Mon 11am - 4pm Karen K.
Tues 10am - 3pm Susan M.
Wed 11am - 4pm Karen K.
Thurs - 10am - 3pm Susan M.
Fri 10am - 3pm Karen K
Karen Knox
ELL Coordinator
Lisa Gorman ELL Center, CMCC
1250 Turner Street
Auburn, ME 04210
kknox@mainecc.edu
The Lisa Gorman English Language Learning Center offers FREE academic assistance to English Language Learners to increase their English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The center's aim is to strengthen the CMCC community by breaking language and cultural barriers and celebrating all voices. Tutors provide instructional support that helps to meet the individual learning needs of the students, whether that be on campus or online via Bookings!
Students may drop in during open hours or schedule an appointment through Bookings. Schedule appointments in MS Office Teams. Then pick either an "In Person" or "Online" course. Pick your day, time, tutor and add your contact information. Be sure to use your CM Connect email address. You will receive an email with a link if you selected "Online".
Resumes in the Fall
All CMCC multi-lingual learners welcome
Increase your speaking and listening skills
Receive English conversation practice
Susan enjoys working with students and helping them with the challenges of student life. With 25 years of experience teaching high school English, Special Education, Alternative Education, Gifted & Talented, Drama, and Music, she is always excited to delve into any subject matter, assist with any assignment, and tackle any technical stumbling-clock. Susan love studying and learning about different cultures and languages and is happy to learn all she can from the students she works with. The three "e's" are important to her, enthusiasm, energy, and effort.
ELL Coordinator at CMCC
Karen loves tutoring and teaching. Karen is the Coordinator of the ELL Language Center and she teaches ELL classes at CMCC. She taught adults for the Hope House English Language Program and at Casco Bay High School, and she tutored multilingual students. Karen was a Title One and Reading Recovery teacher. She holds a Graduate Certificate in TESOL, a MS in Literacy Education, and a BS in Applied Technical Education, and an AA of Culinary Arts.
Mahad Moussa
Mahad Moussa is originally from Djibouti. He is 28 years old and moved to the US in 2016. He lives in Lewiston with his brother and helps take care of his mom who had a kidney replacement. He graduated from the Auto Mechanics program in May of 2024.
He recently started working at the Honda dealership as a technician and plans to gain experience there before working his way up towards a master technician. He hopes to one day own his own garage. He was very thankful for all of our help and support through his classes here.
Central Maine Community College Learning Commons - 1250 Turner St., Auburn, Maine 04210 - Telephone: (207)755-5218
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