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brookline
Adult & Community Education
FALL 2021
brookline
Adult & Community Education
WHAT IS BA&CE? WHO TEACHES AT BA&CE? PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BROOKLINE
Brookline Adult & Community Education Our instructors are poets, computer Brookline, Massachusetts
(BA&CE) is one of the oldest non-credit, public programmers, teachers, chefs, therapists,
education programs in Massachusetts. Adult doctors, artists, and businesspeople who superintendent
education has been a part of the Brookline come to share their knowledge and training Dr. Linus Guillory
community since 1832, beginning with the simply because they love what they do. school committee
formation of the Brookline Lyceum Society. It Faculty biographies, listed on our website, will Helen Charlupski, Susan Wolf Ditkoff,
is now the largest public program in the state, introduce you to their experience, talent, and
Suzanne Federspiel, Andy Liu, Jennifer
with close to 1,000 courses and over 10,000 training.
enrollments yearly. Today, BA&CE is the hub Monopoli, Mariah Nobrega, David A.
of an educational network serving residents Pearlman, Steven Ehrenberg
from more than 50 neighboring communities ______
WHO TAKES OUR CLASSES?
in the greater Boston area and beyond. A
self-supporting program of Brookline Public People like you. People who know that
learning does not stop with graduation, but is BROOKLINE ADULT &
Schools, BA&CE’s operating budget is funded COMMUNITY EDUCATION
entirely from course fees. a lifelong process. People who seek personal
and professional growth; entertainment and advisory committee
education; new ideas and new experiences, Marina Brodskaya, Arthur Conquest
and who enjoy the company of others who
WHAT DOES COMMUNITY EDUCATION (Chair), Thomas Hantakas, Jr., Chobee Hoy,
seek the same.
Peter Meyer, Jennifer Monopoli (School
MEAN?
Committee Representative), Steve von
Through its proud tradition of public schooling,
the “business” of Brookline has always been Lichtenberg
HOW DO YOU GET STARTED?
education. The Brookline Public Schools has
Give us a call at 617-730-2700. Monday-
built on this tradition, expanding the concept administrative staff
Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, please find us at 490
of public education to serve the many different
Heath Street, Chestnut Hill. As we are working Director
constituencies which make up Brookline and
mostly remotely, please call in advance before Michelle McGlone, M.Ed.
its larger community. BA&CE fulfills its mission
coming to our office. Visit us online at www. Program Managers
by providing service to the community and
brooklineadulted.org. Send us an email at
enlisting its support for public education. Monica von Huene
bacep@psbma.org. Our staff will answer your
Jacqui Morton, MFA
As partners with the schools for a common questions and help you choose from among
purpose, BA&CE is committed to offering our comprehensive course selections. But first, Accounts Payable
lifelong educational opportunity to all: keep reading. We think you will be pleased by Susan E. Bonoff
newcomers to the United States, working what you see. Operations Assistant
people and professionals, those in transition Trevette Campbell
or career change, older citizens, persons with
special needs, and especially those who OUR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY Daytime Office:
have not been able to participate fully in the We strive to offer educational programs of 490 Heath Street
educational process. BA&CE is also dedicated the highest quality to our participants. Please Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
to supporting public education by creating and let us know if you feel that the quality of the
providing opportunities for innovation and instruction was unsatisfactory, or if you feel the Mailing Address:
flexibility in the school curriculum. By offering class did not meet your expectations. Please
programs that bridge the generations, the P.O. Box 150 Brookline, MA 02446
send us an email expressing your concerns,
Brookline Public Schools seeks to unite the comments, or positive feedback, and we’ll
community in a common purpose—educating Phone: 617-730-2700
personally respond.
for the improvement of the quality of life for all Website: www.brooklineadulted.org
its members. Email: bacep@psbma.org
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Catalog Design
Neil Perry
Volume 32/Issue 1/ 2021
Brookline Adult & Community Education • USPS #009-762
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contents DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Dear Friends,
SPECIAL PROGRAMS It is a wonderful privilege to reintegrate as a community following the darkest
days of the pandemic. Seeing each other once again in our favorite shops, cafes,
4 Using Cannabis to Care for Yourself
churches, synagogues, mosques, parks, museums and restaurants is truly a
and Your Family
blessing we won’t soon take for granted. As we rebuild, we can also take a
4 Walker Evans and Boston’s Victorian moment to redefine ourselves and perhaps reimagine what it is that we want to
Beauties do to make our lives more meaningful, enriched and vigorous.
4 Cuba: Fascinating Culture, The staff and instructors at Brookline Adult & Community Education want to be
Inspirational Travel
your partner. We are eager to see you engaged in a lecture, learning a new skill,
5 Electric Vehicles taking up a hobby and making new friends. Whether for personal or professional
growth, there are great courses and lectures being made available to you by
COURSE CATEGORIES people who have a passion for the content and the experience to share it with
you. Get yourself enrolled today. There is no better time than now to discover
6 Especially for Children & Teens something new!
6 Liberal Arts
I am looking forward to learning alongside you and seeing your smile in class!
7 Music & Performing Arts
Michelle
9 Writing & Communication Skills
10 Languages
11 English as a Second Language
13 Computers & Technology
Staff Picks for Fall Courses
13 Finance & Real Estate
• Electric Vehicles • Community Barn Dance
15 Life & Career Skills
16 Cooking & Cuisine • What is Critical Race Theory? • Introduction to Chess
16 Walks & Tours • It’s Hard to Say Goodbye • Thursday, the Decluttering Day
19 Well-Being & Yoga • Exploring Indian Cuisine • Holiday Flower Arrangements
20 Dance & Fitness
21 Homes & Hobbies
22 Arts
26 Crafts & Skills A Sample of Our Fall Walks & Tours
ESSENTIALS • Boston Public Garden: A Walk Through Time, page 16
28 General Information • Brookline’s Green Hill, a Neighborhood of Gardeners and Gardners, page 17
29 Refunds, Credits & Transfers
• Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway, page 17
• Brookline’s Hidden History of Slavery and Freedom: A Walking Tour, page 17
• Boston’s Old South End Jewish Walking Tour, page 18
• Fenway Studios History and Art Studio Tour, page 19
Visit brooklineadulted.org for newly added courses and any schedule changes.
