If English Is Not Your First Language
English Skills Assessment
The English Skills Assessment below allows you to determine your English Language level so we can provide the materials you will need on the course.
- English Group 1 “My English is fluent”
- English Group 2 “My English is good”
- English Group 3 “My English is fair”
- English Group 4 “I speak little or no English”
English Group 1: “My English is fluent”
English Group 2: “My English is good”
This means that English is NOT your dominant language but you could watch a movie in English and describe it in detail in English to a friend. During the course we will offer you the discourses and some instructions in your native language if needed. We will provide the discourses in your own language for the first nine days. If you wish, on the tenth and eleventh days, you may listen in English to the last two discourses or continue to hear them in your own language.
If you are in this group we will most likely be able to accommodate you on any scheduled 10-day course.
When you fill out an application online, please enter that you are “English Group 2” in the last box, the one marked “Anything you wish to add to the above information?”
English Group 3: “My English is fair”
This means that your English is good enough for buying groceries at the store but not for watching a movie in English or describing it to a friend in English. We will contact you to help us prepare materials for you in your native language. We will provide many of the instructions for you in your own language and the discourses in the evening.
If you are in this group we will most likely be able to accommodate you on any scheduled 10-day course.
When you fill out an application online, please enter that you are “English Group 3” in the last box, the one marked “Anything you wish to add to the above information?”
English Group 4: “I speak little or no English”
This means that you are filling out the application for somebody who does not speak English. This student will need to have all the instructions and discourses in his/her own language and a translator for the whole course.
If there is not a bilingual course in this person’s native language, every effort will be made to fit the student into a course, but the center will have to assess his/her needs and find a translator who has already taken the meditation course to be present for the whole course. We will be able to accept him/her only after we have found a translator.
If you are in this group we will likely be able accommodate you on a scheduled 10-day course.
When you fill out this person’s application online, please enter that the applicant is “English Group 4” in the last box, the one marked “Anything you wish to add to the above information?” Also please put your name, email and telephone number in the same space, so that we may contact you if there are questions about the application.