Thank you to the generous team at the Murray Shopko location (5959 South State Street) for their donation to the ESLC through the Shopko Foundation!

The ESLC has a student from Sudan who arrived to Utah 10 years ago with no English language skills, and minimal literacy skills in her native language, Fildinga. Within a year of her arrival to Utah, and having no formal schooling in Sudan, she enrolled in group English class. Throughout her lessons she suffered through significant health concerns, including PTSD, back, neck, leg, and knee ailments that impeded her ability to retain information and achieve English language fluency. As a result of these complications, she had to drop the classes and enroll in the ESLC’s One-on-One Tutoring Program where she began individualized English language instruction from a tutor at her home.

Her determination to overcome the odds working against her only strengthened her will to learn. Since entering the One-on-One Program she has made significant progress in her reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills. Through self-motivation and perseverance she is able to answer ask and answer simple questions with her home tutor, despite the health problems she suffers from. Having a tutor come to her home weekly has empowered her and has given her the necessary language skills to succeed in U.S. society, and overall, improve her confidence and outlook on life.

Allow us to introduce De Nadie, a Sundance documentary, where director Tin Dirdama’s captures personal stories that “force deeper understanding of the United States’ border crisis".  Please come and learn about a Central American immigrant’s journey to the United States.

Afterwards, please enjoy a dialoge with University Neighborhood Partner’s Assistant Director, Teresa Molina MSW, PhD in our facilitated discussion as we unpack De Nadie together.

Teresa Molina came to the University of Utah in 2006, after working four years as an international affairs director for Universidad International in Cuernavaca, Mexico and living four years in Michigan, where she earned a Master’s in Business Administration degree, and worked for a world leader company as an international finance and trade representative to Latin America countries. Teresa has a long history of volunteer work in Mexico and Utah working with individuals and families with substance abuse issues.

When: Wednesday, April 23 from 6:00-8:00 pm

Where: English Skills Learning Center, 4444 South 700 East, Suite 100.

Please RSVP by calling 801.328.5608 or emailing info@eslcenter.org

Rachel Blackmer presented at the Intermountain Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languagues (TESOL) Mini-Conference at BYU on February 23rd. Her session was titled, "Teaching Adult Emergent Readers" and she taught participants about the best methods for teaching Emergent Readers. She demonstrated some of the teaching techniques and engaged the participants in her session. Half of the attendees at the conference attended Rachel's session and they were very interested in the topic.

Join the English Skills Learning Center and the Utah Non-Profit community on March 22nd for Utah’s largest day of giving! It’s one extraordinary day to support the organizations that make Utah special.

To support the ESLC donate here on or before March 22.

We are excited to accept your generous donation.

On Tuesday, March 12th 2013, Chick-fil-A at City Creek will donate 10% of total food sales to the English Skills Learning Center sold between 4:00-7:00pm. Come grub on some food with us and support our goal to raise $25,000 of individual and community donations for our 25th year anniversary!