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SmartPrograms for Children
Brookline SmartPrograms
for children ages 5-13
Fill your child’s school breaks with learning and fun!
WinterWonderland SmartVacations SmartVacations
December 2021 February 2022 April 2022
WinterWonderland is Fill your February Vacation Discover some of our best
a week of activities week with four days of fun programs this spring!
during the holiday break. and enriching activities. Choose from an exciting
Students will take part February SmartVacations array of educational
in fun arts and crafts offer a wide variety of adventures that include
projects, computer and programs that are sure science, creative arts,
theater games, and more. to keep your child active theater, computers, and
Monday, December 27 - during vacation week. more.
Thursday, December 30, Tuesday, February 22 - Tuesday, April 19 -
2021 Friday, February 25, Friday, April 22,
2022 2022
For more information about vacation programs, please visit our website at
www.brooklineadulted.org or call BA&CE at 617-730-2700, ext. 0.
brooklineadulted.org
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THURSDAY EVENING LECTURE SERIES
Using Cannabis to Care for Yourself and Your Family
Benjamin Caplan, MD and Eric Exelbert, MD, Physicians
Join Dr. Caplan and Dr. Exelbert of the CED Clinic for an exciting and educational conversation. They will be reviewing all aspects of the
Massachusetts medical cannabis program; from the qualifying conditions and the telemedicine appointment process, to the exclusive
products and legal protection available to patients. Learn about how the endocannabinoid system works and how you can put it to work for
you. Dr. Caplan and Dr. Exelbert will address your questions as well as common misconceptions that people may have about cannabis and
the patients who utilize it.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/7/2021. Brookline High School, $25.00.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Walker Evans and Boston’s Victorian Beauties
Stephen Jerome, Architectural Historian
The photographer, Walker Evans, is famous for his collaboration with author James Agee who documented the effects of the Depression.
In 1931, Evans joined Lincoln Kerstein, his early patron, and architect/poet, John Brooks Wheelwright, in a project to photograph Boston-
area Victorian architecture for a book Wheelwright was writing on this subject. Many of the resulting iconic images are in the permanent
collections of museums. Join a historical architect and social historian (as well as a former tour guide for the Gibson House, which will be
discussed) for a slideshow about this rare archive of Victorian architecture and the three luminaries behind it.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/14/2021. Brookline High School, $25.00.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Cuba: Fascinating Culture, Inspirational Travel
Laura Quincy Jones, Tour Guide
Take an armchair adventure to colorful Cuba with Havana locals who will share the island’s treasures and answer questions about daily
life there as well as how to plan legal, safe and wonderful travel. Cuba has long been a destination for vacationers from other countries,
and has recently become very accessible for US citizens as well, even given fluctuating US policy. Cuba’s rich history, strong tradition of
education and the arts, living relics from architecture to classic cars, and gorgeous beaches and countryside are as magnetic as its people’s
warmth. On this evening, Laura Quincy Jones and Yasser Torriente-Rodriguez, who currently live in vibrant Havana with their daughter, run
a company for artistically-minded travelers. They will share their passion for the extraordinary people and lively culture of Cuba. Travel tips
and adaptations for the post-Covid-19 context, cultural highlights, including music and dance festivals, health and safety in Havana, and
inspirational grassroots projects will be discussed. There will be plenty of time for Q&A.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 1 Day: Th 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 10/21/2021. Brookline High School, $25.00.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
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SPECIAL EVENT
New
Electric Vehicles
Anna Vanderspek and Mal Skowron, Instructors
Electric vehicles (EVs) are more popular than ever and fully compete with gas powered vehicles. Government agencies and the automobile
manufacturers are committed to major electrification of the vehicle fleet over the next ten years. Many of us hope and expect that our next
vehicle will be an EV.
In Session 1, on November 3, 2021, join Anna Vanderspek, Electric Vehicle Program Director at the Green Energy Consumers Alliance,
and other experts in a moderated discussion of the developing policy issues and responses to your questions on how EVs function, store
energy and recharge. Topics include the environmental benefits of EVs, cost savings, and purchase rebates.
In Session 2, on November 10, 2021, join Mal Skowron, Program Associate at Green Energy Consumers Alliance, and James Cater, EV
Infrastructure Program Lead with Eversource Energy, in a moderated discussion about charging options for EVs.
Sec. 01: # sessions: 2 Day: W 7:00-9:00PM. Begins 11/3/2021. Online Course, $50.00.
Wednesday, November 3 & 10, 2021
Support BA&CE
Brookline Adult and Community Education (BA&CE) is one of the oldest non-credit, public education programs
in Massachusetts. Adult education has been a part of the Brookline community since 1832, beginning with the
formation of the Brookline Lyceum Society. It is now one of the largest public programs in the state, with close to
800 courses and over 5,000 enrollments yearly. Today, BA&CE is the hub of an educational network serving students
from more than 50 neighboring communities in the greater Boston area and beyond. A self-supporting program of
the Brookline public schools, BA&CE’s operating budget is funded entirely from course fees.
Donating is easy! Simply visit our website (www.brooklineadulted.org), call (617-730-2700), or email us to begin the
process (bacep@psbma.org).
