AUAF Launches New Program for High School Students
AUAF will soon launch a new English-language training program tailored to Afghan high school students. The High School English program, which offers training to students in grades 11 and 12 after their regular school hours, will help prepare them for university-level studies in English.
"We hope they’ll enjoy their lessons here, and improve their English language," said Donna Nyilasi, Director of the Foundation Studies Program, which teaches university-level English. "Perhaps after they finish their high school studies, they’ll join AUAF as Foundation Studies or undergraduate students."
More and more Afghan students are laying the foundations for their future careers by attending high school. The World Bank estimates a16.5% enrollment rate for students of high school age, up from 11.1% in 2000. AUAF’s High School English Program, which is partly paid for by the University, takes these students’ educations one step further by giving them the language tools they need to study at high-quality English-language universities, or to be successful in a multilingual work force.
All instruction at AUAF is provided by native English speakers with advanced degrees in English as a Second Language or linguistics from internationally-accredited universities, and who have experience teaching English in a variety of different cultures.
To raise awareness of the program and to identify qualified students, AUAF faculty and staff will visit high schools in Kabul this fall. Qualified students will be offered special English training classes.
Classes will have a maximum of 20 students. They will be divided into two levels: high and intermediate. Students will be placed in the appropriate levels according to the results of a placement test administered by the University. Each session will provide 48 hours of training. Classes will take place three times a week.
Students can inquire about the program, take a placement test, and apply for admission at the campus of the American University of Afghanistan. Classes start on 20 January 2008.
