05 Jun Queensborough Community College Builds Enrichment Program For English Language Learners Who Want To Pursue Higher Education
May 2023 (Bayside, N.Y.) — Queensborough Community College and Brooklyn’s Multicultural High School have formed an afterschool intensive language program called English Boost, designed to help Spanish-speaking students learn writing, reading, and vocabulary skills in English.
The bilingual program, designed by Queensborough and funded by the Department of Education (DOE), offers extra academic support to the High School’s juniors and seniors 12 hours per week.
“It’s a groundbreaking partnership that is changing the English as a Second Language (ESL) landscape at Queensborough,” said Maz Nikoui-Tehrani, Director of the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP), who noted that Queensborough is the only CUNY school currently running such a program.
The initiative’s goal is to identify students in their junior or senior year who want to continue their education at CUNY.
Peter Ng-A-Fook, Principal of Multicultural High School, described the partnership as an exciting opportunity for his school of newcomers to engage in a unique and diverse College experience. The English Boost/ CLIP course really opens the doors for students to further enhance their command of the English language in what can be seen as an intensive immersion program that is meant for students to have a greater success while in college.
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