library. This is Patrick Henry so we're in the

Vienna library. We do it in the little conference room

that's off to your right when you come in the main

doors, um we have for about an hour and a half.

Currently we have two groups, a beginners group

and an advanced group. Each week we come up with a

lesson plan, usually related to whatever's

going on in the calendar at that point, so around

Christmas time we'll talk about Christmas traditions

and other winter holiday traditions. We get a lot of

students from all over the place. I have some from the

Czech Republic. I have some from Syria. I have some

from China. So any and all are welcome. All levels of

ability are welcome and we just discuss. We help each

other with vocabulary. I'm there to direct the

conversation and I'm there to clarify vocabulary

terms but it's as largely student directed as we can

get it. Most of my students want to learn English for

every day conversation, for just communication with

everybody around them, in their neighborhoods, in their

schools, school meetings, teacher meetings, things

like that. Three years ago I start to learn

English. I come to USA at October 2011 because I am

Syrian. Because the situation in Syria was very

bad. My children lived here so I have to stay here to

be safe. It's very nice class. We can meet very

nice people from other countries. It's a good

opportunity to go out and to see people and really

appreciate a lot what you do for us. So this is

entirely volunteer run. We definitely need more

volunteers. We need a volunteer every single time

the class meets and people's schedules vary

so much. We're also hoping to expand across

different branches. So if you want to learn more, go

to the Fairfax County Library website it's

fairfaxcounty.gov/library or go to your local library

branch, they have information for you.