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If you wish to study in a college degree or certificate program but you do not feel you know enough English to begin your studies...

Basic Educational Skills

If you are an ESL student enrolled in college courses and you need to further increase your knowledge of academic English because you are not yet ready for Freshman Composition…

…offers the following services for *all* Queensborough students who do not speak English as their first language:
  • In person tutoring in reading, writing, grammar, mechanics, and CUNY test preparation
  • Access to a website especially designed to address various language-related difficulties that students encounter in their academic work
Speech Communications
& Theatre Arts
  • All QCC students must take the Speech Placement Test and satisfy any remedial speech requirements before finishing their 24th credit.
  • Students who have difficulty with spoken English may be placed in SP-005 and/or SP-006 on the basis of the Speech Placement Test.
If you are an adult who works during the day and you wish to learn more English in the evening to help you at work or in your everyday life, look at our brochure for information on our schedule of classes.
Port of Entry
Port of Entry

If you wish to study English full-time in a college setting and you need to take the TOEFL, then see our services...

If you want to speak and understand English better for your daily life, view our Literacy program for information on our free day, evening, or Saturday English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

International Students Center

The International Students Center is a multiple office for the purposes of providing the following services:

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