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Especially for Outdoor Parkour for Young People
(Ages 10 to 13) Liberal Arts
Children & Teens
Parkour Generations Boston, Instructor
This socially distanced, outdoor class
is for 10-13 year olds of all ability and
fitness levels, and will include instruction
in the basic movements and techniques
of parkour, as well as exercises designed
Outdoor Parkour for Children to improve general fitness and ensure From Empire to Commonwealth: The
(Ages 6 to 9) the long-term practice of the discipline. History and Legacy of the British Empire
Parkour Generations Boston, Instructor Classes focus on exploring and moving Anatole Sykley, Instructor
safely through one’s environment and
This socially distanced, outdoor class is From the 1500s onwards, Britain has
overcoming both mental and physical
for children of all ability and fitness levels, invaded every country in the world, except
obstacles through the progressive training
and will include instruction in the basic 22 isolated places. Some say this is the
system of parkour. A combination of games,
movements and techniques of parkour, ultimate example of naked greed and
exercises, challenges, and technical drills
as well as exercises designed to improve aggression in the history of colonialism.
will provide scalable challenges to a wide
general fitness and ensure the long-term Others say that during its mature phase,
range of skill levels and will improve balance,
practice of the discipline. Classes focus this geographic domination allowed a new
coordination, strength, spatial awareness,
on exploring and moving safely through kind of tolerant culture to arise, which
and flexibility; all while having fun! All classes
one’s environment and overcoming both benefited the future outcome for many
are taught by experienced ADAPT-certified
mental and physical obstacles through the British former colonies. The rise and fall
coaches. This class is for ages 10-13. Masks
progressive training system of parkour. of the British Empire is a complex affair,
are required. Discounts or waivers do not
A combination of games, exercises, peppered with successes, failures and a
apply. We’ll meet at the Pierce School at the
challenges, and technical drills will provide host of historical problems. Why did the
corner of the upper parking lot, adjacent
scalable challenges to a wide range of American colonies for example, manage to
to the Pierce School / Town Hall / Library
skill levels and will improve balance, overthrow British rule so early, while other
path. Please notify our office of any allergies
coordination, strength, spatial awareness, large geographical entities such as India
or conditions we should know about.
and flexibility, all while having fun. All classes acquired independence relatively late in the
Please note: we’ll meet outside regardless
are taught by experienced ADAPT-certified course of the British empire? Given that the
of weather. Participants should dress
coaches. This class is for ages 6-9. Masks British Commonwealth of Nations seems
accordingly.
are required. Discounts or waivers do not alive and well, did the sentiments which
apply. We’ll meet at the Pierce School at the Sec. 02 : # sessions: 8 Day: M 4:45-5:45PM. Begins drove the expansion of the British Empire
corner of the upper parking lot, adjacent 9/27/2021. Pierce School, $150.00. really disappear from the world stage? In
to the Pierce School / Town Hall / Library this course, we will explore the different
path. Please notify our office of any allergies threads of British Empire history, and the
or conditions we should know about. many other threads of interpretation.
Please note: we’ll meet outside regardless Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Th 3:00-5:00PM. Begins
of weather. Participants should dress 9/23/2021. Online. $160.00.
accordingly.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: M 3:30-4:30PM. Begins
9/27/2021. Pierce School, $150.00. Some Enchanted Evening: The
Musical Collaborations of Rodgers and
Hammerstein
The Stock Market Game for Middle Schoolers™ Marshall Wright, Instructor
Peter Yaffe, Instructor Over the course of nearly 20 years, the
songwriting team of Richard Rodgers
Make big money fast (virtually, that is). In this fun and high-spirited setting, you’ll try
(composer) and Oscar Hammerstein (lyricist)
to grow a virtual $100,000 cash account into a top-performing portfolio and learn
churned out one mega-hit after another.
how daily events that shape our world affect our finances. Play The Stock Market
Beginning with their western musical,
Game™ and you’ll learn how investing actually works, starting by examining how the
Oklahoma, and ending with the soaring
markets work, types of investment products, investment research, use of stock charts,
The Sound of Music, the partnership proved
global events and conducting research for case studies. Then you’ll learn about risk,
particularly fruitful. Over the course of
speculating, diversification, and borrowing on margin. Working individually and in
four weeks, we will look at the blockbuster
teams, you’ll compete against your fellow classmates and other groups across the state
productions of State Fair, South Pacific, and
in this SIFMA Foundation sponsored game.
The King and I. In addition, we will examine
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: M 4:00-5:00PM. Begins 9/20/2021. Online Course, $106.00. their lesser known, but still noteworthy
productions of Allegro, Me and Juliet, and Pipe
Dream, among others. Please come and join
us as we journey through Broadway history,
following the path carved out by these two
masters of the American musical.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 4 Day: M 1:00-3:00PM. Begins
9/20/2021. Brookline Senior Center, $99.00.
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Electric Rivals: The AC/DC Dynamic Wicked Gothic Tales: Reading Group the workplace, an organization, or in the
between Thomas Edison and Nikola Rosalie Davis, Instructor community, while being encouraged to
Tesla and the Competition to Make We will devote each meeting of this reading
find other people in their lives who can
Electricity into a Democratic Product provide support and serve as accountability
group to discussing one or two stories
(1850-1930) partners in implementing your plans.
which partake of the literary gothic tradition,
Anatole Sykley, Instructor Please note: Attendance at all sessions
with an emphasis on New England; think
and completion of all assignments are
E S P E C I A L LY F O R C H I L D R E N & T E E N S
LIBER AL ARTS
If you think the story of the “domestication” Shirley Jackson and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
of one of nature’s wildest forces, electro- required. Each participant will receive
Gothic literature involves an ominous
magnetism, started with tinkering with a phone call from one of the facilitators
presence of the past and a sense of
sparks to evolve into the sweetly humming prior to the start of this program to review
enclosure. But we also associate it with
network of utility lines you see (and hear) the commitment and class requirements.
other mysteries, such as ghosts, the
today, you are mistaken. The history of Participants of all identities are welcome.
supernatural, and even historic events,
electricity in the 19th century began with such as the Salem witch trials. The required Sec. 01 : # sessions: 5 Day: W 6:00-8:00PM. Begins
a belief it could bring the dead back to text: American Gothic Tales, edited and with 9/29/2021. Online Course, $175.00.
life, or kill just about everybody if its use an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates, is
became widespread. Couple this with available at the Brookline Booksmith. For
the rivalry between two of the world’s the first class, please read Rhode Islander
most charismatic self-made scientist-
engineers;Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla,
who each had very different ways to exploit
H.P. Lovecraft’s weird story, The Outsider.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:00-8:00PM. Begins Music &
this force of nature. One promoter thought
electricity could make an enormous profit
10/12/2021. Brookline High School, $121.00.
