Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Imagine 25 individuals, males, females, singles, married, young adults and adults, from countries such as Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Peru, all coming together to learn or improve their English skills. 

That was the experience at the opening day of the English as a Second Language (ESL) Class organized by “Ministerio Hermandad” under the Auspice of the Hispanic Ministry Department of the Bermuda Conference of SDA.

Imagine learning to write English sentences through the story of Adam and Eve; or what about learning pronunciation through the story of David and Goliath? That is all possible.  The main curriculum for our ESL Class is a Bible-based, fun, action-packed curriculum by which students will be exposed to Bible characters all the way from Adam and Eve to the Empty Tomb of Jesus. We will also reinforce their learning through the well recommended Rosetta Stone, a complete curriculum in itself.

The class began with an evaluation to determine the English proficiency level of the students, three levels where organized, beginners, high beginners, and intermediate (conversational emphasis) level.

The classes always begin and end with a prayer; they also recite “The Lord’s Prayer” before they go home. One student said: “Oh, how I wish I could memorize that prayer.”

The classes began Sunday, 27 September 2009 at the premises of the Warwick Seventh-day Adventist Church and will continue through the rest of the year. The teachers at the various levels are Geneva Inghman, Somerset Church; Robert Dummont , Southampton Church; Sandra Stowe and Donna Belton, Warwick Church; Martha Black, Pembroke Church; and Karina Villanueva, a student who came for the conversational course last semester and is now teaching at the beginners level.  Others like Gabriela Pozo, Merley Sanchez and Loida Ratteray, are giving child care services for the teachers and the students as well.     

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