There are opportunities for PC TECH students to write and act out informal dialogues to demonstrate their grasp of conversational English.  We often use many more contractions than in formal written English; sentences are short; some slang and idiomatic expressions can be employed where appropriate.

Kevin and Suleymane have scripted this role-play:

S:  Hi!  How are you doing?  My name’s Suleymane.

K:  Hi, my name’s Kevin.  I am from France.

S:  Really?  I dream about Paris.

K:  Oh, I’m not from Paris.  I live in Marseille and I’m here to learn English.

S:  Me too.  I am in Level 2 and my teacher’s name is Mr Frank.

K:  Wow!  So we’re going to be in the same classroom.

S:  That’s good.  Are you working right now?

K:  Oh no!  Just sometimes…a part-time job [in my country].  And you?

S:  No, but I take care of my uncle’s children.  Then every week their parents give me cash.  But, you know, that’s not enough.

K:  That’s interesting!  Do you like it?

S:  Of course!  I learn some words from the children.

K:  Really?  That’s good…

I think we’re going to be late.  We have to go.

S:  Yeah, so let’s go.

PC TECH: English Language School in New York City

English is a great language to learn. And learning English is a great way to start off the new year. Start off 2014 by coming to PC TECH. There are many reasons to learn English and English is a fun language to learn. It is both a fascinating and interesting language. Here, we’ve laid out a few facts about the English language.

The most common letter in English is “e”.

More English words begin with the letter “s” than with any other letter?

80% of information stored on all computers in the world is in English.

In Sweden, 89% of people speak English.

English is a  West Germanic Language.

In the United States, speaking English immediately opens up opportunities regardless of your ethnicity, color, or background.

Diplomats and  politicians from different countries use English to communicate with each other. English is the main language of organizations like the United Nations, NATO, and the European Free Trade Association.

About 1,500,000,000 people in the world speak English. Another 1,000,000,000 are learning it.

Simple alphabet — no special symbols such as é or ä. Type in sweet, part, film on your computer. Now try süß (German), część (Polish), фильм (Russian). Which is easier?

”Go.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

See, learning about English is fun, interesting, and fascinating.

PC TECH: English Language School in New York City