Learning English

Getting comfortable with the English language will help you settle in with both your new home life and work life. You’ll find that it will empower you with your work and studies.

There are many opportunities to learn to speak, read, and write English in the Boston area. Mass General Brigham offers several resources, and community groups and private companies also offer programs.

Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital resources

Information on English classes available from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Mass General Office for Career Research Development (ORCD)

ORCD offers free English classes as well as other career and professional development information, such as events explaining how to get your paper published and social events so that you can meet other researchers.

Brigham and Women’s Office for Research Careers (ORC) 

ORC offers English classes as well as excellent career and professional development information such as events explaining how to get your paper published and social events so that you can meet other researchers.

Private company resources

These programs tend to be more flexible, more rigorous, and more expensive. Here is information on learning-English classes available from private organizations. These suggested programs tend to be more flexible, more rigorous, and more expensive.

Please note that we do not endorse, nor have we evaluated these programs. Check with individual programs for more details before enrolling.

Community and organization resources

These programs tend to be less flexible, less rigorous, and much less expensive.

Here is information on suggested learning-English classes available from community organizations. These programs tend to be less flexible, less rigorous, and much less expensive. The government may also help support these organizations.

Please note that we do not endorse, nor have we evaluated, these programs. Check with individual programs for more details before enrolling.

University/College resources

These programs tend to be more rigorous and expensive.

Here is information on English classes available from university and college organizations. These programs tend to be more rigorous and expensive. They offer academic credit for your work, although admission to an English program does not automatically admit a student as a degree student at that institution.

Please note that we do not endorse, nor have we evaluated, these programs. Check with individual programs for more details before enrolling.