ENGLISH AS A
SECOND LANGUAGE
| ESL Continuing Education | ||||
Don't let a lack of ability to understand, read, or write English limit your educational, job, or social opportunities. Prince George's Community College offers a wide variety of English language courses from basic to advanced levels for non-native speakers of English. These courses are designed to improve the student's ability to understand, speak, read, and write English in academic contexts. Students who have completed the ESL courses have gone on to well-paying jobs and to four-year colleges and universities.
No permita que el no entender inglés, o el no saber leerlo ni escribirlo le limite en sus oportunidades de relacionarse , o de conseguir una buena educación o un buen empleo. Prince George le ofrece una gran variedad de cursos en inglés para alumnos extranjeros , desde niveles elementales hasta niveles avanzados.
If your only interest is to improve your English, please check "Continuing Education ESL"
COURSES IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Reading Courses
If you need to:
• expand your basic vocabulary
• improve your ability to understand what you read
• work on specific skills to help you remember what you read
• improve your reading speed
• learn how to study
• improve your ability to understand classroom lectures and take notes
then, based on the results of the placement examination, you will be placed in one of the following courses
:
READING COURSES
ESL 081 Basic Reading Skills
ESL 105 Intermediate Reading Skills
ESL 106 Advanced Reading Skills
Writing and Communication Courses
If you need to
• improve your ability to write clear, logical, and concise paragraphs on a variety of assigned topics
• improve your ability to clearly communicate your ideas in English and also develop self-confidence in speaking the language through practice in small groups
• improve your pronunciation, listening comprehension, and oral skills through practice in the lab and in class
• review those points of English grammar and structure that are essential for good writing and speaking,
then based on the results of the placement examination, you will be placed in one of the following courses:
WRITING AND COMMUNICATION COURSES
ESL 082 Elementary I
ESL 100 Elementary
II
ESL 101 Intermediate I
ESL 102 Intermediate
II
ESL 201 Advanced
ESL
202 Composition
If you need to
* develop speaking and listening skills, call the English Department for information about Speech courses.
Prince George’s Community College’s Adult Education Program offers classes in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESL), at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. These classes are for adults from other countries who need instruction in speaking, understanding, reading and writing English. Classes focus on the language and cultural skills needed to be successful in the workplace and in the community, particularly speaking and listening skills. A literacy level is available at some sites for students who are not literate in their own language.
Classes are held at sites throughout Prince George's County. Most classes meet in the evenings; there is one morning center and one Saturday center. Students must be at least 16 years of age, and not enrolled in a regular high school program. Regular attendance is expected.
Registration for classes is held several times a year, at class sites. Many centers fill quickly; registration is first come, first served. In-person registration is required. Learners take a placement test at registration and are placed in the appropriate class level.
Classes generally meet for a total of 64-66 hours. There is no class fee for the beginning and intermediate levels; there is a $75 tuition and book fee for Advanced ESL. Students must buy their books if they wish to write in and keep them; the book fee is $40.
For more information on class schedules or registration dates, please call (301) 322-0891, or email AdultEducation@pgcc.edu.
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