Program Descriptions

Full time English Language Program: Classes meet on campus and follow the Jacksonville University Calendar. International students may receive a form I-20, to obtain a student visa to study in the program.

The JU ELP offers English classes that are designed according to the latest research in teaching English as a second language. Students will have the opportunity to:

take English language proficiency placement testing and placed at their own English language proficiency level classes.
take classes in reading, writing, grammar, academic listening/speaking, and vocabulary provided in five different levels.
start at their own level in each skill, whether beginning, intermediate or advanced and progress to a higher level at the end of each session.
learn from highly qualified, well prepared instructors.
study in small classes, averaging less than 15-20 students.

Levels and Classes

The JU ELP is divided into five levels:

Level I - Beginner (TOEFL Score Below 40)
Level II - Advanced Beginner (TOEFL Score 41-50)
Level III - Intermediate (TOEFL Score 51-60)
Level IV - Advanced Intermediate (TOEFL Score 61-69)
Level V - Advanced (TOEFL Score 70 and above)

Class structures and schedules will be flexible to meet the needs of the learners and make the best use of resources.

Skills

Listening and Speaking: Students will develop proficiency in vocabulary, names and titles, contextualized speech, and use of idioms. More advanced levels will focus on specifics of listening for understanding and note-take, oral presentation and more complex summary of content, ideas and discussion.

Reading: Students will be exposed to and gain proficiency in reading and understanding content-specific texts. The focus will be to increase students' reading strategies for comprehension and ability to analyze texts. Advanced skills will include enhancing reading speed and critical reading strategies.

Writing: Students will advance their ability to express their ideas in written form. Special attention will be paid to organization, summary, essay and the ability to appropriately use and cite sources of information.

Grammar: Students will develop proficiency with verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, possessives, prepositions, article and quantifier use, adjectives and adjectival clauses, direct and indirect objects, conditional, passive and adverbial clauses.

English Language Program Important Notes:

Attendance requirement to maintain student visa status.
Fulltime student status in the ELP requires an attendance rate of 80 percent or higher in all classes to remain in good standing for a student visa.
Students must take 12 credit hours to keep fulltime student status. Generally this means that students will take 4-6 courses each term covering the language skills areas at their placement proficiency.
A minimum of a "C" (2.0) average and/or performance on standardized assessment tool for all work taken in ELP to demonstrate proficiency levels.
All ELP courses are created for ELP students, open classroom seats maybe offered to students outside the English Language Program, only with Director permission.
All ELP course descriptions may be found in the Course Descriptions section at the back of this catalog.