Blending ESL and Cooking
January 22, 2016
"On a recent Wednesday afternoon, 20 recent immigrants and refugees to the United States streamed into a shiny commercial-size kitchen on the fourth floor of the Free Library of Philadelphia's central branch. In a new twist on standard language courses, they were there for an English lesson folded into a cooking class.
The program, dubbed Edible Alphabet, is run through the library and Nationalities Service Center, an organization which helps settle refugees when they arrive in Philadelphia. By holding class alongside a cooking lesson, organizers hope to provide a familiar setting for the students — who hail from over 10 different countries — to connect to each other."
