Community college invests in ESL training

In the ESL classrooms, students had an extremely positive experience. By far the most welcoming surprise since the beginning of the program is the great improvement students have made in perfecting English pronunciation. It had been almost impossible for teachers to break through thick accents with traditional methods, but the interactive nature of the program, voice capabilities, and mind associations have finally given the students the keys to pronunciation success.

As more students engaged with the Rosetta Stone solution, teachers noticed they too were discovering additional freedom in their classroom. Teachers now have more time to teach their own lessons and personally interact with their students. With additional classroom time, teachers at ACC are introducing more advanced and interactive activities into their curricula.

In just the first few months, ACC teachers and students have seen overwhelming success from Rosetta Stone Classroom. Students taking Spanish classes are gaining language skills much faster than before, allowing professors to augment their usual instruction with more in-depth lessons and activities. Additionally, teachers of the ESL program have credited the software’s voice-driven technology with the improvement in student pronunciation and word acquisition. The program has been so successful that ACC plans to make other languages available in the coming semester and open Rosetta Stone Classroom access to all students.

Although currently limited to Spanish and English learning, ACC plans to extend Rosetta Stone Classroom to other languages that might also improve students’ career prospects. ACC also plans on incorporating Rosetta Stone into its 50th anniversary celebration this year by offering free access to students and alumni who come and want to try out the software for the first time.

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Alamance Community College

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N. Kumar Lakhavani is currently serving as Director of Information Services and Adjunct Faculty in Computer Information Science department at Alamance Community College. Kumar holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelor of Science degree from Guilford College.

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