

Picking up a new language at any stage of life presents challenges, but for older adults learning English after moving to the United States, the endeavor can be especially consuming. Metro area ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Adults are now able to unlock new opportunities and build on skills with the YWCA Literacy Council's diverse range of English language and computer skills classes. The classes will ...

For some refugees and immigrants who now call the Quad Cities home, it isn't always easy to learn a new language, while also working a job. Black Hawk College offers free, adult English as a Second ...