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English Language Support

LCs for Incoming Freshmen in need of​ English language support

Incoming Freshmen in need of English language support

Take a two-semester ESL Link  which links English courses with the First Year Seminar, Speech, and another subject area, including Psychology and Sociology. These learning communities also include tutoring in a Reading Lab.

Some examples of a learning community for ESL freshmen students are:

Resilience

This learning community links English as a Second Language (ESL 101), Psychology (PSY 11), Listening and Speaking Skills (SPE 11), and Integrative Language Seminar (ENG 1050). Students in this learning community will be able to discuss important aspects of relationships in spoken and written English. Students will explore through reading, writing, speaking, and listening—-the topic of resilience as it relates to the individual mind and society.

Culture and Contexts

This learning community links English as a Second Language (ESL 101), with Listening and Speaking Skills (SPE 11), an Integrative Language Seminar (ENG 1050), a Freshmen Seminar (SD 10), and Reading Lab with Tutors. Students are asked to explore—through reading, writing, and speaking—the relationships among society and the individual. By the end of the semester, students who study in this learning community will be able to discuss these relationships in spoken and written Standard American English. In the spring semester, English as a Second Language (ESL 102) continues, linked with Effective Public Speaking (SPE21), the Reading Lab, and additional courses of students’ choice.

To learn more, please contact Patricia George (patricia.george@kbcc.cuny.edu
or at 718-368-5264.

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