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$540,000.00
Description
Recurring scheduled group classes and customized classes and training for business and individuals in more than 50 languages.
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Budget
$200,000.00
Description
GROUPS:Instruction in English for beginners to advanced. $165 per level of 18 hours (6 classes) A pre-test is required. Tests can be made by appointment only. Call 615-741-7579. Most group classes are held at TLC offices in Metro Center and the Hispanic Family Foundation on Nolensville Road.The ESL Placement Test costs $30.The test takes about 1 hour and a half to complete.Students receive level placement immediately.Students need to make an appointment for the test. Call 615-741-7579 to make an appointment. CUSTOMS: When you invest in your employees, it pays off. In today's growing global economy, there is a great need for multi-lingual communications. Recognizing that there are also numerous time and financial constraints to learning a new language, the Tennessee Language Center will bring a custom ESL class to your home, your organization or your company -- designed for your specific communication needs.About our ESL Custom ClassesCustomized LearningThe Tennessee Language Center offers customized solutions for individual, corporate, or organization language needs. A veteran of English language courses since 1999, TLC is proud to present the most comprehensive, customized, enjoyable and unique language courses available.Convenience in SchedulingWe will work with your schedule and your location.
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This 150-hour training course is designed as an introduction to teaching English for those who are considering teaching English in either the U.S. or overseas. The course provides trainees with a foundation to plan and prepare solid and effective language lessons for adult speakers of languages other than English. Along with the insightful information from the core text, the course draws from various supplementary textbooks, language journals and helpful websites in order to provide trainees with current teaching methodologies, recent developments in teaching techniques, and up-to-date materials and activities that reflect current ESL issues. There is an emphasis on skills development and practical activities, ideas and techniques rather than on theory or academics. Essentially, trainees are 'doing' and 'teaching' rather than simply 'listening to a lecture' on how to teach. The course combines training with community. At the end of the 150-hour training, student TESL teachers give affordable instruction to non-native adult speakers in Nashville's community. The training program has served thousands of adults in local community centers, schools and institutes, as well as parents of children attending public schools. TESL graduates are employed locally in private schools, community centers, community colleges, and language institutes. Many graduates have become ESL teachers in other states and in other countries. There are five distinct components to our course: 1. Orientation 2. Observations 3. Pre-Class Readings and Tasks 4. In-Class Training 5. Teaching Practicum with ESL students Each individual component plays an important role in a trainee's success in this course. Each component draws and builds on the previous one. The end result will be a solid foundation of knowledge and practical application in the area of language teaching.
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Budget
$750,000.00
Description
Serving the medical, legal and corporate communities, as well as the individual with quality interpretation and translation services through our uncompromising commitment to excellence. Our vast network of professional resources allows us to offer truly competitive rates for superior services--essential for our new multicultural reality. One of the initiatives of the Interpretation & Translation Services department is to provide professional development training for interpreters and translators working throughout Tennessee, including the TN State Certified Court Interpreter Ethics and Skill Building workshop, which is required training for interpreters who wish to work in the state court system. We are also proud to offer Community Interpreter Training, which is designed for interpreters who work in a variety of settings and provides a rare training opportunity for interpreters of languages other than Spanish. TLC is one of the few providers of this sort of training in the state. TLC also offers 24/7 access to interpretation in more than 200 languages in our Interpreter by Phone service. Discounted rates are offered.
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ESL to Go, a program of TLC's ESL department, is an innovative approach to making ESL classes accessible to refugees. Newcomers across Middle Tennessee have struggled to attend ESL classes due to a lack of transportation. In an effort to overcome this barrier, TLC developed the nation's first mobile ESL classroom. The 34' truck travels to select apartment complexes where TESL-certified instructors hold classes at a variety of levels at no cost to the students. Beyond offering English classes, the space has been used for health screenings, financial literacy workshops and SNAP outreach office hours. Since ESL to Go was launched in April 2012, our program has served more than 200 recently-arrived refugees. For questions or more information, please contact ESL to Go Assistant Director at ETG.languagecenter@tennessee.edu or 615-741-7579 x117.
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