ESL Learning Center
PCC, LL-216
Welcome to the ESL Learning Center. Our center’s purpose is to provide positive and creative assistance to strengthen our students’ language skills in a manner that fits each student’s individual learning needs. The ESL Learning Center focuses on students’ understanding of course material and provides a place for students to practice and enhance what they have learned in our ESL classes.
Language skills require the constant use and practice, and the learning center supports this need through workshops, tutoring, group activities, web resources and language learning software that reinforce what a student has learned in the classroom. The Learning Center offers tutoring and language assistance for individuals and small groups of students either by appointment or on a walk-in basis. We offer a variety of free workshops to provide practice and support for classroom learning.
The Learning Center’s technology includes 44 Dell computers equipped with language links and ESL software, headsets for practicing speaking and listening activities, and limited free printing. The Learning Center provides six work tables and a private tutoring area. The center’s multilingual staff and certified instructors welcome you and will be happy to assist you with all of your English language learning needs.
Office Hours
Tutoring is available Monday – Thursday from 9:30 am – 6:30 pm. Limited tutoring is available on Friday. These schedules are subject to change, so please contact the ESL Learning Center for any updates.
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday – Thursday | 9:00 am – 7:00 pm |
| Friday | 8:00 am – 4:30 pm |
Workshop Schedule
| Day | Time | Workshop | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Conversation & Grammar | Faith Gobeli |
| Tuesday | 10:30 am – 11:30 pm | Grammar Review | Jan Copeland |
| Tuesday | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Conversation | Sam Kakovitch |
| Wednesday | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Conversation | Eman Sebei |
| Wednesday | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Conversation | Riham Aryan |
| Wednesday | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Conversation | Shirley Neal |
| Wednesday | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Conversation | Jane Wang |
| Thursday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Conversation & Grammar | Faith Gobeli |
| Thursday | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Accent Reduction | Eric Takamine |
| Thursday | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Conversation | Fayruz Sabha |
| Thursday | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension | Marisa Kindweller |
Online Resources
Vocabulary & Short Stories
Academic Vocabulary
Dictionary.com
EFL.Net – Picture Vocabulary
ESLGold.com
Folklore
Grammar Commnet
LanguageGuide.org
Learn American English Online
Lexipedia
ManyThings.org
MyVocabulary.com
Children’s Picture Books
Feedbooks Short Stories
Gutenberg Short Stories
Myths and Fairy Tales
Short Fiction
SpellingCity.com
University of Victoria – Beginning Vocabulary
VocabTest.com
Vocabulary.com
WordThink
Words In a Sentence
World English, Classic Short Stories