Performing Arts
and pumped out like water from power Staff Pick
houses, while the other thought it could be
had for free, should the world merely adopt What is Critical Race Theory Anyway,
his way to tap the electric forces in the and Why Are So Many People Suddenly
atmosphere. Add to this their spectacular Talking About It? Laughter and Improv... Online!
electric shows, exhibits at world fairs and Joshua Frank, Instructor Emily Singer, Instructor
electrical theater exploits. The ultimate test In this four-session course, we will explore Inevitably, the byproduct of improv is
between these two brilliant but nearly- the popular impact of the work of a few laughter! While we do not try to achieve it,
mad men came down to an argument on of the founding scholars of Critical Race it seems to happen rather frequently on
the best way to kill a murdering elephant, Theory such as Derrick Bell, Kimberly, its own, as students participate in group
and history is not kidding you on this Crenshaw, and Gloria Ladson-Billings. We improvisations that work especially well
point. Where was this source of Tesla’s will engage in a case study of an earlier on Zoom. So come enjoy some laughter,
“free electricity?” Why was a certain circus media controversy. Finally, we will examine and experience the joy of improv in this
elephant in trouble and which electrical the ongoing tension between the concepts participatory, fun-filled class. Stretch
promoter engineered her doom to prove of race consciousness and color blindness, yourself, as you create memorable
his form of electricity was the best? What is and how these concepts illuminate or characters, and utilize skills of memory and
and why on earth (no pun intended) do we hinder the ongoing American dialogue attention. Practice thinking on your feet,
use AC instead of DC in our electric sockets? about race. and going with the flow. Improv techniques
You really have to enroll in this course to Sec. 01 : # sessions: 4 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins often stay with people a long time, if not
find out! 10/7/2021. Brookline High School, $99.00. their whole lives. No prior acting or improv
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: F 1:00-3:00PM. Begins experience is required. Open to ages 16 to
10/1/2021. Brookline Senior Center, $121.00. 110.
White People Challenging Racism: Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: Th 7:00-9:00PM. Begins
Moving from Talk to Action 10/7/2021. Online Course, $121.00.
The First Lady of Song: The Jazz Stylings Community Change, Instructor
of Ella Fitzgerald Racism is a system that White people
Marshall Wright, Instructor created, maintain, and condone; therefore, African Energized Hand Drumming
Over the course of a long and illustrious White people in particular need to take Drum Connection Faculty, Instructor
career, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald enchanted immediate action to end it. “White People Whether you own drums or use pots,
audiences worldwide. Shortly after bursting Challenging Racism: Moving From Talk to pans, tabletops, or more, this course will
on the scene as a singer in the Big Band Action” is a small, online workshop which teach you the basics. Hand Drumming
Era, Ella began her rise to the top of the meets for five sessions to guide participants targets certain areas of the brain that lead
jazz world - a place she held for nearly to: Examine the role of White people in to relaxation and concentration. Studies
five decades. Over the course of three dismantling racism, becoming antiracist, have shown that playing drums causes
weeks, we will trace her remarkable career, and building an equitable society; Explore the brain’s electric and chemical functions
stopping at many high points along the way. the impact of White privilege, and how to charge and act upon the human body
These will include her many collaborations being unaware of that advantage helps causing many types of healing. Although
with jazz artists like Chick Webb, Oscar perpetuate racism; Write about their own MRI tests have shown that all musical
Peterson, and Louis Armstrong. In addition racial awareness journeys; Enhance their activity helps, drumming has the best effect.
we will take a particular look at her famous understanding and capacity for action We will take the deeply rooted, genetic
Songbook series, where she paid tribute through discussion of short readings, connection humans have with music and
to the likes of Gershwin, Berlin, and Kern. videos, and other materials; Share combine it with the time-honored tradition
Please come and join us as we revisit this everyday racism-related situations where of many types of drumming. We will focus
fascinating artist and her remarkable career. they may not have effectively responded on rhythms from Africa, Brazil, and Haiti.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 3 Day: M 1:00-3:00PM. Begins and, using role plays, work out effective Our universal love stems from the concept
11/1/2021. Brookline Senior Center, $84.00. ways to challenge racism; Develop a that drums are thought to be one of the
specific plan for challenging racism in oldest forms of music in the world and are
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a celebration of human history. Please have Introductory Guitar New
a drum, large pot, or other object to play. If Brian Stuligross, Instructor Celtic Fiddle for Beginners
you would like to rent a real drum contact
Introductory Guitar is a course for those Colin MacLeod, Instructor
Alan at 781-316-8068 and leave a message.
who have never picked up a guitar before, or
Rentals are available and deliverable. Imagine playing the Celtic fiddle with
for beginners who can strum a few chords
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:00-7:00PM. Begins confidence! Pick up four play-by-ear
and would like to have fun learning new
9/28/2021. Online Course, $126.00. techniques and you will soon master slow to
songs and playing with other guitarists. Our
medium paced tunes. The course includes
primary emphasis will be on building chord
instructional videos, tunes to apply the
vocabulary, establishing a rhythm, switching
Ukulele: Relax and Play Music techniques, three live Q&A sessions, reviews
between chords, and gaining comfort with
Paul Sedgwick, Instructor and replays. Students can attend in their
the instrument. We’ll learn about different
own time and Q&A sessions are recorded.
