News Release
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June 5, 2006
Editor’s note: Several hundred Canyon County residents sign up for ESL
classes each session. The Boise State Canyon County Center needs volunteer
tutors to help serve them. Linda Weiss of Nampa began tutoring a few months
ago and is willing to visit with you about her experiences. She volunteers
four hours a week tutoring one student whose native language is Spanish and
another who speaks Korean. She said most of the students who take classes
need to learn English to get a job or move up to a better job, or to better
interact with their children’s school teachers. They also have a lot to
share about their own cultures and experiences, Weiss said. She can be
reached by phone at 463-7676, or e-mail at
swissam7@msn.com.
June 29, 2006
Boise State Offers Free ESL Classes in
July in Nampa
Free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for adults will begin in
July at the Boise State University Canyon County Center, 2407 Caldwell
Blvd., in Nampa.
Registration for new and returning students is scheduled for 1-7 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday, July 5-6. Those unable to make it on one of those
days can register from 1-7 p.m. Monday, July 10. Registration takes
one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half hours.
ESL classes are offered at various levels, from very beginning through
advanced. They are free and open to anyone 16 or older who is living in the
United States and needs to improve his or her new language skills.
Classes will run for six weeks, July 11-Aug. 17. Evening classes will be
held three nights a week for two hours; afternoon classes will be held two
days a week for two hours.
For more information, contact Fern VanMaren at 562-2014. For information on
classes in Boise, call 426-3440. Classes are offered by the Learning Center
for Adult Basic Education at Boise State.
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Contact: Fern VanMaren, Learning Center for Adult Basic Education,
(208) 562-2014,
fvanmaren@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208)
426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu
July 12 is the deadline for
undergraduate academic degree-seeking students to submit admission materials
to Boise State University for the fall 2006 semester. Students must meet the
deadline if they plan to take more than seven credits or apply for federal
financial aid. For more information, call (208) 426-1820 or go online at
http://admissions.boisestate.edu.
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