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Enhancing English Skills: ESL Program at Grand Rapids Community College

The ESL (English as a Second Language) program at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) provides accessible education for individuals from diverse backgrounds, including immigrants and refugees. With the aim of minimizing barriers to education, GRCC offers a supportive environment that promotes student success and workforce readiness. The program includes classes across four levels—high beginning, low intermediate, high intermediate, and advanced—allowing students to improve their English skills for personal, academic, and professional development.

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Enhancing English Skills: ESL Program at Grand Rapids Community College

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  1. English as a Second Language Program Grand Rapids Community College Presented to AGC January 11, 2011

  2. Connections • Four GRCC ends: • Open Access – GRCC minimizes the barriers of time, place, cost, and educational preparation levels so that all members of the community have an opportunity to participate on college programs • Student Success – GRCC students achieve their educational goals • Workforce Development – GRCC students are prepared to secure employment in all sectors of the economy • Community Outreach – GRCC enriches the community through educational and civic programming and partnership

  3. ESL courses at GRCC help individuals in the community to reach a wide variety of personal, professional and academic goals through the improvement of their English skills. • The ESL credit bearing program enables students to be more successful in college, at work, and in the community.

  4. Fall of 2002 - 9 sections • Fall 2010 - 25 sections • Approximately 250 students from 50 different countries • Immigrant and refugee students • NOT international students (high TOEFL score required for GRCC admittance = no ESL classes required)

  5. No dominant country represented • Spanish dominant language from many different countries • Vietnamese distant second

  6. Students self-identify as ESL in application process • Students take the LOEP test – for skill level   • Classes offered in three skill groups • listening/speaking • writing/grammar • reading/vocabulary

  7. Classes (all face to face on Downtown Campus) offered at four different levels • high beginning • low intermediate • high intermediate • Advanced Total: 12 different ESL classes of four credits eachThree ESL classes = full 12 credit load

  8. After completing level four of writing/grammar (ES 114), students should enter EN 100 or EN 101. • ESL students who complete ES 114 have an 80% achievement in EN 100 and 70% achievement in EN 101 (AtD data fall 2010).

  9. Faculty - MA in TESOL (preferred) or MA in Education with TESOL concentration 1 full time 11 adjunct

  10. Support for Students - • Fatima Nieves – ESL counselor – walk-in services on Fridays • Language Arts Lab – tutors and computers • International Student Organization – students come together to share culture from all over the world • Kellie Roblin – independent study of ESL student – to help lab tutors help ESL students

  11. What have been your experiences with ESL students? • What questions or suggestions do you have for us?

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