Take care of yourself and learn to play chord types, what chord symbols mean,
Please have a violin for each class.
the ukulele. We will start from the and how to play songs reading from a chord
very beginning with lessons in chords, chart. Please bring a guitar. Sec 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sat 9:00-11:00AM
strumming patterns, introductory music Begins 9/4/2021. Online. $150.00.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-8:30PM. Begins
theory, and maybe even a little fingerpicking. 9/20/2021. Brookline High School, $171.00. Sec 02: # sessions: 6 Day: Sat 9:00-11:00AM Begins
You will learn to play and sing a variety of 10/23/2021. Online. $171.00.
popular songs, including ukulele classics
from the 20s and 30s, Pop tunes, Rock, Play the Piano: Grow Your Skills
Blues, and Folk. We will also take advantage Instructor TBA New
of the joy of playing music with others from Celtic Fiddle - Intermediate
If you have always wanted to learn to
the very first class. Please bring a ukulele
play the piano, why not start now? In the Colin MacLeod, Instructor
to class. Note: A Concert or Tenor size
Beginner course, you will learn how to This self-paced intermediate course,
ukulele is strongly recommended. While the
read musical notation and will become includes instructional videos, tunes to apply
Soprano size is very familiar and cute, the
acquainted with basic piano techniques. the techniques, three Q&A sessions, and
larger sizes provide a more comfortable and
You will learn to play melodies with chord builds on the Beginners course. We will
accessible learning and playing experience.
accompaniments, scales, and intervals. shape your sound and build your playing
Additionally, please bring a music stand,
By the end of the course you will be able confidence through a wider range of
clip-on tuner, and recording device (phone
to play simple popular and classical piano rhythms of tunes.
is acceptable) to class. Required textbooks:
pieces. The Beyond Beginner course is for
The Daily Ukulele: 365 Songs for Better Living, Sec 01: # sessions: 6 Day: Sat 9:00-11:00AM Begins
those with some piano playing experience.
by Liz and Jim Beloff, and Jake Shimabukuro 10/30/2021. Online. $297.00.
We will focus on major scales, primary
Teaches Ukulele Lessons: Book with Full-Length
chords, more complicated rhythms, and
Online Video.
linear accompaniments with the left hand.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. Begins For both courses, a required text will be
9/22/2021. Brookline High School, $171.00. announced. Access to a piano or keyboard
for practice is required. This course will be
taught on keyboards.
Violin
Amos Lawrence, Instructor Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-
8:30PM. Begins 9/22/2021. Brookline High School,
Have you always wanted to play the violin, $171.00.
or have you played in the past and want
Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Th
to pick it up again? From the fiddlers of 7:00-8:30PM. Begins 9/23/2021. Brookline High
the Hardanger plateau in Norway to the School, $171.00.
Highlands of Scotland and Cape Breton
Island, from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the
quaint fiddlers of the Blue Ridge Mountains Learn to Sing
in the Carolinas, the violin has succeeded in Lee R. Soto, Instructor
suiting every style and fulfilling every need.
Experience the enjoyment of expressing
We will explore the balance needed for
yourself through music by discovering
proper tone production, along with how to
your singing voice. Each singer will explore
read notes, comfortably hold the bow, and
the range, agility, and timbre of his or her
play in small ensembles. Violin players of all
voice, and work on solo and group singing.
levels are welcome. Please bring a violin and
We will develop proper tone production,
a shoulder rest. An appropriate textbook
breathing, and posture. Students and the
to be determined after the first class will be
instructor will choose the vocal repertoire
required for approximately $15-$18.
so that all aspects of vocal technique and
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-7:45PM. Begins musical interpretation can be applied to
9/23/2021. Brookline High School, $171.00. specific songs. Our emphasis will range
from traditional Jazz standards to more
contemporary show or pop tunes.
Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:00-
7:30PM. Begins 9/21/2021. Brookline High School,
PRIVATE VOICE LESSONS $171.00.
If you are interested in private Sec. 02 (Beyond Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: Tu
voice lessons please email 7:30-9:00PM. Begins 9/21/2021. Brookline High
School, $171.00.
bacep@psbma.org.
8 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2021Writing & Fiction Workshop
Valerie Lute, Instructor
with ideas for what can work better. Weekly
assignments will be offered and students
will bring copies of their work to discuss the
Communication Whether you are looking for feedback on
your work in progress or just beginning your
journey with fiction writing, this interactive
following week. Assignments may include
writing in a form (such as sonnet or villanelle),
Skills workshop will help you hone your creative
writing about a small object, collaborating
with another poet in the class, or collaging
LIBER AL ARTS
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
writing skills. In this class, beginners and
found language, among many others.
experienced writers alike will have a chance
Frequent informal in-class writing will help to
to share their writing with a receptive
generate ideas and language to work with.
audience. In our workshop, we will praise
what is working in the story, as well as Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins
Grant Writing Basics: The Anatomy of a 10/12/2021. Brookline High School, $125.00.
Grant raise suggestions for improvement. Weekly
assignments will be introduced in class, and
Adjoa-Eva Acquaah-Harrison, Instructor
students may bring copies of their work to
Grants are critical to the survival of all Screenwriting 101
discuss the following week. Assignments will
nonprofit organizations, and a relationship focus on a specific aspect of craft, including Scott Anderson, Instructor
with foundations is an essential partnership character, plot, and setting. Learn the basics of screenwriting from
to winning grants and building long-term concept through outline all the way to a
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins
relationships with funders. Join us to completed script. Whether you’re writing the
10/14/2021. Brookline High School, $120.00.
learn the techniques, tips, and tricks that next hollywood blockbuster or a personal
are essential to successfully research, biopic, a genre piece or a low budget indie,
identify, qualify, and write compelling grant Jump Start Your Writing the process is the same. Learn about
proposals. This course teaches the best genre beats and genre elements (and the
approach to winning grants that fund your Valerie Lute, Instructor
difference between the two) and learn about
organization’s annual, multi-year, program Are you interested in writing but feel the discipline necessary to see your piece
budgets, and more. You will learn how to intimidated by the blank page? In this class, through to completion - and much much
access Request for Proposals (RFP) that we’ll take the anxiety out of writing with more. Whether you’ve been writing for
match your work, and craft a powerful a series of directed, in-class exercises to years or are a novice, you’ll find this course
Letter of Intent (LOI), Executive Summary, find our voice and discover story ideas inspirational and beneficial.
and curate all the materials for your with potential. This is a supportive and
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: Sa 10:00AM-12:00PM.
proposal packaging and submission. Prior generative class for new and advanced
Begins 10/2/2021. Online Course, $145.00.
grant writing experience is helpful but not writers alike, whether you are interested in
required. The course instructor will provide nonfiction, fiction, or poetry.
