Improving your English through AASL Class - submitted by Hamed

Improving your English through AASL Class 

Would you like to engage in an interesting English learning experience? Most English classes are based on the authority or lecture style where all you do is sit and receive information, which makes it a very boring learning process and difficult to keep up with. However, this is not the case when it comes to the Academic Advancement through Service Learning (AASL) class. AASL is different because it is based on improving English through experience and engagement rather than only in-class lectures. Through the AASL core class your English skills are going to be dramatically improved due to the interaction with native speakers from the local community, enrollment and practicing English in activities of daily living, and the style of active and advanced in-class lectures. 
This class is essentially centered and based on volunteering. Volunteering gives you the chance to work, engage, and cooperate with English speakers. You will get the opportunity to spend about fifty hours with local community members. This unique experience should be exploited as much as possible by being an active volunteer. Instead of doing your tasks passively and looking at your watch waiting for the end of your work, try to engage with the staff or other volunteers. Always ask questions and speak your mind. Do not hesitate and do not be shy of your English level. Following these rules will definitely give you a very enriching experience of engaging with English speakers that will result in a swift and surprising improvement in your English skills. 
A lot of slang and practical vocabulary are not usually taught inside academic classrooms. Such important parts of the language are learned through the enrollment and working in English based environments. No matter how advanced your level is, you will definitely have some gaps in your English. Those gaps can be filled by doing practical volunteering tasks such as pricing, cleaning, tutoring, and providing help to others. Living this routine life in a place where English is the only spoken and understandable language will clearly show you your weaknesses and seamlessly you will start to fill those gaps. Doing activities of daily living while you are practicing your English skills is not only beneficial to increasing your vocabulary, but it is also very important to practice the new vocabulary you have learned in your classes which will strongly help to store them in the long memory. 
AASL is a unique, interactive class. This class is mainly about you, about students. From discussing very interesting important topics such as social justice, leadership, education, civic life, and many others to engaging in novel fun activities with your classmates, I promise you that will feel anything except boredom. The class style and how it is presented by a very unique and experienced teacher (Amy) makes the learning process a very fascinating and enjoyable one. Do not worry about the class level. Even if you are 105 or 109, your skills will be challenged in a way that allows you to improve and learn swiftly. Covering all basic English skills, you will get the chance to practice your speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. To gain the most of this class, try to do all homework seriously. Some tasks have no evaluation, but to greatly improve your skills, pay attention to the reading, listening, or writing assignments. Enjoy the readings, not by taking them as a boring homework that you need to finish, but as an interesting topic about which you will learn. Another very important aspect of learning is improving your personal skills. In this class, you will get the time and the chance to discover some of the hidden sides of yourself. This includes a lot of reflection about what you do and why you do it. This can greatly influence you and improve a very important aspect of your personality. Although this class has the largest amount of work that you need to do, but you will definitely feel as if it is the simplest and most intense-free class.