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English As A Second Language

 

The University of Belize is proud to house Belize’s Regional Language Centre (RLC) in the Garden City Belmopan. The RLC is Belize’s mechanism for bridging the language barrier between the Caribbean and Central America. The RLC offers many specialized second language courses in English and Spanish with plans to expand to cover more languages to meet the needs of our national and international clients. The one-year English as a second language programme is designed to advance the English competency of those who enter the programme regardless of their current ability. Students study in homogenous groups of students who are at or very close to each other’s competency level. All students are given a placement test upon arrival to determine in which group they will study. Scholarship students join privately funded students from all over the world who also study at the RLC.

It is typical for a class to be comprised of scholarship students from Cuba, Panama, Columbia and Mexico along with private students from Mainland China, Korea, Japan, Russia, countries in Africa, Taiwan and countries in Central America. The ten-month immersion programme focuses on strengthening students reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in English. The faculty members emphasize practice and design the coursework to encourage practical application of knowledge. At the end of the ten-month programme, if students have successfully completed the programme with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.5, they will receive a certificate of completion in an RLC graduation ceremony. During the first week of courses, all new students will be given a detailed orientation of the expectations and methodology of the new curriculum for the course. Each student will have a personal academic advisor who will act as a mentor and coach for their personal language acquisition.

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Press Release
02.05.2012

Remarks by President of the University of BelizeDr. Cary Fraser “At the Forum addressing the 2010 findings of the 4th Report on Central America State of the Region”University of Belize, Jaguar Auditorium, April 26, 2012.P ...read more