Difficult to make friends in America?
Dec 13th 2012, 5:19 pm
#1351
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
There's a national organisation of literacy volunteers. In most places in the US, you can get one-on-one english as a second language tuition free of charge. Of course, there are classes too, many of which will have a fee. Ask at your public library, or look on the web for literacy volunteers..
Dec 13th 2012, 5:35 pm
#1352
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
There's a national organisation of literacy volunteers. In most places in the US, you can get one-on-one english as a second language tuition free of charge. Of course, there are classes too, many of which will have a fee. Ask at your public library, or look on the web for literacy volunteers..
Dec 13th 2012, 7:00 pm
#1353
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
There might be a fee, there might not. Most adult education classes or similar programs charge - or not - for a series of lessons, not individual lessons.
Stay away from the numerous for-profit community college programs, which are very expensive.
Regards, JEff
Stay away from the numerous for-profit community college programs, which are very expensive.
Regards, JEff
Dec 13th 2012, 7:13 pm
#1354
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Dec 13th 2012, 7:41 pm
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
Watching lots of tv especially childrens programmes and lunch-time soap-operas helps
Dec 13th 2012, 8:03 pm
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
Thanks. Just wondering, how much is a college program ?
Dec 13th 2012, 8:10 pm
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
Try this:
http://www.eslgo.com/classes.html
http://www.eslgo.com/classes.html
Thanks.
Dec 13th 2012, 8:11 pm
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
They are? ..... round here (east coast states) community colleges are (i) not "for-profit", and (ii) not expensive. They're state/ local government owned and run, and at the bargain basement end of post-secondary education. Two years at a community college followed by transferring for two years at a regular college is widely recognised as the cheapest way to get a bachelor's degree.Now, there are also for-profit colleges that offer things like automotive or motorcycle engineering, medical or legal secretarial, and beauty therapy; and they are expensive, and notorious for turning out "graduates" who are unable to find employment in the area of their chosen qualification.
Dec 13th 2012, 8:33 pm
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
Is this animated cartoon according to american slang ?
Sorry for mistakes
Dec 13th 2012, 9:16 pm
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
Dec 13th 2012, 9:54 pm
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Re: Difficult to make friends in America?
Agreed. These are the ones to attend
They are? ..... round here (east coast states) community colleges are (i) not "for-profit", and (ii) not expensive. They're state/ local government owned and run, and at the bargain basement end of post-secondary education. Two years at a community college followed by transferring for two years at a regular college is widely recognised as the cheapest way to get a bachelor's degree.
Like I said, stay away from the for-profit ones. Go to the public ones.
Regards, JEff
They are? ..... round here (east coast states) community colleges are (i) not "for-profit", and (ii) not expensive. They're state/ local government owned and run, and at the bargain basement end of post-secondary education. Two years at a community college followed by transferring for two years at a regular college is widely recognised as the cheapest way to get a bachelor's degree. Now, there are also for-profit colleges that offer things like automotive or motorcycle engineering, medical or legal secretarial, and beauty therapy; and they are expensive, and notorious for turning out "graduates" who are unable to find employment in the area of their chosen qualification.