March 2024 Newsletter
Word of the Month
The word of the month is music! The word of the month highlights a vocabulary word in many of the languages we teach.
Let us know which words we should feature next!
CRLC on the Radio!
Kim, Xuehan, Miriam, and Sabra visited WAMC to be part of their segment The Round Table. The host Sarah LaDuke had a conversation with them about the benefits of language learning and CRLC programs. The teachers even gave Sarah a mini language lesson in Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and French!
Listen to the segment:
https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-roundtable/2024-03-13/capital-regional-language-center-celebrates-over-20-years-of-language-education
Staff Feature
Faith Pirlo
English Instructor and Assistant Director of English Programs
Faith Pirlo is an ESL instructor and content creator with a Master’s in TESOL and over 10 years of experience in the classroom. Originally from West Virginia, Faith lived in Virginia and taught at George Mason University and American University in Washington, DC. She has also worked observing, mentoring, and supporting ESL and industry-based teachers.
In her free time, she enjoys working out, cooking, dancing, and playing with her two cats and two guinea pigs. Faith is excited to join Empire State English and the Capital Region Language Center. Faith has joined the team this year and is helping our English programs at CRLC and Empire State English run smoothly!
Want to get to know more of our staff?
You can browse languages and meet our teachers on our staff page: https://crlcalbany.org/about/meet-our-staff/
Join us for a Language Program Information Session over Zoom!
Wednesday, March 20th 7:00-8:00pm.
All are invited to join us for a language program information session over Zoom.
RSVP Here to let us know you can attend.
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