The services in the ELLC are offered to each ESL student who is enrolled in the ESL courses in levels 1 – 6 (beginning through advanced). Students work on individual programs designed to review, reinforce, and supplement their classroom studies in a supportive environment. Our language learning center is full of resources to help you learn English in a natural and comfortable way.
The tutors are helpful and very understanding of your needs. Some of the courses (speaking/listening and reading) require a lab component with student lab attendance calculated as part of each student’s final grade. There are 20 computers for in-class and independent work.
The lab is equipped with special ESL software for academic improvement and language development. Center tables and resources are provided for small group work and group or one-on-one tutoring. Additionally, the learning center occasionally has exciting and fun activities and contests to promote learning and motivate you in your goals for success!
Yalitza Guerra
Phone: 486-4048
Office: JH-111
English Learning Language Center (ELLC)
Lab Phone: 486-4435
Lab Room: MLH-213
The ELLC is located upstairs in Mountain Laurel Hall, room MLH-213.
Monday – Thursday 8:00 – 3:30 open; Friday appointments are available upon request
- ESL Lab Coordinator
- Tutor(s)
We offer current software for all skills (reading, writing, grammar, speaking/listening and pronunciation) and all levels (beginning, intermediate, and advanced)
- Focus on Grammar – Grammar, reading, listening – all levels
- Grammar Mastery – Writing problems (word order, punctuation, capitalization, and more)
- One Step at a Time – Writing (sentence, paragraph, essay development) and writing problems
- Pronunciation Power – Accent improvement
- Pure Voice – Speaking and Listening practice
- Merit ESL Reading – Academic reading skills development
- Rosetta Stone – integrated language development – beginners to intermediate
Writing Area – tutoring, collaborative editing (peer and group), supplemental resource documents
Reading Area – small resource library with ESL specific newspapers, magazines, readers, dictionaries, skill specific books, and more.
Pronunciation/Speaking Area – pair pronunciation (vowels and consonants) practice, conversation practice
Newsletter writing and publishing for students’ writing and projects
Workshop session topics include – writing, pronunciation, grammar problems, and specific computer skills and programs such as Power Point. (Workshops are based on students’ needs and requests). We also have reading circles and a conversation club.
