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Bridging Success: ESL Bridge Class at EPCC

EPCC’s ESL Bridge Class prepares students with tailored academic, personal, and career readiness components, ensuring seamless transition to higher education and workforce. Join us in closing the gap for ESL learners!

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Bridging Success: ESL Bridge Class at EPCC

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  1. A Collaboration EPCC ESL Credit EPCC Workplace LiteracyFar West Adult Education Consortium Fred Anaya Michelle Aube-Barton Gabriel Garcia

  2. El Paso Community College • Serves over 30,000 students • 5 Campuses serve the Greater El Paso Area • 80% Hispanic

  3. El Paso Community College ASPEN Prize FinalistsCommunity College Excellence • Student learning • Certification and degree completion • High rates of employment and earnings for graduates • High levels of access and success for minority and low–income students

  4. Closing the GAP • ESL students leaving ABE still not college ready! • They need exposure. • ESL students are competing with English speaking students educated in a K-12 system.

  5. 2000 Census • 35% of Texas households speak a language other than English • 70% of El Paso households speak a language other than English

  6. ESL Bridge Class • Metaphor: dress rehearsal for college • Trying on college in a safe and nurturing environment • Transportation, child care, scheduling, build confidence, rub shoulders with other students at college

  7. ESL Bridge ClassGreenhouse Effect

  8. Major Components of ESL class240 hours semester 15 hours per week • Academic ESL (Reading, Writing, Language Readiness) - 96 hours • Math Readiness – 96 hours • Personal Readiness – 18 hours • Career and College Readiness – 30 hours

  9. Academic Readiness (96 hours) • Language Readiness includes grammar, vocabulary, listening and speaking skills • Integrate on-line practice using Pearson’s NorthStar and Focus on GRAMMAR 3 • The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom: Anchor text to bring in multi-disciplinary content, literary elements… • Six Weeks to a Brain Upgrade: A Student’s Quick Start Guide for Using Brain Research to Boost Learning, Dr. Janet Zadina

  10. Personal Readiness (18 hours)

  11. Math Readiness (96 hours) • Build on student’s skills • Basics to Algebra to prepare for TSI

  12. Assessment • Placement into ESL Bridge • TABE scores: 6th-9th in reading • Teacher recommendation • Exit from ESL Bridge • COMPASS ESL • Exit Interview to be conducted by ESL Bridge instructors and ABE representation. • TABE

  13. College & Career Readiness (30 hours) • Content Delivery • Reading • Writing • Listening • Speaking • Vocabulary

  14. Calendar of Events • August/September: Curriculum and Contract • October: Recruitment/Intake • November: Orientation • December: Registration • January: Classes begin January 19 • March: Mid course interviews • May: Compass ESL, TABE • June: NCBO (Non Course Base Option) follow-up

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