Grant to help ECC with new adult ed strategy Chicago Sun-Times Historically, the idea behind adult education was to ”go through the levels” — earning a GED (that is, passing the General Education Development test) or gaining English as a Second Language proficiency before moving on to higher-level courses, ... and more »

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Riverside's ESL program second largest in county Scranton Times-Tribune By Jim Lockwood (Staff Writer) Vivian Kelly, teacher of English as a second language at Riverside East Elementary school in Moosic, goes over geometric shapes with students, from left, Melvin Castro, Sairis Lozado, Yahil Nieves, Danny Coello Hidalgo, ... and more »

New Year’s: History.Com ESL Voices Lesson Plan for this post Celebrating the start of the  New Year has been practiced for at least four thousand years. The following article reviews the history,  significance and common traditions of this festive, and meaningful holiday.  Excerpt: “Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year [...]

community colleges set to ration classes San Francisco Chronicle The plan also points to colleges' role in providing remedial classes, community service courses, workforce training and free, noncredit classes, including English as a Second Language. Last spring, 203500 students statewide took noncredit classes, ... and more »

Language professor's holidays have an Oriental flavor Hometownlife.com That experience prompted Schlief to pursue her master's degree in teaching English as a second language with a plan to return to Asia to teach. Twenty years later, she applied for the fellowship that brought her to Vietnam. Known as the “eternal city” ...

Staying home and succeeding Detroit Free Press It has offerings in 35 languages, and 15 ESL (English as a Second Language) courses, and last year began direct-to-consumer sales. Goulas says Mango occupies a unique position in the marketplace because of its integration of language and culture. ... and more »

Download Gobby; know the meaning of frequently used English idioms Economic Times Learners and speakers of English as a second language can now download Gobby - a nifty iPhone and Android application that helps explain the meaning of frequently used idioms in everyday speech. Gobby aims to make English figures of speech less ...

Ministry provides support for Latino community Topeka Capital Journal Vida director Consti Garay teaches a lesson on the four seasons during a recent English as a Second Language class at Vida Eastboro Life Together Ministry Inc., 3168 SE 6th. Vida, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving Latinos in the Topeka area ...