Intensive English
Program Levels and Courses
Skill areas within the Intensive English Program consist
of listening, speaking, grammar, writing, and reading. Each skill has
five levels. Upon completion of the highest level, the student is deemed
ready for university core curriculum work in the Liberal Arts program.
Assignment to levels of each skill is based on the TOEFL score for that
skill and the previous course work passed in the IEP.
Classes are held Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each
class period is 50 minutes. The average class size is 20 students. At
the beginning of each term, class schedules are posted. Students are expected
to check the schedule and purchase their books before the first day of
classes.
General English Course
These courses provide students with a basic understanding of English structure
in reading and writing, as well as the basic listening and speaking skills
necessary to begin communicating.
Intermediate Course
The Intermediate level courses reinforce and expand upon the language skills
developed in the General English level. Topics and vocabulary used in reading,
writing, and listening become more academic.
High Intermediate Course
Students in these courses begin to use their language skills as they would
in a university setting. For example, students take notes on lectures, summarize
and discuss readings, and argue their ideas both orally and in writing.
Advanced Course
Work at this level uses authentic university text materials and lectures
to prepare students for university core curriculum courses. Students work
on vocabulary, listening, reading and writing skills using content-based
materials and projects.
English for Acedemic Purposes Course
This highest level of the Intensive English Program involves extensive reading,
writing, speaking, and listening on specific topics. Students in this level
learn the mechanics of writing research papers. In addition, students in
this level may be concurrently assigned to their first university Core Curriculum
class. Resources
In addition to classes, the following facilities are available to provide
students with materials for English study and practice:
Computer Lab
This lab is open each day from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday,
in Room 111. The computer lab has special materials for additional reading,
listening, grammar, writing, typing, and TOEFL skills practice.
Library
The library has over 18,000 books in English. Many of these are especially
useful for language learners, including graded readers, tapes, videos,
music, and TOEFL preparation excercises. There are also English language
newspapers and magazines available.
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