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NPCC English as a Second Language(ESL) Program

The English as a Second Language (ESL) program addresses the needs of Limited English Proficiency (LEP) adults. This service includes adult immigrants, residents, and citizens of the U.S. whose native language is not English. The ESL program offers instruction in pre-literacy skills, reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, U.S. citizenship, and cultural literacy.

The main concern of the ESL program is to help adults with limited English proficiency better communicate in English in order to enter the American mainstream. Classes are conducted in English. The ESL program must take into account many factors involved in this type of education. Some students have post-graduate degrees in their own languages and may be illiterate. Some want only survival competence, while others want to have advanced linguistic competence. Some speak and understand English quite well but do not read or write it. The ESL program addresses the cultural adjustment difficulties, which can be a major barrier to success.

For more information,
please contact Becky Linsky, Director of Adult Education, at 501-760-4339
or Claudia Lippold, Secretary, at 501-760-4335

View a map to the Adult Education building on the NPCC Campus.