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Books in Conversation Book Club
Meets on the first Thursday of the month at 8-9 PM
in LRNC 211. The book club is for non-native speakers of English
interested
in discussing popular fiction and non-fiction titles.
NOTE: Discuss the common themes of both books
for each date. You can choose a book or read both titles listed
for each date. Participate in an ongoing discussion of the
titles at the HCPL
Literacy Message Board.
December 1
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
Brick
Lane by Monica Ali
January 5
Blindness by Jose Saramago
Whiteout by Ken Follett
February 2
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Waiting for the
Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
March 2
Until I Find You by John Irving
Never Let Me Go by
Kazuo Ishiguro
April 6
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Year of Magical
Thinking by Joan Didion
May 4
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
White Teeth by Zadie
Smith
June 1
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of The World by Haruki
Murakami
Basic Level Classes—all programs are free & learners
are assigned to specific classes according to placement test
scores
NOTE: Fall Basic Classes and Family Literacy
classes will end December 17, 2005 and resume February 18,
2006
Spring Classes will begin Saturday, February
18 and continue for 16 weeks
Registration for spring classes will be from
November 15-December 15
 Classes
are offered once a week to learners.
Classes
are available in the mornings from 9-11 AM on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays in LRNC 102.
Classes
are available in the evenings from 6-8 PM on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays in
LRNC 102.
Learners
receive their free books after they have attended a minimum
of 2 sessions. Learners receive passwords to access
pronunciation software online after they have attended 4 sessions.
Literacy Day for 2006 will be
April 8. Training and recognition certificates will be handed
out on these dates. For Tutors:
Tutor Training will be Saturday
February 4, 2006 from 9 AM-1 PM in LRNC 215
(new tutors) and LRNC 107 (returning tutors).
2005
ESL Skills Series -
all programs are free & no sign
up is required
Classes
for November-December 2005 & January 2006 in LRNC 211/212 (except
Talk Time)
NOTE: No classes on December 24-26,
December 31-January 2, January 15-16
English with Taja, Tuesdays @ 6 PM
Talk Time with Claire, Thursdays @ 10 AM (LRNC 102)
TOEFL Review with Serge, Thursdays @ 6 PM
Grammar with Serge, Saturdays @ 1 PM
NOTE:
Fall
Basic Classes and Family Literacy classes will end December
17, 2005 and resume February 18, 2006
During
our abbreviated service hours, Tuesday and Thursday evening
classes will end at 7:30 PM.
Skills
Series Classes will meet in December and January but observe
the library
holiday schedule. See holiday schedule below:
Library Hours for Winter Holidays
December 19-22: 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
December 23: 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM
December 24-26: Closed for Winter Holiday
December 27-29: 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
December 30: 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM
December 31-January 2: Closed for New Year’s Holiday
January 3-5: 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
January 6: 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM (resume regular hours)
January 15-16: Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
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Resources
Taking Tests on Computers
(NOTE: You
need a Harris County Public Library card number to enter
Learning Express)
Learning
Express Library @ http://rpa-srv.hcpl.net/rpa/webauth.exe?rs=LEARNTEST&sk=45
Grammar
Internet Sites
Structure & Writing @ http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Using
a Computer to Learn English
Dictionaries
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Online Translators
http://babelfish.altavista.com
http://www.worldlingo.com/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
News
and Online Radio
http://www.npr.org
http://www.reuters.com
ESL Activities
http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
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Mission and Values:
The Harris County Public Library
Cy-Fair College Branch free ESL program promotes language
participation over language acquisition
and skills performance over skills competence. Our learners
practice freedom and construct meaning by virtue of their
active participation in our ESL Skills Series workshops and
their
self-paced progress toward personal and professional goals.
Sign up for CENGL 39800004 CY360 in order to access all of
our electronic resources during the ESL Computer Literacy Series
classes and labs.
For more information, please contact Serge
Danielson-Francois, Reference Librarian, by phone at 832-482-1023
or email serge.j.danielson-francois@nhmccd.edu.
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