a number of helpful resource materials. Sec. 01 : # sessions: 1 Day: Sa 10:00AM-1:00PM. Short Memoir: A Writing Workshop
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 3 Day: Th 3:00-5:00PM. Begins Begins 11/20/2021. Brookline High School, $60.00. Daniel Gewertz, Instructor
9/30/2021. Online Course, $96.00. Journal writing is private, but memoir
Daytime Poetry Workshop assumes an audience. Yet can we make
our personal memories lucid and even
Budgeting Basics for Grant Writers Instructor TBA
compelling to strangers? That is the central
Adjoa-Eva Acquaah-Harrison, Instructor Poetry is a great way to explore different issue of this class: how to grab hold of a
Does your budget tell a good story about themes and situations in our lives and reader by the powers of our expression,
your organization? Your nonprofit budget in the world around us. We will read and our ideas, and our writerly charms. Writing
tells a “story by numbers,” and plays a talk about poems based on a previously about your life might prove therapeutic,
pivotal role that aligns the narrative of your determined “poetic idea” each week. Poems but the focus here is squarely on the craft.
proposal package. The objective of this will be presented written by a range of Prompts will be utilized to kick-start the
class is to help the grant writer understand poets, from Walt Whitman to Rita Dove and composing of short, concise pieces each
and anticipate the powerful role of every many others, both modern and from the week; we also welcome students who are
line item and capture all the numbers past. We will share what we like about the starting, or in the midst of, longer works.
that reflect the intent of the proposal poem’s construction and ideas, and focus Whether emotional, comical, sensual or
description. Your budget can elevate the on various poetic devices and types of revelatory in nature, what are the moments
projected costs of a special program or the poems chosen by participants. We will write in your life, small and large, that are ripe for
general operational expenses for running and read our poems, and the instructor will the writing? Stories will be disseminated via
your organization successfully. This course also present information about exploring email, and then read aloud and discussed
will teach you how to get the advance and sharing poetry in print, online, and at in class.
buy-in of the foundation, to facilitate a venues in the community. Discounts or
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins
comprehensive proposal packet that waivers do not apply.
10/5/2021. Brookline High School, $165.00.
includes both the organization and program Sec. 01 : # sessions: 5 Day: Tu 11:00AM-12:30PM.
budgets as needed. Experience in the Begins 10/5/2021. Brookline Senior Center, $99.00.
nonprofit sector is helpful but not required.
The course instructor will provide a number
of helpful resource materials. Evening Poetry Workshop
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 3 Day: Th 3:00-5:00PM. Begins Instructor TBA
11/4/2021. Online Course, $96.00. Do you want constructive feedback on
your poetry? Would you like to connect
with other poets? Join us and together we
will explore different points of entry into
poetry, generating new poems and sharing
as a group. In our workshop, we will offer
one another praise for what works, along
brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 9Languages Italian I
Maria Conte, Instructor
French II
Frantz Presume, Instructor
Whether you’re planning your first trip to French II is for those who have completed
Italy or are enchanted by the language French I, or its equivalent. You will continue
of Dante, this course will introduce you to develop vocabulary and speaking skills
to Italian using a relaxed, conversational at a beginning level. You should know the
approach. This course, ideal for travelers, verbs ecirc, tre, avoir, aller, and faire and
is for those who have little or no previous their many uses, plus the three verb group
Introduction to Modern Irish experience learning Italian. We will focus conjugations in the present tense. We will
on vocabulary, grammar, basic verb introduce the passé composé, l’imparfait,
Thomas Carty, Instructor conjugation, and pronunciation. Emphasis and futur simple, and continue with skills
Would you like to order a pint of stout in will be placed on speaking and listening for simple speaking and writing. You will be
Irish while traveling the Emerald Isle? This comprehension. By the end of the course, able to count and tell time. The required
beginner’s course will introduce you to you will become more comfortable textbook: Communication Progressive du
Ireland’s mother tongue as it is still spoken speaking, writing, and listening to Italian. A Francais, niveau butant is available online.
today in the Gaelteacht regions. We will focus $25 textbook fee is included in the course Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins
on conversational Irish, acquiring the basics fee. Textbooks will be mailed to you, so 9/23/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
of the language, vocabulary, pronunciation, there is an additional $10 shipping fee
grammar, and inflection. You’ll also gain a included.
better appreciation of both Ireland’s history French Conversation and Vocabulary
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 5:30-7:30PM. Begins
and its people. 9/21/2021. Online Course, $215.00. Frantz Presume, Instructor
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Do you speak French and want to enrich
9/29/2021. Brookline High School, $180.00. your knowledge of the language? Are
Italian II you traveling to France soon and want to
Maria Conte, Instructor increase your appreciation of the culture?
Beginning Russian
This course is for those who have This course is for students who have taken
Jannette Shaulov, Instructor completed Italian I, or who have equivalent French IV or its equivalent and would like to
This course is for students who have experience. We will continue to expand improve their conversation, pronunciation,
little or no previous experience learning vocabulary, learn irregular verbs, their and vocabulary skills. You should feel
Russian. Our study of the language will conjugation, and the simple past tense, comfortable using present, past, compos,
include the Cyrillic alphabet, basic Russian and improve speaking and listening imparfait, and futur, as well as increasing
pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, comprehension. By the end of the course, comfort in the conditionnel, subjonctif, and
and customs. By the end of the course, you will become more comfortable commonly used expressions. Taught by
students can expect to read some Russian, speaking, writing, and listening to Italian. A a native speaker, this course will focus on
hold a very simple conversation, and feel $25 textbook fee is included in the course conversational French and have discussions
confident enough to continue studies on fee. Textbooks will be mailed to you, so about interesting topics such as painters,
their own. Course materials will be emailed there is an additional $10 shipping fee movie directors, music composers, history,
to students. included. and current events. We will learn in multiple
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:00-8:00PM. Begins Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:30-9:30PM. Begins modalities, so there will be videos to
9/23/2021. Online Course, $180.00. 9/21/2021. Online Course, $215.00. support visual and auditory learning.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 7:00-8:30PM. Begins
9/28/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
Beginning Japanese French I
Kumi Donahughe, Instructor Sandy Lampert, Instructor
The Beginner class will explore basic French I is for those who have had no Conversations en Français
grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation previous French study, or have forgotten Sandy Lampert, Instructor
through situational dialogues on topics such what they learned. Emphasis will be Pour ceux qui parlent dj agrave, français
as shopping, making acquaintances, dining placed on learning a new sound system et qui veulent maintenir ou améliorer
out, and more. Vocabulary lists with the and listening skills. By studying vocabulary leur niveau de langue. Nous travaillerons
corresponding basic Hiragana characters and basic grammar, you will learn to dans des séances de conversation
will help you learn to read and pronounce understand and say simple phrases using sur des sujets divers afin d’enrichir votre
Japanese. The required textbook: Japanese the present tense of the three basic verb vocabulaire et de développer votre sens
for Busy People I: Romanized Version with groups. You will gain confidence in basic de l’expression idiomatique france. En plus
CD, is available at the Brookline Booksmith. sentence construction as well as listening de la production orale, objectif essentiel
The Intermediate level will help improve comprehension. The required textbook: du cours, nous reverrons des points de
your ability to use Japanese accurately and Ultimate French Beginner-Intermediate, is grammaire, lirons des extraits de textes
appropriately with fluency, building on available at the Brookline Booksmith and francophones, couterons de la musique et
the basic skills you have learned. We will online. regarderons des documents audiovisuels.
