Yo! Speak English

In this podcast drawn from the Philadelphia Immigration oral history collection, immigrants to Philadelphia in the early 1900s and the present day share stories about how they learned English and adapted to life in a foreign language, recalling the challenges they faced in their new neighborhoods and the life lessons they learned along the way. We encourage you to walk a mile in their shoes and consider the challenges of learning to speak English in Philadelphia, and in the United States as a whole.