{"id":27149,"date":"2019-04-01T18:49:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/04\/01\/basic-esl-course-offered\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:12:40","slug":"basic-esl-course-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/01\/basic-esl-course-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic ESL Course Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\"><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/01\/esl-newsroom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7753\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/01\/esl-newsroom-300x161.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> is offering a fee-based Basic English as a Second Language (BESL) course for non-native English speakers who want to improve their language skills. It will be offered, beginning in May, at NECC Riverwalk, 360 Merrimack St. Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>Testing dates for admission to the program are Mondays, April 8, 22, and 29 and May 6 and 13 from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Two levels of classes will be held May 28 through July 18.<\/p>\n<p>This eight-week course is designed to prepare individuals to transition into Academic English as a Second Language (ESL) programs at Northern Essex.<\/p>\n<p>The cost is $150 and an additional $60 for books.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Marsha Parinussa Flynn, coordinator of the program at <a href=\"mailto:mparinussaflynn@necc.mass.edu\">mparinussaflynn@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Essex Community College is offering a fee-based Basic English as a Second Language (BESL) course for non-native English speakers who want to improve their language skills. 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