focus on reading comprehension, spoken
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: M 6:30-8:30PM. Begins Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-8:30PM. Begins
fluency, and composition, with materials 9/20/2021. Online Course, $180.00. 9/22/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
organized around social and cultural topics.
The required textbook: Genki: An Integrated
Course in Elementary Japanese II, Second
Edition, is available online.
Sec. 01 (Beginner): # sessions: 8 Day: M 7:00-
9:00PM. Begins 9/20/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
Sec. 02 (Intermediate): # sessions: 8 Day: W 7:00-
9:00PM. Begins 9/22/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
10 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Fall 2021Spanish I
Soledad Phelan, Instructor
preterite tense (regular and irregular verbs),
the stem-changing verbs (-ar, -er, -ir) in the
present and past tenses, formation of the
E.S.L.
This course is for those who have little or
past imperfect tense of regular and irregular
no previous experience learning Spanish.
verbs, and the future tense of regular and
Emphasis will be placed on simple
irregular verbs.
conversation, including everyday vocabulary.
W R I T I N G & CO M M U N I C AT I O N S K I L L S
L A N G UAG E S
We will cover greetings, the alphabet, the Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Tu 6:30-8:00PM. Begins
present tense of regular verbs, noun-subject 9/21/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
and gender agreement, numbers, and other Beginning English
basic vocabulary. The required textbook:
Conversación en Español Lee R. Soto, Instructor
Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs, 8th Edition, is
available at the Brookline Booksmith and Helena Alfonzo, Instructor This course is for students who know
online. Esta clase es para los que ya pueden some English and who have completed an
hablar español con cierta fluidez y para introductory English course. In each class,
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Th 7:30-9:30PM. Begins you will work on grammar and vocabulary,
9/23/2021. Online Course, $180.00. los que quieren mejorar su dominio del
vocabulario y de la gramática del idioma. writing, conversational skills, and reading
Sec. 02 : # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 9:00-11:00AM. Begins and comprehension. We will review the use
9/25/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
Utilizaremos una serie de lecturas y
videos o cortometrajes (short films) of the present tense to talk and write about
para iniciar charlas, ampliar nuestro our habits and daily routines, and we will
vocabulario y aprender sobre la cultura del work on prepositions of place (at, in, on),
Spanish II determiners (this, that, these), simple past
mundo hispano. Además, repasamos los
Soledad Phelan, Instructor tense (I ran), the verb to be, and present
temas gramaticales avanzados (y no tan
This course is for students who have avanzados) que sean necesarios, según los continuous. The required textbook: Side
completed Spanish I or have equivalent conocimientos de los estudiantes. by Side 2 Book and Workbook, Third Edition,
experience. We will cover the present is available at the Brookline Booksmith or
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: W 6:30-8:00PM. Begins online.
indicative tense of irregular verbs, the
9/22/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
prepositions a and de, the verbs ser and Sec. 01 : # sessions: 24 Day: Tu, W, Th 9:00-
estar, descriptive and limiting adjectives, 11:00AM. Begins 9/21/2021. The Korean Church of
more cardinal numbers, the agreement Boston, $540.00.
of ordinal numbers, and other basic
vocabulary. By the end of the course, you
will become more comfortable speaking, Is there a class you’d like to take that Saturday Beginning English
writing, and listening to Spanish. The you don’t see in our catalog? Anatole Sykley, Instructor
required textbook: Spanish Now! Level 1 with Please let us know at This Saturday class is designed for those
CDs, 8th Edition, is available at the Brookline who want to improve their beginning English
Booksmith and online. BACEP@PSBMA.ORG.
skills whether for personal or professional
Sec. 02 : # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 11:00AM-1:00PM. reasons. In our sessions, emphasis will be
Begins 9/25/2021. Online Course, $180.00. placed on improving your grammar, writing,
reading, vocabulary, conversation, and
listening skills through in-class exercises
Spanish III and assignments.
Financial Aid is available to those who
Sandy Lampert, Instructor Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Sa 10:00-11:30AM.
qualify. Email BACEP@PSBMA.ORG for
This course is for students who have more information.
Begins 9/25/2021. Online Course, $180.00.
completed Spanish II or have equivalent
experience. We will review the irregular
verbs in the present tense and study the Beginning English Conversation: Let’s
preterite or past tense of regular and Talk
irregular verbs, reflexive verbs in the Lee R. Soto, Instructor
present and preterite tenses, direct and This course is for students who know
indirect object pronouns, and the verb some English and who have completed
gustar. By the end of the course, you will an introductory English course or feel
become more comfortable speaking, writing, comfortable speaking some English with
and listening to Spanish. The required others. In each class, you will learn grammar
textbook: Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs, and vocabulary through discussion. We will
8th Edition, is available at the Brookline review the use of the present tense to talk
Booksmith. about our habits and daily routines, and
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 8 Day: Th 6:30-8:30PM. Begins we will work on prepositions of place (at, in,
9/23/2021. Brookline High School, $180.00. on), determiners (this, that, these), simple
past tense (I ran), the verb to be, and
present continuous. Course material will be
Spanish IV provided by the instructor.
