Our emphasis is usable real world language skills for our students in their target language. We meet these goals by combining book work, exercises and history and cultural activities as well as offering the students the opportunity to study with a professor who is native to their target language.

There are ten levels or steps in Wizard Philadelphia Language Education Center’s English as a second Language program for part time or community students. They are broken into four core levels: Beginner, Transitional Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced. Wizard Philadelphia offers 500 hours of comprehensive Instruction in English for its part time community learners. This instruction includes conversation, pronunciation, reading, writing, grammar, history and culture. Our first thirty weeks of instruction or first three levels are presented in a bi-lingual format. We currently offer bi-lingual beginner classes to the Portuguese & Spanish speaking communities. Intermediate and Advanced levels are mono-lingual and are offered to students of all primary languages.

• Beginner Levels – beginner levels consist of levels one through three. During these levels students build a basic foundation of English Vocabulary and learn to express themselves verbally and in writing to fulfill their basic health, food, occupational and family needs. *Portuguese to English translation or Spanish to English translation
• Transitional Intermediate – level four serves as a transitional level. During level four students apply grammar rules and vocabularies learned during the first four levels to practical skills such as letter writing and begin reading and analyzing print media.

*Monolingual – no translation

• Intermediate – level five through seven students build vocabulary and increase reading comprehension and speech proficiency’s through the exploration of classical American fiction including: poetry, short stories and one act plays. Students apply these refined skills to their every day lives to improve their careers and communication skills. Students at this level should be comfortable communicating only in English in public. Their vocabulary will afford them the ability to communicate efficiently on a day to day basis. Multi-paragraph essays and formal writing prepare students for advanced writing.

*Monolingual – no translation

• Advanced – level eight through ten students build vocabulary and increase reading comprehension and speech proficiency’s through the exploration of classical American fiction, students will be responsible for reading independently and contributing critically to class discussions. Students will participate in group discussions and debate as they work towards their goal of near native speech. Level ten prepares students for work in English only environments or transfer to a college or trade school.