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English as a Second Language
Classes on Long Island
Westbury Language Center
WESTBURY LANGUAGE CENTER
gives ESL instruction, English as a Second Language.
Its
methodology blends the Audio-Lingual method and the
Communicative Approach; this way, students learn basic
structures for daily communication at home, work or simple social
activities since the first class.
Nevertheless, this method needs discipline, students who are
committed to study daily, because it is necessary to do homework,
memorize dialogs, and practice a lot. At the same time, students
work on complementary programs at home. Therefore, the learning
process improves, enriching the class work, giving more options to
study according to student’s time and availability.
Class plan
Total
duration:
2 years
Levels:
8
Level
duration:
10 weeks
Using &
understanding English Grammar.
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Level
I & II |
Basic |
Trails
to English |
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Level
III & IV |
Intermediate |
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Level
V & VI |
Advanced |
Understanding grammar
By Azar |
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Level
VII & VIII |
Consolidated |
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Contact with
English
gives a great opportunity to learn English, through family and work
situations presented in the show with a sequential grammar structure
according to students’ level.
Evaluation
Westbury
Language Center
follows evaluative guidelines from Center for Applied
Linguistics, establish in BEST PLUS (Basic
English Skill Test). Through this test, the
school sets the proficiency student level getting in the program,
and test again every fifty hours in order to know the advance in
speaking the language.
BEST PLUS
gives standards to star classes, join an advanced class, reach a
higher level, and graduate, besides the normal evaluations and work
made in class. Students will be able to speak fluently in any social
environment, thanks to a dynamic methodology, complementary
programs, and evaluation that work together in order to provide an
excellent instruction.
Proyecto educativo
El WESTBURY LANGUAGE CENTER ofrece formación en
Inglés como segunda lengua (English as a Second Language, ESL)
para inmigrantes, en especial latinos, aunque no exclusivamente. Su
metodología integra el modelo Audio-Lingual y el
Communicative Approach de manera que el estudiante se
apropia rápidamente de secuencias básicas para la comunicación
cotidiana en el hogar, el trabajo o las actividades sociales más
comunes.
Esta metodología, requiere estudiantes comprometidos con una
disciplina de estudio constante, pues es tan necesario memorizar
diálogos como ponerlos continuamente en práctica, tanto en la clase
como en las actividades fuera de ella. Al mismo tiempo, el
estudiante desarrolla programas complementarios que le exigen varias
horas de estudio independiente a la semana. De esta manera, se
acelera la asimilación del inglés, fortaleciendo el trabajo en
clase, ampliando los espacios para estudiar y permitiendo que una
gran parte de aquellos estudiantes que trabajan cuenten con un
horario adecuado a sus condiciones, necesidades y aspiraciones.
Plan de Estudios
Duración total:
2 años
Número de Niveles:
8
Duración de cada nivel:
10
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