<div style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">Hey AAA,</font></div><div style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">We just heard of a very cool ESL teaching opportunity in chinatown. It's run by Bo Han from Harvard, here's a short blurb:</font></div>
<div style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><span style>We are mainly a weekend ESL class program, catered to teaching recent Chinese immigrants English. We run </span><b style>11AM-1PM every Saturday and Sunday for 8 weeks</b><span style> (this semester, </span><b style>we start on 2/11</b><span style> running until 4/15, with 2 weeks off the weekend of 3/10 and 3/17 for our spring break) right </span><b style>on Harvard campus</b><span style>. We have 5 levels of classes, with level 1 starting at the most basic like alphabet, through level 5, focusing on conversation and writing. Levels 1-3 are taught in both Cantonese and Mandarin, while level 4 and 5 requires no Chinese skills. Class sizes range from as little as 5-6 students to 25, depending on the level, and the age of the students range from mid 30s to 80. We do hold one Intensive class during the weekday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday (4PM-6PM) that covers materials in levels 1-3. Curriculum textbooks are provided for each class.</span><br style>
<br style><span style>They are looking for tutors to commit two hours per week for 8 weeks to teach ESL to chinese immigrants. </span><span style>The application can be reached </span><b style><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGhSaTNUc0plRzRrX0RlUjVCMUR5aVE6MA#gid=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">here</a></b><span style> and we ask that they be submitted by </span><b style>Saturday, February 4th, at noon</b><span style>. They will reimburse for transportation.</span><div>
<br style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">AAA exec is trying to get a group of people together to do this. If you're interested, please fill out the form, and let <a href="mailto:aaa-exec@mit.edu">aaa-exec@mit.edu</a> know asap!</font></div>
<div>-- <br>Jeff Z. Chen<br>Department of EECS<br>MIT | Class of 2012<br>
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