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Full-Time Program
Overview
(link to detailed descriptions)
Intensive English Language and American Culture
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Twenty hours per week of academic English language
training
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Five levels offered, ranging from beginner to
advanced
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Skill areas include listening/speaking and
reading/writing/grammar
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Language laboratory and computer work included
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Free institutional TOEFL exam offered at end of each
session
Transition Program
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Eight hours per week of
integrated skills focusing strongly on university preparation
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3 credit
course for undergraduate students/non-credit for graduate students
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International students (F-1 visa) also register for
two university credit-courses
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Credits earned in the Transition program may be
applied to an undergraduate or graduate program at CCSU upon formal
acceptance into a planned program of study
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Enrollment by placement exam only
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Free institutional TOEFL exam offered at the end of
each session
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Certification -
Certificates of attendance, achievement, or
advancement will be awarded to students who successfully complete course
and program requirements.
Part-Time Courses
(NOTE: Part-time courses do not
meet immigration requirements for F-1 international students.)
University Prep
Program
Download U Prep Application (PDF)
Course Description:
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this is a non-credit reading, writing and academic language skills
program for advanced-level non-native speakers of English.
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in reading, students will
expand vocabulary, increase speed of comprehension and become
familiar with strategies for analyzing and responding to
authentic texts
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in
writing, students will
refine
organizational skills, development of ideas, clarity and mechanics
of affective writing in a variety of rhetorical modes
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in
listening/speaking, student will
practice
listening to lectures
and taking
appropriate notes; participating in
group discussions and formal presentations
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students will also acquire
knowledge of level-appropriate structures of English grammar
Spring 2009 Course Dates:
January 20 - May 13, 2009
Mandatory Placement Test:
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 6:45 pm in Henry Barnard Hall Room 108 (ADVANCED level of English required)
Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:45 pm -
9:15 pm
Total Contact Hours:
80
Minimum
Enrollment:
10/Maximum Enrollment: 16
Tuition:
$550 (Note: A $25 deposit is required to reserve a place in the
class)
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