Haiku by Felipe

I am a good person
the book is very nice
I work slowly.


That is a nice car
I love the flowers
you're a good footballer.

Living in the city is a bit difficult
I need a good job
summer is a very nice station.


Felipe Ramirez Bautista is from Mexico. He was born in Ometepee, Guerrero, near Acapulco, and moved to the United States at the age of 21.  He started working in the fields as a child to help his parents, and he has worked very hard to give a better life for his family. He is studying at New York Language Center, and he is very disciplined.  He thinks that New York Language Center teachers teach very well. He invites you to study at this school.

Accessories & Body Art in Early Civilization

Jin Feng at the American Museum of Natural History with classmates from NYLC. 

by Jin Feng

Although nowadays we have totally different cultures from each other, our ancestors had unbelievably common interests in accessories and body arts. We can discover that from the exhibition about human origins and cultures. Not matter where they were from, Africa or Asia, America or the Pacific, before they wore clothes and wrote history, they already started to make holes in their nose, earlobes, cheeks, under lips, and any place else on their body. They wore masks, necklaces, earrings, rings, bangles, belts, headgear, etc. made of bird’s feathers, animal’s bones, shells, seeds, stones and wood.

News from NYLC Jackson Heights!

Would you like to improve your English writing?

Do you need to improve your writing skills to get into college?

Do you need to improve your writing in order to get a better job?

Do you need to improve your writing to write to your child’s school or teacher?

Do you need to write emails and messages to supervisors, co-workers, and clients?

Introducing NYLC’s new evening course:

Writing Essentials

Starts: August 27th, 2012

Schedule: Mon-Thurs 6-8pm

Course Length: Six Weeks

Cost: $210

*no class on Monday, September 3rd

This course reviews fundamental English skills needed for proper spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and writing. We will review and practice the following:

· Differences in writing a text, an email, a formal letter, a report, and an essay

· Cover letters and resumes

· Complex and compound sentence structures

· Using punctuation clearly and correctly (commas, semi-colons, etc)

· Writing and responding to casual emails and texts

· Writing and responding to professional emails and letters

· Paragraph structure (topic and supporting sentences)

· Essay structure  (thesis statement, introduction, support, conclusion)

· Different types of essays

· Common spelling and vocabulary mistakes and tricks to remember how to avoid them

· Achieving appropriate writing style and tone for different writing tasks

Plus, students will have the possibility of having their writing published on the NYLC Student Writing Blog!

The class is open to anybody who would like to improve their English writing.

For more information, please contact info@nylanguagecenter.com or call (718) 476-7600.