Intensive English Language Program

Goals​

• To provide students the opportunity to develop into responsible learners by enhancing their critical and intellectual activity through academic and social experiences.
• To improve each student’s ability to read, write and recognize organizational patterns within the English language.
• To improve each student’s ability to use English effectively in its cultural context by developing the appropriate communication approach and increasing cultural awareness.
• To foster critical thinking and ethical behavior./li>
• To encourage students to become active participants in the learning process.
• To prepare students for TOEFL, ACCUPLACER and Academic IELTS exams in English proficiency.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate orally and in writing the ability to think critically by bringing together evidence in support of an argument.
• Exemplify efficient writing and reading abilities by producing and understanding multiple diverse perspectives in a set framework.
• Demonstrate ideas by speaking extemporaneously in a social or academic environment.
• Demonstrate the ability to learn new words and recognize parts of speech in various word forms.
• Respond to questions that call for reasoned analysis of given information.

Levels of Instruction

There are four levels of instruction in the IELP: IELP 096 (basic), IELP 097 (low intermediate), IELP 098 (high intermediate), and IELP 099 (advanced). Students in each level study in instructor-guided classes for four hours daily, Sunday through Thursday. Each course is approximately fifteen weeks in Fall and Spring, and approximately seven weeks in Summer I and Summer II. Each course also develops three skill sets: Reading/Vocabulary, Listening/ Speaking, and Writing/Grammar. Initial placement in the IELP must be done through the ACCUPLACER™ assessment, an on-line test administered on the AUD campus. Students should be aware that in order to advance to ENGL 100 (Basic College English), they must satisfy the prerequisites of: placement in ENGL 100 by TOEFL and TWE, ACCUPLACER™ or other internationally-recognized exam.

IELP Program Dismissal

Students who fail, withdraw, or are withdrawn from an IELP course three consecutive terms will be dismissed from the IELP program. Students will be given the chance to write a petition and provide a credible reason why they were unable to succeed in a particular course, and this petition will be taken into consideration by the Coordinator of the CfEP.