EnglishConnect
EnglishConnect is now offered in our Stake for anyone who wants to increase their proficiency in the English language in a gospel-centered environment. Developing English proficiency can lead to increased academic and vocational opportunities.
The EnglishConnect courses are open to members as well as non-members so we encourage you to invite anyone you know who would benefit from increasing their English skills. The courses are for anyone whose native language is anything other than English. The EnglishConnect courses are also a great way to prepare to enter the BYU-Pathway Worldwide program in the future to continue your education.
The class meets on Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm at the Staples Mill Stake Center - 10913 Staples Mill Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Please contact one of our instructors, Sister Amanda Enkey (Gayton) 804-938-8786 or Sister Courtney Mayfield
(Gayton Ward) Courtneydmayfield@gmail.com or Sandra Taylor (taylorhome33@gmail.com) for details.
You can find out more about the EnglishConnect courses below and at the following link: https://www.englishconnect.org/.
We welcome anyone who would like to come.
EnglishConnect Page:
Click here to go to the Church's EnglishConnect page.
Overview
EnglishConnect brings together English language learners, instructors, volunteers, and Church leaders to create an English learning program for all of God‘s children. The program includes both face-to-face and online courses that also provide opportunities to learn more about the Church if learners choose to do so.
EnglishConnect courses are designed to help learners increase their English proficiency in a gospel-centered environment. Developing English proficiency can lead to increased academic and vocational opportunities.
EnglishConnect Website - This website also includes instructor training.
EnglishConnect 1 and 2
EnglishConnect 1 and 2 help beginning-level learners:
Develop basic English conversation skills
Prepare for EnglishConnect 3
Meets once a week for 90 minutes, to learn and practice English conversation skills and gospel principles.
Lasts 25 weeks.
Includes a gospel principle for 30 minutes from My Foundation for Self-Reliance or a gospel lesson taught by the instructor or full-time missionaries.
Has an instructor (not a facilitator).
Requires learners to practice 10 hours each week.
Requires learners to access the internet and mobile apps for out-of-class practice.
EnglishConnect 3 (online)
EnglishConnect 3 helps intermediate-level learners:
Develop academic and employment listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Prepare for BYU-Pathway Worldwide.
EnglishConnect 3 is for low-intermediate to high-intermediate learners. It is a self-paced online course, which means learners complete assignments at their own pace. The course includes a student led weekly gathering online or in a local meetinghouse. Students who successfully complete this third level of training are prepared to seek admission to BYU-Pathway Worldwide through BYU–Pathway Worldwide.
BYU-Pathway Worldwide helps learners:
Develop advanced-level English proficiency.
Pursue higher education and improved employment opportunities.
(Visit BYU-Pathway Worldwide for more information.)
Learn English Now
This course can be used to replace EnglishConnect 1 and 2 in areas with no internet or with learners who have limited computer skills. Learn English Now covers the same levels as the EnglishConnect 1 and 2 courses combined. Its course manual will assist instructors and learners as they move through the Learn English Now course. It will guide both instructors and learners through classroom instruction and will help learners engage in effective study and practice between classes. There are audio files that will help Learn English Now learners to practice the correct pronunciation of new vocabulary words between classes. The Learn English Now materials can be downloaded all at once, or individually, from this Microsoft OneDrive folder.
EnglishConnect Leader Guide
This Leader Guide explains EnglishConnect 1 and 2 courses and materials and offers suggested timelines and tips that will help your EnglishConnect program be a blessing in the lives of those you serve. Please also use the Church's online EnglishConnect page for additional information and the latest materials.
Additional Resources
All of the EnglishConnect manuals and documents can be downloaded all at once, or individually, from this Microsoft OneDrive folder. See our Welfare and Self-Reliance page for more information for all self-reliance manuals.
Please go to www.churchofjesuschrist.org and Sign in for complete membership directory and Ward/Stake calendar. You can ask the Ward Clerk to print a Ward Directory for church use. You can also use the Tools mobile app. A user account is required.
Instructors: Sister Amanda Enkey (Gayton) 804-938-8786 or Sister Tania Lounsbury (Innsbrook) tlounsbury@gmail.com or Sandra Taylor (taylorhome33@gmail.com.)
This website is NOT an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.