ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)

Program Description
ESL is designed to help adults develop a vocabulary which they can use to communicate their needs and to understand personal, social and job situations in everyday living. Functional use of English is learned through listening, speaking, reading and writing practice in beginning, intermediate and advanced classes.

Entry requirements
Limited or non-English speaking adults, 16 and older.
A short interview is used to evaluate listening and reading skills, followed by an orientation interview and pre-test of skills. Initial and ongoing testing is used to determine the class – beginner, intermediate or advanced – is most appropriate for the student.

Additional Information
Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) provides the staff and instruction for daytime English as a Second Language classes at Goodwill. Other ESL sites operated by IPS can be found by calling IPS at 226-4536. Goodwill also operates an early evening class three days a week.

ESL classes at the Goodwill Michigan Street location are open from Monday – Friday, 8 a.m – 3 p.m.
Evening classes are held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 5 – 8 p.m.

Goodwill offers employment services to ESL students and to companies that employ non-English speaking workers.

There is no charge for ESL services or for Goodwill’s employment services.

Contact
Registration for ESL classes at Goodwill:
From 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., contact Elvira Martinez at (317) 524-3646
From 5 – 8 p.m., contact Glennie Avant at (317) 524-4219
Indianapolis Public Schools’ ESL programs:
Contact IPS at (317) 226-4536

You can access this service at the following location(s)

Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana
1635 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46222
(317) 524-4313
Fax (317) 524-4336
TTY (317) 524-4309