Conversation Club for English Learners

I'd like to set up a Conversation Club in my community for immigrants and limited English speakers to practice using English. This club would take place 2 to 3 times a week in one of our buildings (or at the community's cafe). English Learners could sign up for free one-on-one conversations with native speakers of English living in our community of roughly 60 people. I would provide starter conversation topics or short articles tailored to non-native speakers of English, if needed. Making this work might mean the city provides compensation for community members who offer their time as conversation partners and for me to organize these regular events.

I teach ESL using the We Speak NYC materials at the College of Staten Island. My students often do not have English speakers at home, and do not know people to practice speaking English with outside the classroom. Lacking a context to practice using English slows their progress considerably.

Limited English Speakers

Immigrants / Migrants