Our Spring Appeal launches on May 15th, 2023! Our goal is $5000 to support our ESOL and basic literacy tutoring, our conversation and citizenship classes. Will you support us? Donate with Paypal through QR code or send a check to: Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area PO BOX 7197 Fitchburg, MA 01420 Every donation
Practice your English with Jim on Sunday evenings, 7 - 7:40 PM, May 14 - June 18. This is for free and you do not have to register, just join the zoom class! Join the Zoom
Our winter conversation circle is on Tuesdays, February 7 – April 25, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM in the Historical Meeting Room on the second floor of the Leominster Public Library, 30 West St. Leominster. Sign Up Sign Up
FREE CITIZENSHIP CLASSES! (U.S. CITIZENSHIP EXAM PREPARATION) Leominster Public Library Wednesdays evenings, 6-8 pm March 15 - May 31 You can apply for citizenship if you have had your green card for at least 5 years or 3 years and are married to a U.S. citizen. Sign Up Sign Up
February 7, 6:30 — 7:30 PM Lunenburg Public Library Scammers try new methods to trick you all the time. But if you know the signs to look for, you may avoid becoming a victim. Join us for an interesting presentation and Q&A on how to identify fraud and common scams to protect yourself and
For every booking, LVMONT receives a $10 donation! Help us to improve literacy skills while you ski!! USE CODE: DON-LVMA
Zwanieke Visser Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area (LVMont) is pleased to announce the hiring of Zwanieke Visser as the organization’s new Executive Director. Zwanieke has extensive international background, ESOL teaching experience and significant leadership and management experience in a variety of challenging settings. A former Navy Officer and military spouse who
The Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area has elected Luisa Fernandez, Anaili Diane Hernandez, and Girija Verma to its Board of Directors. Ms. Fernandez is currently the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator for the Fitchburg Public Schools. She also serves as president of Inform Fitchburg and is a member of the MOC Policy Council,
The Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area Board of Directors welcomes Anne Ndunda as a new board member and board treasurer. Welcome and thank you, Anne! Anne is finance director at Waltham Committee, Inc. We also have a new Fundraising and Marketing Committee member, Paul Vernucci, Manager of COVID-19 Response at Worcester State University. Paul worked with another
Common Sense Teaching ESL is the website of ESOL book author David Kehe, who has written excellent books on conversation strategies. On his site there are articles about such strategies as clarification, rejoinders, follow-up questions, and other moves that we make in conversation. These can be difficult to teach because those of us who have grown up speaking
