15 Hours per Week - 3 Hours per Day - Eight Week Sessions $1125

Equipping non-native speakers from any background to master the English language is the focus of this Intensive Course. The classes include grammar, reading and writing, listening and speaking, pronunciation and vocabulary…tools that will enable you to use the language communicatively and academically. There are seven levels of intensive study. After completing this course, students are fully functional in American English. With confidence, they may enter a university, graduate or professional school or any work environment. In fact, any endeavor or career can become a reality.

Times: 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM OR 6:00 - 8:50 PM

18 Hours per Week - Eight Week Sessions $1358

The Intensive Course (above) coupled with one of the Scholar's Courses (see below) is a par excellence program for intensive English students. This program enables F1 students to meet their legal requirement of 18 hours of classes per week. The reading/writing and listening/speaking Scholar's Courses include traditional and multi-media instruction for Levels 1-5. The academic ascent for Level 6 students is a Scholar's Course designed specifically for college success. We deliver realistic presentations of the U.S. classrooms and professors accompanied with engaging and stimulating discussions and tasks. The Scholar's Course for Level 7 students is More of the Real Thing, preparation and instruction that are a must!

Times: Mornings or Evenings

Three Hours per Week - Eight Week Sessions $450

Times: Early Mornings or Late Afternoons

Intensive Listening and Speaking (Levels 1-5)

The Listening and Speaking Courses offer learners a variety of activities using textbooks, authentic practice, and multi-media to move them from the basics of speaking and listening to proficiency levels appropriate for intermediate and advanced learners. Regardless of the learner's native language, our instructors use strategies and approaches to enhance the communication skills needed in the global English-speaking community. Course activities include pair and group work, sharing opinions and ideas, learning conversational language, and extensive opportunities for pronunciation practice.

Intensive Reading and Writing (Levels 1-5)

Potential writers and readers with minimal skills progress from beginning to intermediate to advanced levels of competency as they grasp simple and then sophisticated principles and techniques through the integration of traditional instruction, videos, and engaging texts. Using step-by-step teacher-directed, learner-centered approaches, our courses are designed to help students develop needed critical skills. Inherent in these courses are a variety of stimulating topics, materials, exercises, and interactive activities to assist learners in developing life-long strategies to become successful readers and writers.

The Real Thing (Level 6)

The aim of this course is to prepare advanced ESL students to succeed in college and professional environments. In other words, students will transform their comprehension of English into an actualization of skills which make them well prepared to excel in college classrooms and be productive in working environments. Students will not only gain skills critical to passing the TOEFL test, but will also acquire pivotal skills needed for college success. Textbook lessons will be coupled with video lessons to maximize the learning experiences. Students will experience the reality of participating in academic environments of U.S. higher institutions of learning through observing and critically examining segments of college professors' classes.

More of the Real Thing (Level 7)

More of the Real Thing provides a bridge for moving directly into the mainstream of academic life in U.S. universities. This course will help to draw out students' potential for active participation in classes as they respond to coaching and have opportunities to apply what is presented in the lecture series. By having familiarity with the norms of the college classroom from a range of disciplines, college-bound students will have the tools needed to excel in the academic arena and for participation in the world of work.