The Loudoun Campus of Northern Virginia Community College has developed an extensive program that uses the workplace environment as the basis for English language instruction.

By using NOVA's Workforce ESL Program, area employers have extended their training to those excellent employees whose only shortcoming is limited English.

Employers:

• Improve customer service.
• Retain valued employees.
• Use learning as a business strategy.

Employees:

• Improve their understanding of spoken English.
• Speak English with confidence and commitment.
• Improve the clarity and accuracy of their spoken English.
• Improve their English reading and writing abilities.

How does this work?

There are two ways that employers can help their employees gain the critical language skills they need.

The Program comes to you.

The Coordinator will meet with your management and human resource team to establish your goals and particular needs.

Your employees will be evaluated and a sequential curriculum will be developed to target those departments and those specific areas where your need is greatest.

Experienced ESL instructors will come to your work site at a regular time that you establish to provide classroom instruction. Regular updates will be given to you.     

Your employees come to us.

You sponsor individual employees who enroll as students through our normal ESL program. Classes are often offered that use the normal work site, its terminology, skills, and requirements as the basis for beginning and intermediate instruction. At the more advanced levels, instruction in office software, writing for the workplace, and business strategies is also available.

Projects and studies are designed to meet the specific needs of the business world of Northern Virginia.

This is an ideal way for small businesses.

For more information about Workforce Development or to schedule a class, please contact Esther Perantoni at 703.450.2648