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Erica Avery – October Volunteer Spotlight

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ILI is looking for local families, living within w

ILI is looking for local families, living within walking distance of ILI in downtown Northampton or on a bus route, to host adult international students enrolled in the school's intensive English courses. Currently we have students from 17 different countries studying at the school. It’s a wonderful way to welcome very interested and interesting people as they work on their English skills. And it’s a terrific opportunity for you to broaden your cultural experiences, sharing your family’s traditions with the students as they share theirs with you.

Hosts receive a weekly stipend to cover their costs ($150 a week for a private room without meals; $250 a week for a private room with meals). The length of stay can vary with the minimum stay of one month. Students attend intensive English classes at ILI Mondays-Thursdays 9-2:30 and Fridays 9-noon. Visit ili.edu for more information.

And for a first-hand experience about hosting, read Greg Kerstetter's article, Hosting international students is rewarding. Greg teaches in our free English program- read his article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette here: https://www.gazettenet.com/Guest-Columnist-Kerstetter-51945600

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Free English classes expand and so does ILI’s te

Free English classes expand and so does ILI’s teacher corps!

And speaking of the 2023-2024 school year, we have expanded the number of “seats” in the free English program by 72% over the past few years, starting this month! How did this come about? Last December, we received news from our partner, the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, that they accepted our proposal to expand the program, including the addition of a new intensive morning class.

And that brought about a need to grow our teaching corps. Over the next few days we'll spotlight some of the new teachers in the free English program team.

Meet Calebb Louis
Calebb holds a B.A. in literature and political science from Rutgers University, an M.A. in applied linguistics and a TESOL graduate certificate from Texas A&M University. He is working on an MFA in creative writing at Drexel University.

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⭐️✨Each month ILI contributes a Word of the

⭐️✨Each month ILI contributes a Word of the Month to @northampton.living , this month it’s IKWINOKSI, the SWAHILI word for EQUINOX. ✨⭐️
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Thanks to Gina at @smithartmuseum for another enga

Thanks to Gina at @smithartmuseum for another engaging interactive tour of the current exhibit titled Sum of Its Parts, which touched on the topics of climate change, family, and storytelling. 🖼️

NEW Fall Language Classes are being offered at ILI

NEW Fall Language Classes are being offered at ILI! 🌹🎬 Visit ili.edu OR email heather@ili.edu to learn more about the great classes coming up this fall in our World Language Program! Courses begin in a matter of days, so sign up fast! 💨

Today we celebrated September birthdays at ILI wit

Today we celebrated September birthdays at ILI with a delicious cake and sang happy birthday to Natalia, Jo and Jina in English, Chinese, Danish, Korean, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian. 🎂 All the other languages represented sing the song in English.

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