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What We Teach
BEACON’s main goal is to help English Language Learners meet their personal and professional goals. Students come to us because they want to improve their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills to be able to get a job, get a better job, communicate with their children’s teachers, become a U.S. Citizen, communicate with their doctors, and to increase their participation in our community.
We offer English classes and Citizenship classes. When possible, we strive to provide individual tutoring to better meet an individual’s needs. Computer literacy and workforce literacy are integrated into classes. Intermediate and Advanced students will have the opportunity to connect with local employers through employer panels as well as participate in resume and interview coaching workshops.
ESOL
We welcome learners of all levels into our ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) courses. We offer eight levels, which include four beginner levels, two intermediate levels and two advanced levels. Classes focus on the language skills needed to complete day-to-day tasks and incorporate grammar, reading, writing, and conversation. Students also have access to a mobile computer lab where they can use websites to reinforce recent lessons.
Citizenship
Our citizenship program is designed to help learners prepare for and pass the U.S. Naturalization Exam. Students will study the 100 U.S. history and civics questions, prepare for the reading/writing/English portion of the test, and practice the interview. Classes are small to offer more personalized attention for every student. Students must have enough command of the English language to read and understand the curriculum.
Tutoring
Tutoring is available on a limited basis for needs that cannot be met by our current classroom instruction. Examples include English conversation practice, or reading for native English speakers.