Learn to Read
Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts at the Pollard Memorial Library can help you learn to read better. We will find a tutor to help you. You and your tutor will meet privately each week for 2 hours. Your tutor will help you improve your reading and help you reach your goals. Currently, THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR A TUTOR.
Learn to Speak English
Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts at the Pollard Memorial Library can help you learn to speak English. We will find a tutor to help you. You and your tutor will meet privately each week for 2 hours. Your tutor will help you improve your English and help you reach your goals. Currently, THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR A TUTOR.
More About Receiving a Tutor
Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts at the Pollard Memorial Library (LVM@PML) provides free, confidential, and flexibly scheduled tutoring in either basic literacy or English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Tutor and student pairs meet in person at mutually agreeable times at the library or other locations in the Greater Lowell area. Remote and hybrid tutoring options are also available. A potential student must be over the age of 16, not enrolled in school, and willing to commit to a regular tutoring schedule. Currently, THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR A TUTOR.
New Reader Collection
The Pollard Memorial Library has a collection of materials designed for our basic literacy and ESOL students and their tutors. It is called the New Reader collection and is located on the Second Floor of the library. Students on our waiting list are welcome to borrow materials from this collection with their library card while they wait for a tutor. For more information about our New Reader collection, please visit our Collections page.
Conversation Group & Beginning English Class
Literacy Volunteers at the Pollard Memorial Library offers conversation groups for newer speakers of English to connect with native speakers in a safe, interactive setting. Currently, an intermediate/advanced level group meets Friday mornings from 10:30 until 12:30 online via Zoom.
A beginning level English class is scheduled to start in mid-January, in person on Tuesday mornings at the Lowell Senior Center.
For more information about our conversation group or beginning English class, please contact Sarah Miller, Adult Literacy Program Director at 978-674-1541 or smiller@LowellLibrary.org.Â
Or, you may contact Sarah Miller, Adult Literacy Program Director at 978-674-1541 or smiller@LowellLibrary.org.Â
If you email directly, please include your full name, phone, and email address, and also tell us a little bit about yourself and why you would like a tutor. Thank you!
If you would like become an Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutor, please visit our Volunteer page.
Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts at the Pollard Memorial Library is an affiliate of Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts
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