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For American Sign Language Arabic, Chinese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian and Korean Contact Kim For French and Italian Contact Diane For German, Spanish or LEAP! |
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Capital Region Language Center (CRLC) is happy to
announce an ESL initiative with Rensselaer that began in January of 2012. This program has been created in collaboration with Rensselaer's Department of Human Resources. If you are interested in joining our ESL program, please call or write to Diane (518-795-8945 - ella habla español) to find out about upcoming sessions. Current Program Details: Thirty hours of class on campus at RPI meeting once per week from 5:30-7:30 PM, for 15 weeks.
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Level 1:
Beginning English
Goals: Using all four literacy
skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) lessons and exercises will
focus on basic language needed for daily living, workplace, and civic
competence
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Level 2:
English for Conversation
Goals: Using all four literacy
skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) lessons and exercises will
focus on building confidence with language necessary for simple conversation
with co-workers.
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Level 3: Fine
Tuning English Usage
Goals: Fine-tuning of common
grammatical errors and vocabulary growth.
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Level 4: Adding
a U.S. Accent to your Speech Repertoire
Goals: Students will practice
listening to and speaking the rhythm, stress and intonation of U.S. English
in a group setting. The goal here is NOT to lose your accent, but to learn
to correct the transfers from your first language that make it difficult for
native U.S. speakers to understand you.
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New Classes: Already have proficiency in another language? Join any of our existing classes after requesting a placement test. CRLC is now serving on Cultural Transition Advisory Board Is it important to be bi/trilingual? Language CDs or Classes? CDs are ok as a supplemental resource, but they generally won't do the job alone...Call us |
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