On Sept 18th, a team of 5 employees from Quizlet came to observe our teacher, Josh Kurzweil, teach his Intermediate C Listening/Speaking class. Quizlet is an online flashcard system that students can use to…
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UncategorizedData Show That Community College Is a Path to Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate Degrees
Most IEC@DVC students follow the same path: Attend IEC@DVC to learn English. Transfer from IEC@DVC to Diablo Valley College. Transfer from DVC to a four-year university (like a UC or CSU) to receive a…
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More than 1.5 million people attend a California Community College each year. In fact, an average of one in 3 Californians will attend a community college during their lifetime! What are some of the…
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After completing studies at IEC@DVC, students go on to do great things: many transfer to Diablo Valley College and then to a four-year university to receive their bachelor’s degree, and students continue to use…
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Summer is here! There is nothing like a California summer: the beaches are packed, restaurants serve delicious summer dishes and desserts, the baseball stadiums are full of people, and fairs and festivals happen every…
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Pablo Brito, 20 years old, was born and raised in Japan but is a Venezuelan citizen. His first language is Japanese and came to California in 2014 to study English at IEC. After spending…
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After 11 years away, Mai came back to visit us at IEC! She was kind enough to sit down and give us her thoughts on IEC, DVC and how she came to be living…
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June 8, 2015 Meishan Fan, an IEC and DVC alumni, came to the United States in August 2012 to pursue a college education. She chose DVC after learning that the community college has the…
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IEC is proud to introduce our first student newsletter. Our goal is to produce a newsletter once per session. This issue was created by teachers and IEC staff, however, we are hoping to obtain…
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The California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages conference was held in nearby Oakland, April 12th through the 15th. IEC teachers Anrisa Fannin, Dennis Imada, Wendy Brown, Kate Frei, Matty Varban, Beth Wadell, Clarissa Ryan,…