For Randy Almanzar, a SLU-Madrid sophomore from New Jersey, volunteering as a teacher for SLU-Madrid’s Community ESL program has afforded him the opportunity to serve and integrate with people from ...

The Community English Program offers UAB graduate students being trained to become ESL teachers, as well as community volunteers, the opportunity to teach English Classes for individuals 18 years or ...

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You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. It isn’t obvious. ESL refers to English as a Second Language. In many states, responsibility for ...

The lowest level of for-credit community college classes are meaningful for the students enrolled in them. They’re also in decline, as transfer reforms and other factors shape community college course ...

Bryan Shirk, of Coldwater Community Schools, does double duty as a teacher. He teaches kindergarten by day and advanced English Second Language classes by night. Currently, Shirk’s regular ESL ...

Picking up a new language at any stage of life presents challenges, but for older adults learning English after moving to the United States, the endeavor can be especially consuming. Metro area ...

Why doesn’t financial aid cover adult basic education? My college’s community has a significant population of adults whose first language isn’t English. Many of them face severely limited employment ...

SAN FRANCISCO - This week's Jefferson Award winner is a retired San Francisco teacher who has been making a difference among the nearly one in five California public school students who are learning ...