Atention NYC members

[thomasortega]

Hi guys, the school I work for needs a little help with some informations about ESL (English as Second Language) schools in New York.

I'm starting to plan a 7 or 10 days immersion course and some students that never visted the U.S. sugested NYC because the books I use (Interchange 3rd Edition by Jack C. Richards - Cambridge University Press), shows many informations about NYC and Manhattan. Last Friday, for example, our reading exercise was about a running competition that happens every year on the Empire State Building's stairs and also some interesting touristic informations about the Rockefeller Center and the Central Park.

They also want to visit the WTC's "Gound Zero" mentioned on the book.

What I need exactly is more informations and sugestions about ESL schools that can receive our students (aprox. 20 adult students) for some ESL classes (preferable schools that use the Cambridge's Interchange 3rd Edition System) and further sugestions of places they should visit. (I mean different from the ordinary that all tourists visit).

The important isn't only make the students use their English language on real life situations, but also get surrounded by everything related to the American culture, because everybody knows that nobody speaks English exactly like on the books.

 

[toggleswitch2]

For you.
This college is probably majority international students, and charges very low City Univeristy of New York costs/prices.

I went there for a 2nd Undergraduate decree/degree not long ago, while I was unemployed.

BTW. They have a GREAT reputation for turning out accountants. At one time I think they were rated 6th in the country for that right after N.Y.U, a much pricier private school.

BTW, in the spirit of teaching, "INFORMATION" in English is singular. "Data" is plural, "Datum" is singular.

~Because everybody knows that nobody speaks English exactly like on the books.
We would probably say "in books" or "from books"

LOL, there are those in the UK that say we in North America have slaughtered their language. But that, sir, is an entirely different story.

It is said that English is one of the few "living" languages that contines to evolve.


http://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/specialprograms/esl/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/specialprograms/esl/Pages/default.aspx

 

[thomasortega]

Thanks Steve!!!

I'll contact them to know if they have something specific for a week or up to 10 days.

BTW, Even with dozens of certificates like TOEFL, FCE, PET, KET and IELTS my English isn't excellent. That's why I can teach only Intro level.

About "information/informations" honestly I didn't know there's no plural in English. Thank you very much for that. I love to learn more and more and I love when people help me.

About "on" the books, I realized my mistake a few seconds after I posted, but AW has no "delete" button. I hate when my students use wrong prepositions and I always try to be very focused during the class to correct them, but you know some mistakes can be contagious and after hearing the same mistake hundreds of times every month it's not dificult to repeat it when relaxed. Thank God I didn't write "at a books" (at + a + plural) like a student wrote in a test last Friday. LOL

Thanks for the help!

 

[danemodsandy]

Steve:

"LOL, there are those in the UK that say we in North America have slaughtered their language."

Have you heard the joke about that?

"England and America - two countries separated by a common language."

 

[toggleswitch2]

Yes, I've heard that! LOL

Sign in pub in Ireland:

"English spoken
American understood."

Glad to be of service, sir!