General ESL | Business Marketing Internship

General ESL (Core Curriculum)

Accent Reduction (3 hrs/week)
Focus on improving confidence, clarity, and accuracy in speech by targeting sounds, rhythm and accurate pronunciation of standard American English. Learn to articulate vowels and consonants, and appropriately use intonation, stress patterns, and communication strategies.

Listening & Speaking (3 hrs/week)
Learn to speak clearly and persuasively using effective pronunciation and conversational strategies, and develop confidence and fluency through oral presentations, skits and speeches.

Composition & Grammar (3 hrs/week)
Learn to write clearly, confidently and persuasively by constructing meaningful and grammatically-accurate sentences, improving real-life writing skills using email and technology, and writing organized and coherent paragraphs and essays.

Reading & Vocabulary (3 hrs/week)
Learn to read critically and confidently through essential reading strategies, rapid vocabulary development, and increased comprehension of abstract concepts and idea-relationships.

Culture & Worldview (3 hrs/week)
Learn to discover core American values and culture through real-life observations, interviews, lectures, videos, readings, and comparisons of American beliefs and behaviors.

English Conversation Groups (3 hrs/week)
These fun groups help students practice conversational English, learn American culture, and make friends with native English speakers in small conversation groups. 

              
              Click here to get started learning English in an ESL class offered by PALS NYC

PALS will evaluate you in each language area and place you in the appropriate level for each course.  A Certificate of Completion will be awarded upon completion of studies.

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