Program

Boston ACE’s ESL (English as a Second Language) tutoring program has been created to help international students communicate effectively in English.  Our ESL program allows students to experience greater success academically and socially thanks to improved English skills.   After administering a pre- and post-test assessing English language comprehension and expression, our tutors will work with students to do the following:

• Develop confidence  and proficiency in conversational English through structured social interaction
  
  
• Build on vocabulary acquisition and application in written and oral expression
  
  
• Increase understanding of sentence structure and grammar
  
  
• Understand cultural distinctions and expectations which can interfere with a non-native speaker's ability to express themselves clearly  in academic English
  
  
• Compete academically with strong reading comprehension, verbal communication and writing skills
  
  
• Clarify and strengthen understanding of academic subject material through content vocabulary

Details

Students will meet with the tutor for a preliminary session in which they will be assessed on their English language proficiency.  Due to the self-guided nature of the sessions, students should be prepared to spell out their concerns and troublesome areas so that the tutor may design a customized tutoring plan to be conducted on an on-going basis.