Higher Education: English As a Second Language (Esl) Programs Boost Students and Businesses
New Jersey Business › Vol. 53 Nbr. 12, December 2007
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Dr. Minoo Varzegar, director of the program in American Language Studies/ESL at Rutgers-Newark, shares the diversity of her student population: when it comes to languages the students speak, 50 percent of her ESL students have Spanish as their "mother tongue," 13 percent Korean, 7.5 percent Polish, 7.5 per-cent Vietnamese, 7.5 percent Turkish, 5.5 percent Russian, 5.5 percent Portuguese, 2 percent Chinese and 2 percent Thai. Many New Jersey institutions of higher education stand ready to help students prepare for the wide world of work, regardless of their pupils' English language proficiency level.
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Higher Education: English As a Second Language (Esl) Programs Boost Students and Businesses
For many immigrants in New Jersey (or the children of immigrants), learning English may mean the stark difference between success and failure in many spheres of life. For these and other reasons, New Jersey colleges and universities offer various English as a Second Language (ESL) programs aimed at not only helping students learn the English language, but, if necessary, assisting them with assimilating into American society.
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