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Semente
I just arrivedAcabei de chegar
HomeInícioServicesCultosJust arrivedChegueiGroupsCélulasEnglishInglêsGiveDízimos
Semente
HomeInícioServicesCultosJust arrivedChegueiGroupsCélulasEnglishInglêsGiveDízimos

118 Waverly St, Framingham, MA 01702

(555) 014-6610

contato@example.org

I just arrivedAcabei de chegar

English classes · freeAulas de inglês · grátis

Learn English with neighbors who remember how hard it was.Aprenda inglês com vizinhos que lembram como foi difícil.

Tuesday and Thursday nights in the classrooms behind the sanctuary. Four levels, six-week terms, and a teacher who will make you talk on day one.Terças e quintas à noite nas salas atrás do templo. Quatro níveis, turmas de seis semanas e uma professora que vai te fazer falar no primeiro dia.

  • No cost, books includedDe graça, com material incluso
  • We never ask about documentsNunca perguntamos sobre documentos
  • Childcare in Room 1 while you studyCuidamos das crianças na Sala 1 enquanto você estuda
  • Priscila replies by WhatsApp within a dayA Priscila responde por WhatsApp em até um dia

Rather talk?Prefere conversar? (555) 014-6624

Tutor helping a woman with notes on a sofa
Level 2 practicing a doctor's appointment, Room 3.Turma do nível 2 treinando uma consulta médica, Sala 3.

Save a seatGaranta sua vaga

Your English todaySeu inglês hoje
Which nights work?Quais noites dá?

Demo form. Nothing is sent.Formulário de demonstração. Nada é enviado.

You're on the list,Você está na lista, .

Priscila will message you on WhatsApp with your level test time.A Priscila vai te mandar mensagem no WhatsApp com o horário do teste de nível.

LevelsNíveis

Four rooms, four levelsQuatro salas, quatro níveis

Level 1 · First wordsNível 1 · Primeiras palavrasTue & Thu 7:30 PM, Room 2Ter e qui 19h30, Sala 2Almost no EnglishQuase nada de inglês

Greetings, numbers, your address, the pharmacy and the bus. Taught half in Portuguese.Cumprimentos, números, seu endereço, a farmácia e o ônibus. Metade da aula em português.

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Level 2 · Everyday EnglishNível 2 · Inglês do dia a diaTue & Thu 7:30 PM, Room 3Ter e qui 19h30, Sala 3Understands a littleEntende um pouco

Doctor's visits, school meetings, calling the landlord. Lots of role-play.Consulta médica, reunião da escola, ligar para o dono do apartamento. Muita simulação.

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Level 3 · English for workNível 3 · Inglês para o trabalhoTue & Thu 7:30 PM, Room 4Ter e qui 19h30, Sala 4Gets by at workSe vira no trabalho

Talking to clients, safety vocabulary for construction and cleaning, and phone calls.Falar com cliente, vocabulário de segurança para obra e limpeza, e ligações.

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Level 4 · Interviews and examsNível 4 · Entrevistas e provasThu 7:30 PM, Room 5Qui 19h30, Sala 5ConversationalJá conversa

Job interviews, the driver's permit test and the citizenship civics questions for those who need them.Entrevista de emprego, prova teórica de habilitação e as perguntas de cidadania para quem precisa.

Get connected
Smiling teacher with glasses and arms crossed in a classroom

Priscila NogueiraPriscila Nogueira

Coordinator, and the voice on the WhatsApp line.Coordenadora, e quem responde no WhatsApp.

The teachersOs professores

Twelve volunteers, one very organized coordinatorDoze voluntários e uma coordenadora muito organizada

Priscila Nogueira taught English in Ipatinga for nine years before she cleaned houses in Natick for three. She knows both sides of the classroom.A Priscila Nogueira deu aula de inglês em Ipatinga por nove anos antes de fazer faxina em Natick por três. Ela conhece os dois lados da sala de aula.

The other teachers are neighbors: two retired schoolteachers from Framingham, a nurse from MetroWest Medical Center, and several of our own former students.Os outros professores são vizinhos: duas professoras aposentadas de Framingham, uma enfermeira do MetroWest Medical Center e vários ex-alunos nossos.

  • Classes of no more than twelveTurmas de no máximo doze
  • New terms start every six weeksTurmas novas a cada seis semanas
  • Certificate at the end of each levelCertificado ao fim de cada nível
Volunteer to teachSeja professor voluntário

QuestionsPerguntas

Before your first classAntes da primeira aula

Do I have to go to the church to take a class?Preciso frequentar a igreja para fazer a aula?

No. About half our students go to another church or none at all.Não. Mais ou menos metade dos alunos é de outra igreja ou de nenhuma.

I work until 7. Can I still come?Trabalho até as 19h. Ainda dá para vir?

Come in at 7:45. Everybody does at least once.Chegue às 19h45. Todo mundo já chegou atrasado uma vez.

