Free English Classes

In-person and online English classes are offered to beginner, intermediate, and advanced level students and may include speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, as well as American cultural traditions and social norms. Students are given ample opportunity to interact with their teachers and other students. Classes are highly personalized and the curriculum is adjusted to meet the needs and goals of the students in the class.

Welcoming the Stranger's online and in-person classes are open to immigrants and refugees eighteen years of age and older who live in Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Lehigh and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania, and Burlington, Hunterdon and Mercer Counties in New Jersey, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. .Our in-person classes currently take place in Bensalem, Doylestown, Hatboro, Langhorne, Levittown, Morrisville, Richboro, and Warminster in PA and in Lambertville, NJ.

School Calendar

WINTER: January 6, 2026 to March 27, 2026
SPRING: April 6, 2026 to June 27, 2026

SUMMER: July 6, 2026 to August 15, 2026

FALL: September 7, 2026 to November 25, 2026

SPRING TERM REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

ONLINE AND IN-PERSON ENGLISH CLASSES

Registration for Returning Students opens on Friday, March 20, 2026. Note: You are a returning student if you registered for and attended an English class during the Winter 2026 term.
Registration for All Other Students opens on Friday, March 27, 2026. (Note: "All other" students means anyone who did not register for and attend an English class during the Winter 2026 term. If you are not a returning student and you submit a registration request before March 27, 2026, you will not be guaranteed a seat in the class for which you registered.
Note: English students may only register for only one online English class during the Spring term, but they can also register for in-person English classes during that term, as well as Citizenship Preparation and Computer classes,

See our list of all available Winter 2026 classes → List of classes available for spring 2026 coming soon!

How to Enroll

Enroll Here!

Which Level of Online English is Right for You?

English Levels

Before you register for an English class, you must decide if you would do best in a beginner class, an intermediate class, or an advanced class.

Beginner: This class is for people who can speak, read or understand little or no English. Click on Beginner for more information.

Intermediate: This class is meant for people who can communicate understandably with some mistakes. Click on Intermediate for more information.

Advanced: This class is meant for people who can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of everyday subjects with occasional mistakes. Click on Advanced for more information.

5pm-8pm

DAILY

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Other ESL Classes in the Community

See ESL page under Student Resources.

What Our Students Are Saying

Denis I, Russia

Welcoming the strangers is not only about language, it is also about new friends and acquaintances, about teachers who will always come to the rescue and will not leave you in difficult times, about immersion in American culture.

In the end, I would like to say that our life in America is just beginning, but we are very glad that it begins with welcoming the stranger.

Daniel M., Colombia

We have two children and four grandchildren living in this country, as American citizens. It is the only family my wife and I have.

So, we decided to move to this great country for family reunification. Settling down in a different country is quite difficult for older people who barely speak the language. Yes, we could write, read and listen to the English language; but to speak in a proper way in orden to be understood was very difficult. Fortunately we found Welcoming The Stranger who helped us to feel comfortable in many ways. They not only teach english language but also about many ways of good living in america.

Victoria K., Russia

I am very grateful to all my wonderful teachers - Nancy Miller, Paula Barrow, John Davison. I have been studying with Nancy Miller for several years now. Thanks to her, I am starting to speak and understand English. John Davison was my citizenship teacher. He is an extraordinary teacher. He passed on his love for our country to his students. I am now a US citizen.