English Language Center at Old Dominion University

  United States

Norfolk

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: six terms/year

Description: The English Language Center (ELC) is located on the main campus of Old Dominion University. Established in 1981, it offers a full range of intensive and semi-intensive courses in English as a Second Language. The English Language Center promotes effective, high quality instruction of English for speakers of other languages. It seeks to develop in students a respect for the dignity and worth of the individual, a capacity for critical reasoning, a general desire for learning, and the capacity to evaluate their on-going language learning needs. It fosters the continuing improvement of its faculty by encouraging research, scholarship, and professional development. The English Language Center is committed to presenting the depth and variety of the United States to students and faculty while encouraging a lively curiosity about all cultures of the world.

Highlights: The ELC offers six seven-week sessions each year. Each week, full-time students spend at least twenty hours in class studying grammar, reading/vocabulary, speaking/listening, and writing. The ELC has a fully equipped language lab where students spend time outside of class watching videotaped lectures, working with pre-recorded audiotapes and utilizing CD-ROM computer instruction.

Cost in US$: 1,875 for each seven-week session.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

Participants Travel to United States Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 2-3

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

English Language Center at Old Dominion University's Mission Statement: The English Language Center promotes effective, high-quality instruction of English for speakers of other languages. It seeks to develop in students a respect for the dignity and worth of the individual, a capacity for critical reasoning, a general desire for learning, and the capacity to evaluate their on-going language learning needs. It fosters the continuing improvement of its faculty by encouraging research, scholarship, and professional development. The English Language Center is committed to presenting the depth and variety of the United States to students and faculty while encouraging a lively curiosity about all cultures of the world.

Year Founded: 1981