What should I bring?O que eu levo?

Nothing. Books, notebooks and coffee are here.Nada. Livro, caderno e café ficam aqui.

Semente

An independent evangelical church started in an apartment on Concord Street in 2009. Portuguese first, English always welcome.Uma igreja evangélica independente que começou num apartamento da Concord Street em 2009. Português primeiro, inglês sempre bem-vindo.

Pages

  • HomeInício
  • ServicesCultos
  • Just arrivedCheguei
  • GroupsCélulas
  • EnglishInglês
  • GiveDízimos

Find usOnde estamos

  • 118 Waverly St, Framingham, MA 01702
  • (555) 014-6610
  • contato@example.org
  • Sun 10 AM and 6 PMDom 10h e 18h
  • Wed 8 PM prayerQua 20h oração
  • Tue & Thu 7:30 PM English classesTer e qui 19h30 inglês
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Design notes

Why Igreja Semente looks the way it does

A bilingual site for a Brazilian evangelical church whose real work happens between Sundays: helping families who arrived last month get warm, learn English and find a living room to belong in. Portuguese leads everywhere a member would look; English is never an afterthought.

Built for
Brazilian immigrants in MetroWest Boston, many recently arrived from Minas Gerais, plus their English-speaking kids and spouses.
Navigation
Floating dock. Navigation floats in a dock at the bottom of the screen, where thumbs and eyes already are.
Pages
Home, Services, Just arrived, Groups, English, Give
Hero
a short action form as the hero: the one thing most visitors came to do (request a ride, ask for help, register a child) can be done before they scroll, with reassurance beside it. Variants: a = headline, reassurance and a photo on the left with the form as a raised card on the right; b = a tall photo carrying the headline, with the form and reassurance on a plain panel beside it; c = headline beside a photo, then the form laid out as one horizontal booking bar; a headline over a slow, continuous strip of captioned photographs that visitors can also drag or scroll; it pauses on hover and focus, has a pause button, and stays still for people who prefer reduced motion. Variants: a = headline and lead side by side above a strip of mixed portrait and landscape photos; b = a giant headline beneath a strip whose photos step up and down; c = two strips moving in opposite directions with the headline between them

Typography

Epilogue at 800 carries the headlines. It has a slightly cut, storefront quality that suits a church in a former furniture showroom, and its accents (ã, ç, é) sit cleanly without crowding the line. DM Sans handles reading text because it stays crisp on the low-cost Android phones most new arrivals use.

Color

The palette comes from an açaí bowl: a deep purple brand color and a maracujá yellow accent. It says Brazil without reaching for the green and yellow of the flag, which every Brazilian business in Framingham already uses. Neutrals carry a faint violet bias so the page never feels gray.

Layout and navigation

Navigation lives in a floating dock at the bottom of the screen because this audience is almost entirely on phones, often one-handed on a bus. Six icons, labels in whichever language is chosen, and the nav action is the one thing a newcomer needs most: 'Acabei de chegar'.

The hero

The opening is a slow strip of photographs captioned with times: lunch, futebol, the coat closet, a home group. For people deciding whether a church is for them, seeing a normal week is more persuasive than any headline, and the strip pauses on touch and stays still for anyone who prefers reduced motion.

Calls to action

Each action names a real next step: 'I just arrived', 'Find a home group', 'Save a seat in English class', 'Give your tithe'. 'Dízimo' is the word these members use; 'donate' would sound like a charity appeal.

Photography

Real weekly scenes over stage shots: winter coats, food on the table, kids on the steps, futebol on a dry field. Faces are mixed, as Brazilian congregations are. Captions name places a member would recognise, like Bowditch Field and the basement hall.

Accessibility

Every string has a natural Portuguese version, and the language toggle remembers the choice. The FAQ says plainly that nobody will ask about immigration status, because fear is the biggest barrier for this audience. Contrast passes AA in both themes and the dock buttons are 48 pixels tall.

Type system

  • DisplayEpilogueA grotesque with a slightly hand-cut edge, heavy enough for a storefront sign on Waverly Street and clean with Portuguese accents.
  • TextDM SansLow-contrast and open, it reads well on the cheap Android phones most of our newcomers arrive with.

Colour and contrast

Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.

Light theme

PairingSampleRatioWCAG
Body text on pageAa15.69:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa17.57:1AAA
Secondary textAa5.77:1AA
LinksAa9.92:1AAA
Button textAa11.12:1AAA
Accent label textAa6.41:1AA
Text on dark bandsAa15.69:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa8.17:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa11.12:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa6.96:1AA

Dark theme

PairingSampleRatioWCAG
Body text on pageAa15.91:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa14.49:1AAA
Secondary textAa6.95:1AA
LinksAa9.04:1AAA
Button textAa9.11:1AAA
Accent label textAa11.07:1AAA
Text on dark bandsAa16.74:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa8.33:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa9.11:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa5.55:1AA

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