English School can facilitate Multi-Cultural Education

English School programs are, in part, an academic response to the need for non-English speaking students to understand the language spoken by their educators and in the larger community.

This type of language program can also be helpful to adults who wish to learn English for business purposes. Through an understanding of the reading, writing, listening and spoken English word, students can become familiar with English grammar and idioms. The process is sometimes taught through interactive games to ease the stress of learning to communicate in a new way. Young people can attend English School classes in conjunction with regular classes either during a scheduled study period or in an after school program. Sometimes private tutors are also available. Adults are able to attend studies in the evenings, frequently at community college classes or as is increasingly popular, over the Internet through trained, qualified instructors.

Such programs are popular in the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Australia where the population is often of mixed spoken heritage, but the primary language is English. The Internet brings studying any foreign language easily to anyone in the world. Students who study English can later continue their education at a college or graduate level in an English speaking country.

It should be pointed out that English School is not the only formal language curriculum. French, Chinese, German, Italian and others all offer their own programs of study for all of us English-is-our-first-language folks. These programs are available to us through the Internet or through our local community college classes.

For business purposes, English is an important language for the international business person to understand and be able to communicate clearly. Other languages, such as Chinese, are becoming increasingly important as well. After all, the international language of Esperanto never quite got off the ground.