Helena Alfonzo, Instructor Sec. 01 : # sessions: 24 Day: Tu, W, Th 11:30AM-
This course is for students who have 1:00PM. Begins 9/21/2021. The Korean Church of
completed Spanish III or have equivalent Boston, $540.00.
experience. The goal of this course is
to increase fluency and proficiency by
deepening your knowledge of conversation,
grammar, and writing skills. Grammar
topics to be covered include a review of the
brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 11Intermediate English Conversational English: Classic Advanced English
Sheila Amirinazari, Instructor American Films Juliana Kanegis, Instructor
This course is for students who have some Anatole Sykley, Instructor We will help you develop the confidence you
fluency in speaking and reading English, and There are some classic American films that need to be a fluent speaker of English. Each
need to brush up on beginning grammar. are truly worth watching. Better even, is to class will be devoted to activities involving
We will focus on conversation, vocabulary, talk about them with friends while practicing presentation skills, with a special emphasis
and reading short stories. We will also your English and building your knowledge on rapid speech, vocabulary, and idiomatic
discuss interesting topics like holidays and about Americans and the everyday language expressions. We’ll work to communicate
finding an apartment in the U.S. Grammar that they use. In this class for high- our ideas clearly and precisely. Grammar
topics that may be reviewed include intermediate and advanced speakers, we will be reviewed as necessary. The required
present continuous, future simple, and past will watch and discuss scenes from movies textbook: Celebrate the American Way: A
continuous (“while he was living in Boston”), including Casablanca, It’s a Wonderful Life, Fun ESL Guide is available at the Brookline
modal verbs and expressions, action and Twelve Angry Men, Miracle on 34th Street, Booksmith or online.
nonaction verbs, gerunds, and passive Our Town, and The Manchurian Candidate. Sec. 01 : # sessions: 24 Day: Tu, W, Th 9:00-
voice. The required textbook: Ventures 3: Each week, we’ll introduce you to a new 11:00AM. Begins 9/21/2021. Korean Church of
Students Book, 2nd Edition, is available at the film, and explain why it is so loved. Then, Boston, $540.00.
Brookline Booksmith or online. we’ll watch pivotal scenes that will pique
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 24 Day: Tu, W, Th 9:00- your interest in the unfolding drama. As we
11:00AM. Begins 9/21/2021. The Korean Church of engage in the storyline, our conversations Amazing Bostonians: Conversations
Boston, $540.00. will circle around comprehension of Online and In-Person
vocabulary, slang words, idiomatic usage, Wendy Dodek, Instructor
and non-verbal cues used to heighten Do you want to laugh, think and be inspired
Boston Culture: Conversations in the emotion of each film. We’ll discuss by the best and brightest Bostonians? Join
English our reactions to the characters, and a discussion of remarkable Bostonians
Juliana Kanegis, Instructor share our ideas about possible plot lines. whose ideas and actions have changed
Just as it is necessary to learn the language Material for the class may be taken from the world. In this course we will share the
when living in a new country, it is also the textbook, English the American Way by stories of great inventors, artists, scientists,
important to understand the habits, Sheila MacKechnie Murtha and Jane Airey writers, chefs and even two 19th-century
customs, expressions, and people whose O’Connor. Other materials such as film women bicyclists! The course is for high
cultural backgrounds differ from your summary, vocabulary and grammar notes, intermediate and advanced students, and
own. This course, for intermediate and and suggestions for how to watch the full will improve your vocabulary and speaking
advanced students who feel comfortable movies on your own will be provided by the skills and also enhance your knowledge and
with written and oral English, will introduce instructor. enjoyment of Boston. Online classes will be
the multifaceted, multicultural mix of Boston Sec. 01 : # sessions: 6 Day: Tu 6:30-8:30PM. Begins complemented by in person field trips that
life. We’ll explore issues such as literature, 9/21/2021. Brookline High School, $144.00. will highlight some of the hidden treasures
history, movies, holidays, and traditions to of Boston.
learn about Boston culture. Through in-class Sec. 01 : # sessions: 10 Day: Tu, Th 11:15AM-
activities and discussions, you will build your Advanced Communications at Work 12:45PM. Begins 9/21/2021. Online Course,
knowledge of colloquial, informal English, Wendy Dodek, Instructor $200.00.
including slang and idiomatic expressions. This course is designed for high
Mondays we will meet on Zoom, and intermediate and advanced ESL students
Wednesday we will meet in person both in who want to improve their understanding
the classroom and out on field trips. of English used in business situations.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 16 Day: M, W 11:15AM- Whether you are working in the U.S. or WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO START?
12:45PM. Begins 9/20/2021. The Korean Church of expect to have American colleagues in the
Boston, $320.00. future, this course will provide insights Email bacep@psbma.org for a self-
into business protocol as well as enhance scoring placement test to determine
your ability to speak and write effectively your skill level for E.S.L. classes.
English, Among Friends: Intermediate in English. Specific topics to be covered
Level include: presentations, meetings, resume
Instructor TBA writing, and email exchanges. Students will
In this fun, interactive class, we will focus also have opportunities to improve their
on English spoken among friends. That pronunciation and learn business related
is, we’ll focus on the casual words and idioms.
phrases that are used by native speakers Sec. 01 : # sessions: 12 Day: M, W 5:00-6:30PM.
to convey ideas and emotions. This class Begins 9/27/2021. Online Course, $171.00.
is for the Intermediate level student who
wants to practice speaking while learning
about Boston and its culture. You’ll practice
using words you may already know, but
learn how to put them together to form a
new meaning. Through readings and class
activities, we will learn the literal, figurative,
and idiomatic meanings of everyday English
that you may have been hearing, but have
had a hard time defining.
Sec. 01 : # sessions: 12 Day: Tu, Th 7:00-8:00PM.
Begins 9/28/2021. Online Course, $240.00.
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