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 Welcome to the ESL Division

Contact Us ESL Division Director, Craig Machado: cmachado@norwalk.edu ESL Non-Credit Coordinator, Denise Daych: ddaych@norwalk.edu Credit and new non-credit students: Registration is now! 5/14: Current non-credit registration starts 5/27: Summer I/II starts 6/4-6: 1st week of Grammar Clinics

1. Apply to NCC - Submit an Application Package to Admissions 2. After you receive your student number... 3. Schedule an ESL Placement Test 4. After you receive your placement from the ESL test... 5. Meet with an advisor in 206 (credit) or 202 (non-credit) on the East Campus. 6. Complete your registration at the Records and Business offices.

NCC offers a variety of ESL classes to meet academic, professional and personal goals. Classes are scheduled to meet students' diverse needs, including evenings and Saturdays. The credit program focuses on writing so that students can succeed in college-level courses and get academic degrees or certificates. Some credit ESL classes can be used as foreign language electives.

The ESL Non-credit program starts at the beginning level and continues to the intermediate level of language proficiency. The ESL Non-credit core program features classes in reading/writing, listening/speaking and grammar. There are numerous elective and special focus classes (English for Specific Purposes/ESP) such as health care, business, computers, TOEFL preparation and conversation. Many non-credit students eventually pass into credit ESL and pursue academic coursework.

New students must complete an application and take a placement exam on computer as well as write a short essay. Tutoring, advising and other support services are available as well as a digital language lab to enhance classroom learning. For more information on ESL classes, please visit the ESL office in E206 or call 203-857-7176. Go to the Admissions Office, East Campus, for an application ($20) and to make an appointment for the ESL placement test soon. ESL classes are very popular. Take the placement test and register early!

Foreign Language/Humanities Credit for ESL

High Intermediate and Advanced ESL courses (ESL 142, 152 and 192) can be counted as foreign language/humanities electives toward graduation with the following stipulations: Students may apply up to 10 ESL credits toward the degree in General Studies; all other degrees and programs will accept no more than 6 ESL credits.

College Credit Program of Study

Students must demonstrate mastery of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills before progressing to the next level. After successful completion of the ESL sequence, students progress to English 101 (ENG 101). Language and computer laboratories as well as portfolio assessment may be required in four and six-credit courses.

Next Steps

If you are interested in taking ESL courses for credit or non-credit, you must take a placement test to determine your English proficiency level. In order to take the placement test you must take the following 2 steps:

1. Fill out an application for admission to the college:

a. online here: ONLINE APPLICATION (Visa or MasterCard is required to pay a $20 application fee)
     ** If you do not have a Social Security Number, please apply in person. See below. **

or
b. in person at the Admissions Office on the East Campus. Pay a $20 application fee. Application forms can be downloaded from here: APPLICATION FORM

 

You must receive a student number.

 

2. Sign up for the ESL Placement Test:

a. online here: SCHEDULE AN ESL TEST

b. Read the information carefully, and then click the Schedule an English as a Second Language Test button.

For more information on admissions, call (203) 857-7060.

For more information on the ESL credit program, call (203) 857-6854 or 857-7176. For more information on the non-credit ESL program, call 857-6881.

Financial Assistance is available to eligible students in the ESL credit program.