Office of Fellowship Training

ESL in the community

Research techs may benefit from Pre-College English classes at Boston Health Care and Research Training Institute
Writing classes include English 090 Writing Skills I and English 095 Writing Skills II
There is a fee associated with these classes and they require placement test to see if the prospective participant is an appropriate fit for the course.

The population for Training Institute programs is typically entry-level employees (ESD, Food Services, AAs from around the hospital, etc.). However, there are also reading/writing for non-native speakers and pre-college writing classes.

For more information, contact Elaina Dulong, the Training Institute's Career Coach, (617)267-4637 x26 or Elaina Dulong.

Boston Health Care and Research Training Institute 2006-07 brochure

Some ESL options for spouses of Harvard-affiliated employees as well as other families members and visitors:

1. Harvard Extension School, Cambridge 
2. Brookline Adult and Community Education (at Brookline High School)  
3. Boston Center for Adult Education website - on the lefthand drop-down menu, click on "Subject" and then "English for Speakers of Other Languages."

More Options:
ESL Resources in the community, 50 resources, listed alphabetically on the Boston Children's Hospital, Learning and Development internal web site

The Asian American Civic Association in Chinatown has English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

Community-based ESL - no fee, and sometimes with accompanying childcare:

The DOE funded Community Based Programs website - this link is organized by neighborhood.

For additional community childcare options, check the Child Care Choices of Boston website.

Additional community programs are available at the Boston Adult Literacy website.