ESL school training courses in Baltimore, MD (public, in-house or online)

If English is not your native language, CCBC’s English for Speakers of Other Language classes are just what you need. You will progress through the ESOL classes at a pace that will improve your writing and reading skills and progress toward proficiency in listening and speaking. Improving your English skills will help you gain confidence and increase your ability to communicate in the classroom and workplace.

This course prepares non-native speakers to understand and respond to college-level material across academic disciplines. The course offers development of critical and inferential reading skills, and practice producing well-developed, logical, and cohesive essays. Students build familiarity with the format and organizational elements of fiction and nonfiction text encountered in academic settings. They synthesize reading and research material and incorporate ideas in their own writing by paraphr...

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The ESL Programs at Baltimore City Community College serve immigrants, refugees, foreign students, and other entrants who want to improve their English skills. Each year, over 3,500 students are enrolled in ESL classes in the Baltimore area in these English Language Learning programs:

English Language Institute
Community ESL
Refugee Assistance Program and Refugee Youth
Citizenship

The demand for English language instruction for adult learners has far outpaced the training capacity of many of our nation’s ESL training providers. The greatest challenge is finding qualified instructors to deliver the critically needed courses.

ESL providers need a flexible, affordable, and research-based professional development series to help new ESL educators get off to the right start. That is why Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, developed the ...

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Has your academic or career progress been slowed by the challenges of writing in English? Many ESL learners have excellent educations, training, and skills in their native countries. However, their dreams of success elude them in English-speaking countries because they cannot write effectively in their new language. This course will show you what English readers expect and how your writing can achieve your goals.

You will learn about the entire writing process and its five stages: prewrit...

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