The University of Miami provides customized English courses to employees of service contractors. Classes are offered at the Coral Gables, Medical, and Marine campuses. Eligible contract employees may attend classes one hour, three times each week when classes are scheduled during work hours. A certificate of completion will be issued based on satisfactory results from the course tests. Contract employees who wish to participate in the English program must complete a placement test. For more information, please review the Education Policy Guidelines.
COURSE SCOPE:
LEVEL: Beginning ESL Literacy
- Pre-test
LifePrints 1: Chapters 1-6—This section covers:
- Neighborhoods
- Families
- Keeping in touch
- Getting from here to there
- Feelings
- Discovering patterns
- Test
LEVEL: Low Beginning ESL
- Pre-test
LifePrints 1: Chapters 7-12—This section covers:
- What did you do before?
- The cost of things
- Getting well
- Asking for help
- The spice of life
- Discovering patterns
- Test – End of Book 1 – LifePrints 1-Form A
LEVEL: High Beginning ESL
- Pre-test – LifePrints 1-Form B
LifePrints 2: Chapters 1-6—This section covers:
- Getting a job
- On the job
- Making choices about money
- Driving a car
- Having a good time
- Discovering patterns
- Test
LEVEL: High Intermediate ESL
LifePrints 3: Chapters 1-6—This section covers:
- Continuing education
- What the community offers
- Making ends meet
- Living with machines
- Travels in America
- Discovering patterns
- Test
LEVEL: Advanced ESL
LifePrints 3: Chapters 7-12—This section covers:
- Problems on the job
- Saving the environment
- Real costs of a car
- Under the law
- Can I buy a house?
- Discovering patterns
- Test – End of Book 3 – LifePrints 3-Form A
