ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL)
Inglés para personas que hablan otro lenguaje (ESOL)

No cost classes are supported by grant funding from Maryland Literacy Works and the U.S Department of Education.

Beginning ESOL- Lifeskills*Grant Funded-No Cost ( ESOL Básico)
This course will help beginning students learn basic English for workplace and community settings. Topics to be covered include: simple questions and answers, filling out forms, understanding time and numbers, and following directions. New students must take a placement test at registration. 7 weeks/45 hours. Returning students please bring the Returning Student Referral Form to avoid being retested. No registration fee, materials included. To register, see the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program Placement Registration Chart.

Intermediated ESOL - Lifeskills *Grant Funded-No Cost ( ESOL Intermedio)
This course will help intermediate students improve English for workplace and community settings. Topics to be covered include: simple conversations, requesting information, writing notes or short letters, understanding instructions, and interpreting schedules. New intermediate students must take a placement test at registration. 7 weeks/45 hours. Returning students please bring the Returning Student Referral Form to avoid being retested. No registration fee, materials included. Returning students please bring the Returning Student Referral Form to avoid being retested. No registration fee, materials included. To register, see the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program Placement Registration Chart.

Beginning and Intermediate classes start the sfirst week of July and end the third week of August.  Class dates will be given at registration.

ESOL Advanced Reading, Writing & Editing 2 $175, $55 seniors
(ESOL Avanzado en Lectura, Escritura y Revisión)
This course is designed to help advanced foreign born adults with advanced ESOL skills develop a firm basis in specific reading, writing, and editing skills. Topics to be covered include: reading and vocabulary strategies, identifying discourse markers and rhetorical devices, determining writer's purpose, identifying genre, complex sentence structure, paragraph and essay organization, self and peer editing. 7 weeks/45 hours. Materials included in registration fee. To enroll, call 410-455-4700.

You must call at least 3 business days prior to the class start date if you wish to withdraw and receive a refund.

ESOL Advanced Conversation $75 (Tuition: $35 Fees: $40)
(ESOL Conversación Avanzada)
Foreign-born adults with an advanced level of English comprehension, fluency, and accuracy in oral conversation can improve their skills. Topics to be covered include: speaking and listening skills, and appropriate conversation for the workplace and academic settings. 7 weeks/45 hours. Materials included in registration fee. To enroll, call 410-455-4700.

Classes start the first week of July and end the third week of August. Class schedule will be given at registration.

You must call at least 3 business days prior to the class start date if you wish to withdraw and receive a refund.

ESOL Family Literacy for Parents and Children  *Grant Funded – No Fee
This class is designed for parents and their elementary school aged or younger children. Helps improve reading, speaking, writing and listening skills focusing on materials used in everyday, family, school, and job-related situations. Class includes training for parents on how to be full partners in their children's education. Pre-school and/or childcare provided, with educational activities that focus on the preparation of the children for success in school and other life experiences. Parenting groups and home visits offered. Daytime classes are available. Call the site you want to attend to make an appointment to be assessed.

Grammar for ESL Online $99, $99 seniors (Tuition: $20 Fees: $ 79)
This 6-week online course includes in-depth analysis of English grammar for intermediate to advanced English as Second Language college students. Structure of Standard English is explored in order to prepare the learner for regular mainstream English classes. Topics include a review of all tenses, the use of modals, the adjective clause, the noun clause, the adverb clause, phrases, count and non-count nouns, and some English terms. To obtain additional information, send an email to Don Elliott.

Student Support Services
Student Support Services assists students to achieve their educational goals. Examples of these services are academic learning support, information and referral, and career advising for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students attending CCBC literacy classes. For more information, call 410-285-9428 or 410-285-9493.