Office of Cross-Cultural Education & English for Speakers of Other Languages(ESOL)

1. ESOL Courses designs/organizes/offers credit courses as well as custom-designed courses to help non-native speakers of English develop English language proficiency for academic success, career development, and effective communication.
2. ESOL Tutoring & Support Services are available to all NHTI students. These services include individual professional support for challenges in oral and written expression, tutoring in academic subjects, test accommodations, informal language evaluation and course placement, TOEFL preparation, and more.
3. Cross-Cultural Training, Facilitation, and Resources provide resources and information as well as opportunities for learning useful skills to promote the development of cultural competence, multicultural awareness, interpersonal communication, and conflict management in our increasingly diverse community.
4. ESOL/International Student Advising assists students with multicultural/multilingual backgrounds with the challenges they face in applying for programs at NHTI, academic studies, interpersonal communication, and cultural transition.
5. International Exchanges and Travel/Study Abroad Programs create opportunities for students and faculty to broaden their world view through adding international components to the existing curricula as well as campus life.

Our Community

The number of students with diverse cultural/language backgrounds at NHTI is growing, a fact that mirrors the increasing cultural diversity in the Concord area and the state. During the 2007-2008 academic year, our campus community included students from Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea-Conakry, Haiti, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela, Viet Nam, and Yugoslavia.