From our evening class, Xuan has written a wonderful essay about her decision to come to the US from Vietnam. This essay aired on The Public's Radio Mosaic series and you can hear the author read her impressive story here: One Step
Unmuted World is an evolving collection of essays by adult English language learners in the Providence Public Library's RIFLI (Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative) program. The writers here represent diverse geography, cultures and faiths. Many are writing in English for the first time. We began in response to an idea to share work from advanced ESL classes, and to create an outlet for new Americans to share their personal stories and express their ideas.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Maria on Mosaic
Maria, one of the active writers in our classes has broadcast an original essay on The Public's Radio's Mosaic podcast. We're proud to share the link to her essay and recording here.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
A Vision of the Future - Ogalis H. on Mosaic
Ogalis Hernandez, one of our writers from advanced class has just published and broadcast her essay, A Vision of the Future, on The Public's Radio here in Rhode Island. She tells the story of how she urged her kids to begin studying English from an early age to help give them better choices for the future.
Ogalis is the third writer from our group to broadcast an essay on Mosaic, a regular public radio podcast which covers immigration in America from a wide variety of perspectives.
Feel free to follow the link to read or listen to Ogalis' essay.
Monday, August 29, 2022
Beatriz Bueno on The Public's Radio
Congratulations to Beatriz for having her wonderful essay, What Moving to the US Has Taught Me, featured on Mosaic Community Essays. Her story was broadcast this morning, Monday, August 29, 2022, on public radio. Please take a few minutes to click on the link and listen to her beautifully written story. Beatriz was in our evening writing class and wrote the first draft of her essay in response to one our class writing prompts. The story you hear on the link is her finished draft. I hope you enjoy Beatriz' story, and don't hesitate to post a comment to let her know!
What Moving to the US Has Taught Me
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Beatriz Bueno - Brazil
Monday, August 22, 2022
Elvin Writes for Mosaic on The Public's Radio
Elvin, from our evening writing class just published and broadcast his essay, One Year in America, on Mosaic Community Essays, a podcast produced by The Public's Radio right here in Rhode Island.
Elvin wrote his essay completely in English, even though he is reading it in Spanish. On the link below, you can hear the essay being read in both languages.
Congratulations to Elvin!
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Elvin - Venezuela
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