{"id":44104,"date":"2017-06-28T15:58:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=44104"},"modified":"2017-06-28T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:58:21","slug":"acc-hosts-information-sessions-for-english-language-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/06\/28\/acc-hosts-information-sessions-for-english-language-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC hosts information sessions for English language offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) hosts a series of free information sessions about the college\u2019s English language programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cACC offers non-native speakers of English a number of options for language training,\u201d says Dr. Shannon Bailey, ESOL department chair. \u201cThe sessions are designed to help students choose which of the four programs will best address their specific needs. They receive step-by-step directions to get started much easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by ACC\u2019s Adult Education Division in collaboration with the ESOL Department and International Student Office, each session will provide program and enrollment information. Participants also can meet with faculty and advisors.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions are free and open to the public and will be held at Highland Campus (6101 Airport Blvd.) on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, June 29 at 11 a.m., Room 2212<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, June 29 at 6 p.m., Room 2201<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 12 at 11 a.m., Room 1421<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 12 at 6 p.m., Room 1421<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 26 at 11 a.m., Room 1421<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 26 at 6 p.m., Room 1421<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sign up is available <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/k7bnrof\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>, but is not required to attend.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about English language instruction at ACC or for help signing up, contact the ESOL Department at 512-223-7451 or ESL Program at 512-223-5123.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) hosts a series of free information sessions about the college\u2019s English language programs. \u201cACC offers non-native speakers of English a number of options for language training,\u201d says Dr. Shannon Bailey, ESOL &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/06\/28\/acc-hosts-information-sessions-for-english-language-offerings\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3934,"featured_media":43487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17],"tags":[1598,59,405,422,1597,71,404,1599],"class_list":["post-44104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-english-programs","tag-enrollment","tag-esl","tag-esol","tag-free-information-sessions","tag-highland-campus","tag-iep","tag-international-student-office"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3934"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}