ESL program creating bilingual students for over two decades

ESL program creating bilingual students for over two decades

He is a child development major and an English as a Second Language student at Bakersfield College.

“I think the hardest thing about coming to a new country is learning the language,” Jia said.

“I appreciate the ESL program because it gave me a good chance to make a rapid progress on English study, and I really benefited from it so much,” said Jia who won the ESL Department award last year, regardless of the short period of time she has been living in the United States.

The ESL Department was created at Bakersfield College in July of last year.

ESL classes have been taught at BC for more than 20 years. However, they used to be part of the Foreign Language Department and then the English Department until last year when they decided to create their own department to serve the needs of their students.

Jia was one of the many students who benefited from the creation of the ESL Department.

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