ESL Resources in Champaign-Urbana East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center, 302 S Birch Street, Urbana; 217-344-8455 Website: www.ecirmac.weebly.com Provides one/one translation services in French, Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), and Arabic. Charges start at $25/document. English Center USA (UIUC), 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, 217-344-3310 Website: www.englishcenter.com/index.html Offers tutoring and both part-time and full-time English classes to international students, visiting scholars, and their families in Champaign-Urbana. Tuition fees apply. Please call for more information and class times. English Corner, 810 W. Oregon Avenue, Urbana Website: www.illinoisaxiom.com/english-corner/ Provides gatherings for conversation practice, opportunities to learn about American culture, and field trips. First Presbyterian Church of Champaign, 302 W. Church Street., Champaign; 217-356-7238 Website: www.firstchurchchampaign.org/esl Offers beginning English classes. Monday through Thursday; 9:00 am – 11:00 am. First United Methodist Church of Urbana, 304 S. Race Street, Urbana; 217-367-8384 Website: www.fumc-urbana.org/conversational-english-class/ Offers conversational English class twice a week: Monday at 6:30 pm and Thursday at 10 am (no summer Thursday classes) Intensive English Institute (UIUC), 616 E. Green Street, Suite 210, Champaign, IL 61820; 217-333-6598; Website: https://www.iei.illinois.edu Offers two major programs: The Intensive English Program and Special Group Programs. International Coffeehouse (UIUC), 1203 Green Street, corner of Goodwin and Green, Urbana Website: http://wesleyui.org/studentcenter/international Come enjoy free coffee, tea, fruit juice and snacks while practicing English with American volunteers and other students, Fridays from 4-6 pm. ESL class from 3-4 pm on Fridays. Check for summer schedule. Mattis Avenue Free Methodist Church, 1913 S. Mattis Avenue, Champaign; 217-355-5947 Website: www.mattisave.org/english-conversation Informal class provided on conversational English and American culture. Childcare provided. Parkland College (Champaign, IL), 217-351-2580 Website: www.parkland.edu/international/esl.aspx Offers free classes in Basic Communication Skills for Everyday Life to all refugees and immigrants, and non-native speakers with limited English proficiency. These are beginning to intermediate classes. Project Read, 217-353-2662 Website: http://www.parkland.edu/resources/adulted/literacy.aspx Provides free tutoring to adults seeking to improve their reading, writing, and/or ESL skills. Urbana Adult Education (downtown Urbana), 211 North Race Street, Urbana, IL 61801, 217-384-3530 Website: http://urbanaadulteducation.org/english-as-a-second-language Offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced level English classes. Sessions focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Call to make an appointment for a placement test or for further information. For English language resources in the Champaign-Urbana area, see UIUC’s Linguistics webpage Department website: http://www.linguistics.illinois.edu/students/esl/ESLopportunities.html International student and scholar services: http://isss.ilinois.edu/publications/english/englang.html NOTE: see http://isss.illinois.edu/download_forms/ihc/ESL_schedule.pdf for current English conversation schedule. Champaign Public Library | Information Services 217/403-2070 | [email protected] | champaign.org Revised 12/2017 .