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“The English as a Second Language at United International college will not be accepting any students as of 05/01/2021. The program will be closed and new students will be directed to United Language Institute.”

English as a second language diploma program (ESL)


900 Clock hours

The Mission Statement of the English as a Second Language Program of United International College is:

  • To train individuals with practical to advanced knowledge in the four skills areas of the English Language in order to develop creative, critical, and leadership skills for the purposes of overall life improvement.
  • To develop emotional intelligence and cultivate an overall sense of well-being through holistic teaching and interaction.
  • To promote improved self-awareness, inspire a broader scope of a global vision as individuals, and build upon the American-cultural and professional opportunities that derive from being proficient in English.

Program Objective

  1. To achieve a high-intermediate to advanced proficiency level and command of the English language, in order to comprehend and communicate effectively for the purposes of career possibilities, and within the social world.
  2. To encourage students in learning to fit within and understand American life through culturally based conversation and holiday activities, intense focus on automatic processing of popularly used grammar forms, updated and dynamic reading and writing conventions, and small-group, intensively-assessed American English listening practice.

Program Description

The student who finishes and approves this program will be able to

1. Communicate effectively in the English language

2. Feel comfortable within the daily life of American Culture

3. Read, write, comprehend and speak informal to academic English language accurately

4. Establish communicative success in the workplace.

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Curriculum

900 Clock Hours

Course

Number

Course Title Clock

Hours

ESL 101 Beginning Grammar 40
ESL 103 Introductory Reading and Writing 40
ESL 105 Listening I 40
ESL 107 Introductory Conversation 40
ESL 111 Language Lab I* 20
Course

Number

Course Title Clock

Hours

ESL 201 Intermediate Grammar 40
ESL 203 Intermediate Reading and Writing 40
ESL 205 Cultural Listening I 40
ESL 207 Intermediate Conversation –

Pronunciation

40
ESL 211 Language Lab II* 20
Course

Number

Course Title Clock

Hours

ESL 301 High-Intermediate to Advanced

Grammar

40
ESL 303 High-Intermediate to Advanced Reading

and Writing

40
ESL 305 Cultural Listening II 40
ESL 307 High-Intermediate to Advanced

Conversation

40
ESL 311 Language Lab III* 20
Course

Number

Course Title Clock

Hours

ESL 401 Advanced Grammar-Vocabulary 40
ESL 403 Academic Reading and Writing I 40
ESL 405 Academic Listening and Comprehension 40
ESL 407 Advanced Conversation 40
ESL 411 Language Lab IV* 20

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