Such a thing as free esl course for immigrants?

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Sam Shults - 04 Dec 2003 18:27 GMT

I married a young Chinese woman back in September and have a question
regarding English language courses. She insists that there is such a thing
as a free English course given to immigrants. I've never heard of this and
she's only heard about it third hand so has no other information. Are there
any free English language courses given to immigrants that I'm not aware of?
Maybe government funded? Any information would be appreciated.

Sam

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Owain - 04 Dec 2003 20:01 GMT

| I married a young Chinese woman back in September and have a question
| regarding English language courses. She insists that there is such
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| given to immigrants that I'm not aware of?
| Maybe government funded? Any information would be appreciated.

You don't indicate in which country you are resident, but there are
resources for learning English at the BBC World Service website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
including Chinese-language pages here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/chinese/learn_english/default1.stm

There are resources for learning/teaching English for Chinese speakers at
http://www.in2english.com.cn/

Hope that helps

Owain

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Sam Shults - 06 Dec 2003 01:14 GMT

> | I married a young Chinese woman back in September and have a question
> | regarding English language courses. She insists that there is such
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> Owain

:sigh: I always forget the important things. I'm a US citizen in the US.

I'll be entering military service soon but we're hoping to be stationed in
Washington state. Thanks for the fast reply.

Sam Shults

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Wes Groleau - 09 Dec 2003 03:20 GMT

I don't believe there exists any government-sponsored
course that's available nationwide, but there are
numerous classes available everywhere, pretty much
independent of each other, and some of them free.
(And some of them from a government program?)

I have a friend in Canada just across the border
from Washington who has been working with a large
program which I think is free but I'm not sure.

I have been with an ESL program in Indiana, and
I am aware of at least five other free ones here.

Contact social service organizations, Catholic churches,
and evangelical churches in the area.

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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / December 2003

Such a thing as free esl course for immigrants?