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Community English Program

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The Community English Program offers English Classes for any individual 18 or older. No documentation is required and all classes are free of charge. These fun and interactive classes take place during UAB’s fall, spring, and summer semesters.


Spring 2025 English Classes


Registration Information

Registration Period: December 16, 2024 - *January 13, 2025
*The Registration Period may end early if classes become full.
All new students are required to take an online English Placement Test.

Interested in joining our classes? Register now

Class Information

In-Person Classes:
First day of classes: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Last day of classes: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Class times: Thursdays 7:30 - 9:00pm

Location Information

UAB Education and Engineering Complex
1150 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233

Contact Us

Questions? For more information, contact the UAB Community English Program at uabcep@gmail.com


Parth Purohit and Charlotte Steiner teaching students in UAB's Community English Program

English conversation classes are a well-established tradition within UAB’s international community, having taken place on campus for over 20 years. In 2011, these classes moved from the Smolian International House to the School of Education and Human Sciences. Now hosted by Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the English classes serve as a lab school for the master’s program in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). Classes are taught by graduate students being trained to become ESL teachers and by community volunteers.

During the past few years, classes have been attended and taught by participants from over 40 countries, including Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, St. Vincent, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yemen.

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Interactive learning techniques are fun and help students improve their communication skills.


Community English Program Instructors

  • Fall 2024 CEP Instructors
    • Level 1: Ana de Souza
    • Level 2: Dana Elkaissi
    • Level 3: Jean Miner Leonard and Tran (Jay) Duc Anh Nguyen
    • Level 4: Noah Schinasi, Rim Assad, and Susan Dascher
    • Online Levels 1 & 2: Courtney Jeffries
    • Online Levels 3 & 4: Sarah Wilson


English instructors Guzainuer Tuerxan and Huvanya Pillay teach English to a group of students at UAB's Community English Program in Birmingham, Alabama

Classes are taught by graduate students learning to become ESL teachers.