English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
We offer credit courses and directed studies to help English language learners and non-native speakers develop English language proficiency for academic success, career development, and effective communication.
ESOL Services
For more information about any of these services, contact Rosemarie Hughes Smith at rhughessmith@ccsnh.edu or call 603-271-6484 x4410.
Tutoring and Support Services are available to all NHTI students whose native language is not American English. These services include individualized professional support for challenges in oral and written expression, tutoring in academic subjects, and more.
Tutoring Services can help students:
- Understand an assignment.
- Organize ideas before or during a writing project.
- Clarify English vocabulary.
- Become comfortable with grammar issues.
- Comprehend reading assignments.
- Read academic textbooks.
- Document research papers properly to avoid plagiarism (a serious academic offense).
- Summarize authors’ ideas so writing is improved.
- Prepare and practice oral presentations.
- Explain assignments briefly.
- Help students sign up for ESOL tutoring services through ACE.
To make a tutoring appointment, email ACE at NHTIace@ccsnh.edu or call 603-230-4027 M-F, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Contact our ESOL Office for additional Support Services, which includes:
- Support in communicating with faculty, registrar’s office, admissions, etc.
- Individualized English study skills
- Computer and word processing assistance
- FAFSA application support
- Scholarship application suppor
In collaboration with other divisions, services, and departments, we provide resources and information and facilitate the development of cultural competence, multicultural awareness, interpersonal communication, and conflict management in our increasingly diverse community.
- Guest teaching and presentations for academic classes
- Training sessions and workshops (tailor-designed for specific needs)
- Cultural Competence Team
- Resources and community network
- Student activities including the Multicultural Festival and the Cultural Exchange Club
This service assists students with multicultural/multilingual backgrounds with the challenges they face in academic studies, interpersonal communication, and cultural transition.
- Academic advising
- Initial contacts
- Cultural adjustment assistance
- Enrollment/retention assistance
- ESOL placement testing
- Placement and registration
- Ongoing needs assessment
- Follow-up progress
- Service coordination
- Multicultural events and activities
- Cultural Exchange Club advising
The Conversation Partners Program facilitates cultural exchange between native English-speaking students and non-native English-speaking students outside of the classroom environment, thereby promoting cross-cultural communication and maintaining a friendly environment at NHTI.
For the non-native English speakers, the Conversation Partner Program is an opportunity to meet Americans, learn more about American culture, and practice their spoken English. For native English speakers, the Conversation Partners Program provides an opportunity to meet people from different countries and to learn more about different cultures.
Find Your Community
You are welcome to visit our ESOL office inside ACE during our open hours. ACE is located within the Learning Commons Library building. When you visit our office, you can meet other ESOL students, study, relax, and find community.
ESOL Office Hours:
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
NHTI also offers a Cultural Exchange Club. You can learn more about this initiative on our Clubs & Organizations webpage.
Meet Our Staff
Rosie Hughes-Smith holds a Human Services degree from NHTI, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Granite State College, and Master of Science in Psychology from Southern New Hampshire University. She knows our multilingual students well. She is the project coordinator and has been with NHTI since 2013. She manages the Conversation Partners Program, which offers ESOL students the ability to practice their English language skills with native speakers and helps native speakers learn about different cultures. She is also advisor of the Cultural Exchange Club, a student-run organization on campus devoted to exploring issues of culture, language, and diversity, hosting numerous on-campus and community events throughout the academic year.
Our Community Network
Second Start – English as a Second Language Program
17 Knight Street, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-228-1341
Fax: 603-228-3852
email: ESL@second-start.org
Second Start is a private non-profit educational corporation offering a wide variety of programs designed to improve the economic and educational well-being of New Hampshire residents.
The English as a Second Language Program offers adult instruction in English conversation, reading, writing, grammar, and survival skills to refugees and immigrants. Cross-cultural communication, cooperative learning, and the development of self-confidence are important components of the ESL Program. Ongoing enrollment. Free classes.
Community Education – Concord High School
170 Warren Street, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-225-0804
Fax: 603-225-0826
email: class@csd.k12.nh.us
Contact Us:
ESOL Office
Learning Commons Library
31 College Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-6484 x4410