NCCU creates English proficiency program
Published: Wed, Jun. 25, 2008 03:47PM
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closeDURHAM -- Trustees at N.C. Central University established a new certificate program Wednesday to boost English proficiency.
The program is a response to a growing Hispanic population in Durham that has taxed a similar offering at Durham Technical Community College, officials said. The program will consist of five college-level, three-hour courses for students and members of the broader community.
The program targets students with some English proficiency and relies on the public schools and Durham Tech to offer the more basic English lessons, officials said. University leaders said Wednesday they hope the program helps diversify the student body.
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English professor Louise Maynor told trustees Wednesday the program may actually benefit NCCU faculty as well.
"We have faculty who are international," Maynor said. "They know their disciplines, but in the classroom, it's a barrier. We'd like to serve them as well."
The program will offer courses in listening and speaking, grammar and writing, reading and vocabulary, speaking in a cultural context, and developmental writing. The program will begin next May.
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