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New School ESL English Language Studies at The New School offers Certificates in English as a Second Language with

The English Language Studies Department is part of the New School for Public Engagement, the New School University in New York City. The department offers intensive classes in English writing, speaking, grammar, and reading. Many of our students are taking intensive English classes in order to be prepared to enter other schools in the New School system, especially Parsons School of Design and Mannes College of Music.

What a thrill! Mannes Orchestra puts in a great show, featuring our student from the summer semester Nayoung!
10/17/2026

What a thrill! Mannes Orchestra puts in a great show, featuring our student from the summer semester Nayoung!

Thank you Parsons faculty member Bryan Melillo for leading a wonderful hands-on workshop with our ESL+ Design students i...
10/15/2026

Thank you Parsons faculty member Bryan Melillo for leading a wonderful hands-on workshop with our ESL+ Design students in
the Making Center. In this lesson students got to learn what a cartoon (art blueprint) is, copy an interior design fabric pattern, and use their personal choice for colors based on color theory. New vocabulary words included fabric swatch, woven, thread, warp and weft, palette, primary, secondary, tertiary, warm, and cool colors, mood, organic and geometric patterns, and more.

What’s the best way to get amazing art books for free (but not forever) in NYC? The The New York Public Library of cours...
10/07/2026

What’s the best way to get amazing art books for free (but not forever) in NYC? The The New York Public Library of course! Our home base is the :)

Our students have had some amazing times with their friends in the past 👯 For this assignment, students wrote about thei...
09/28/2026

Our students have had some amazing times with their friends in the past 👯 For this assignment, students wrote about their habits and temporary activities in the past, and it turns out that a lot of them have lead some pretty fun lives! Here are a few of their best shots 📸

We got to see some incredible sunsets last night as NYC geared up for the storm :) ⛈️🌧️
09/26/2026

We got to see some incredible sunsets last night as NYC geared up for the storm :) ⛈️🌧️

Sharing some fun shots from our orientation self-introductions! Welcome to our new students this semester :)
09/17/2026

Sharing some fun shots from our orientation self-introductions! Welcome to our new students this semester :)

Amazing exhibition at the Sheila Johnson galleries, on a visit with ESL 1750! Check out how interactive it is 🎭🎨
09/10/2026

Amazing exhibition at the Sheila Johnson galleries, on a visit with ESL 1750! Check out how interactive it is 🎭🎨

Hello from our dear captain Caitlin, here to tell us about an important event! “So fun to participate in the Resource Fa...
08/27/2026

Hello from our dear captain Caitlin, here to tell us about an important event! “So fun to participate in the Resource Fair for Parsons, Mannes, Jazz and Drama during Teaching and Learning Days last week :).”

We hope you are all having a restful break! Here are some pictures from our full-program final day activity with Grammar...
08/13/2026

We hope you are all having a restful break! Here are some pictures from our full-program final day activity with Grammar 3/4’s cultural projects ❤️

It’s final projects time! Good luck to all of our students :)
08/04/2026

It’s final projects time! Good luck to all of our students :)

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66 W 12th Street, Fl 6th
New York, NY
10011

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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