Literacy Services of Wisconsin's ESL program supports other world language speaking students with reading, writing, spelling, and verbal skills.
Our ESL students come to us from more than 20 countries around the world, including Sudan, Senegal, Morocco, Ethiopia, Mali, Liberia, Somalia, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Iran, Laos, Thailand, Korea, Burkina Faso, China, Mongolia, Burma, Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Serbia, Mexico, Peru, Columbia, and Brazil.
This program focuses on the needs of students from these countries and many more around the world. It provides one-on-one instruction in reading, writing, spelling, and verbal skills for non-English speakers.
In addition to academic achievement, ESL students also work to achieve goals such as employment, housing, driver licenses, and, ultimately, U.S. citizenship.
ESL QUICK FACTS
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In 2010, nearly 200 students participated in the ESL program. |
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ESL instruction broadly covers any of the various approaches to teaching the English language to non-native speakers. |
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ESL aims to teach students to: • Communicate in social and professional settings • Engage in academic tasks • Use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways • Attain their short and long-term goals |
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Our students need great amounts of conversation and appreciate lots of feedback. The failure to correct is a missed opportunity for a student to learn. |
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Given the rich collection of cultures in this program, volunteer tutors in ESL constantly comment on how much they learn from students during class. |
MAKING THE GRADE
At mid-year of 2010, 100% of students tested in the ESL program improved their spelling ability.
