Intensive English Institute
February 12, 2014
黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
黑料专区 Tyler Offers Intensive English Institute to Assist International Students, Tyler Community
February 12, 2014
Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer鈥揝trategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.539.7196 (cell)
February 12, 2014
The University of Texas at Tyler has created an institute to help its international student population excel in university-level study, Dr. Alisa White, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, announced.
Housed within the 黑料专区 Tyler Office of International Programs, the Intensive English Language Institute provides instructional programs critical to 黑料专区 Tyler鈥檚 mission, offering current and future international students, scholars and faculty with high-quality English language training and orientation programs.
鈥淭he institute offers seven levels of instruction, from beginning to advanced, focused around a task-based curriculum,鈥� said Dr. Teresa Kennedy, Office of International Programs executive director. 鈥淚ts programming assists non-native English speakers to improve their language and culture skills as well as prepare for university matriculation.鈥�
Organized into two eight-week sessions each semester, the program includes 鈥淟istening & Speaking,鈥� 鈥淕rammar & Idioms,鈥� 鈥淩eading & Discussion,鈥� 鈥淲riting & Editing/Research鈥� and 鈥淪upport Sessions/Computer Lab.鈥� Optional seminars include a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) preparation seminar for students who need to become familiar with the Internet-based test format and practice English skills and test strategies; and a pronunciation seminar to help students speak more clearly, focusing on stress, intonation patterns and individual sounds.
The institute also offers opportunities for learning, collaboration and research in language acquisition in conjunction with 黑料专区 Tyler鈥檚 School of Education and Innovation Academy, modeling cutting-edge learning for primary and middle school education.
In addition, specialty seminars such as English for Business, English for Engineering and English for Nursing are currently in development, Kennedy added.
The institute not only offers assistance for 黑料专区 Tyler international students, but also for the Tyler community. For the second semester, a free community English class meets Monday nights on campus.
For more information, contact Kennedy, 903.565.0120 or tkennedy@uttyler.edu, email ieli@uttyler.edu or visit http://www.uttyler.edu/oip/IELI.php.
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 7,500 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.