The ESL Excellence Institute

The ESL Excellence Institute is a private English as a Second Language institute for children and adults serving the academic international community. Instruction is student-centered, one on one and or group based. The goal is to teach international students conversational English using the internet.

This course recognizes that ESL learner mistakes are usually not those of a native speaker of English, but of someone experiencing a great deal of interference from another language system.

Consequently, the lessons are modified to meet the needs of ESL students at varying levels. The instructional strategies are focused on dealing with another language interference as opposed to native remediation.

The instructional goals include the below:

o To provide a quality English language program to the international community at an affordable price;
o The classes are one on one and or in small groups in order to give students the excellence in academic opportunities they need for adequate practice and to allow them the individual attention and feedback they need from the instructor;
o To maintain professional standards of our staff by requiring a minimum of a New York State Teaching certificate in a related field and expertise in second language acquisition;
o To listen to our students and to the businesses in the community and to give them the types of classes they express a need and/or a desire for;
o To provide a friendly and helpful atmosphere for students and teachers;
o To provide a flexible and convenient schedule for students including, day and evening classes.