Improve your English with our high-quality instruction Each session provides students with 224+ hours of instruction in the classroom (approximately 28 hours per week), in our laboratories, and in private tutoring meetings. Please click on a list item below to learn more about our instructional components. Courses Each student enrolls in two courses that fall into two categories: Listening/Speaking and Reading/Writing. Listening/Speaking Course Listening/speaking courses develop students’ language skills in areas such as fluency, oral grammar, pronunciation, and listening comprehension. The courses use current, proven methods that help students use English in meaningful ways to communicate ideas and needs, solve problems, and participate in American life on campus and in the community. (10 hours per week) Reading/Writing Course Reading/writing courses develop students’ language skills in areas such as reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and research/library skills. Instructionintegrates these skills to improve written communication and reading comprehension, using a progressively challenging curriculum from beginning to advanced levels. (10 hours per week) | | Tutoring The ELI is one of the only Intensive English Programs in the United States to offer personal one-on-one tutoring with trained tutors in its regular Full Intensive Program at no extra charge. The student and tutor together make an instructional plan which might include assistance with class assignments, work on individual problems with or questions about English or American culture, or to conversation skills practice. Students can choose private tutoring (2 hours per week), in which they work with one tutor alone or cluster tutoring (3 hours per week), in which three or four students meet with one tutor on a special topic, such as pronunciation or grammar for two hours and with a private tutor for one hour. (2-3 hours per week) | | Self-Access Learning Center (SALC) The SALCsupplements classroom instruction with state-of-the-art English training technology. In the SALC students can access computers, reading materials, captioned television programs, and tape/CD and video recorders and programs guided assistance from the SALC coordinator. Students may use email, the Internet, specialized ESL software programs and on-line language games which teach pronunciation, grammar, reading, writing and listening skills. Programs for TOEFL, GMAT and GRE practice are also available. (3-5 hours per week) | | Listening Laboratory Using a variety of video and audio materials the listening lab provides students additional practice with listening comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. (2 hours per week) | | Typical Daily Schedule | | Ask a Question about the Intensive English Program