ESL Talk Time: daily classes from 9:30 to 11:30 AM for those who wish to improve their English,
ALL classes are in Classroom 207 in the Pavilion Building

Canadian Citizenship Course (Intermediate Level) January 9 to March 26, 2012
Registration is required 604-581-8933

Intermediate Classes (Wednesdays & Fridays) January 11 to March 9, 2012

Beginner Classes (Tuesdays & Thursdays) January 10 to March 8, 2012

Note: Classes follow the Surrey School District’s Calendar: Spring Vacation will be from March 9 to March 26, 2012,
The Canadian Citizenship Course will continue during the Spring School Break.

ESL Life Groups

Sundays: Bible Study from 9 to 10:30 AM in the Church’s Fireside Room, Group Leaders: Jonathan & Margie Dawn 604-574-0062

Mondays: 7 to 9 PM, Group Leader: Maria Gordon 604-591-1873
Fridays: 1 to 3 PM; Group Leaders: Peter & Phaik Tan 778-994-4203

Cedar Grove Baptist Church
And its ESL Program

The Cedar Grove Baptist Church has provided a program to assist people whose mother tongue was not English for several years.
The program has evolved through several stages and currently provides English as a Secondary Language (ESL) in a two-prong approach.
The first is through ‘Talk Time’ classes provided several times a week, from 9:30 to 11:30 AM, and involves reading and discussion of articles published in ‘Our Daily Bread’ and other topics of interest to the students. This is not a beginner English program and requires a certain level of English proficiency.
The second is a Bible study and discussion program provided every Sunday from 9:00 to 10:30 AM.
Consideration is currently given to expand the program by adding the new ESOL Alpha program. Should there be sufficient interest, beginner English classes may also be started.

Objectives and Purpose:
The program is an outreach of the church to those whose mother tongue is not English.
The objective is to provide opportunities to improve English language skills to English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and at the same time introduce non-Christians to Christianity and strengthen the faith of those who are Christians.

Program Results:
This is accomplished by discussing Christian and non-Christian literature in a classroom setting, and providing weekly Bible study sessions. The progression is both ways, Christian students who attended the Talk Time classroom sessions, then started to attend Bible study sessions. Students who attended Bible study sessions, but whose English language skills were limited, have been referred to the ‘Talk Time’ program. Several students, over the years, have also started to attend regular church services.

A number of students attending Talk Time classroom sessions are non-Christians, but through non-threatening discussions using Christian literature, have become familiar with Christian culture.

It should be understood that a large portion of ESL students are transient and may only be in Canada for a limited time.

Frido Profoehr, ESL Program Coordinator