Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This course provides students with practice in sentence completion and error correction items, both of which represent common structures found in conversation, professional and academic English settings. Students will learn to recognize and appropriately employ the various levels of English usage from the eight parts of speech to simple, compound and complex sentences with a focus on production through speaking and writing. Consequently, mastering the subject material in this course allows students to use English more fluently when communicating with other English speakers, when using English at a job, in everyday life and when using English in a university environment.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This course provides students with practice in sentence completion and error correction items, both of which represent common structures found in conversation, professional and academic English settings. Students will learn to recognize and appropriately employ the various levels of English usage from the eight parts of speech to simple, compound and complex sentences with a focus on production through speaking and writing. Consequently, mastering the subject material in this course allows students to use English more fluently when communicating with other English speakers, when using English at a job, in everyday life and when using English in a university environment.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This combined skills course is designed to improve vocabulary and build reading skills. High-frequency vocabulary is learned in context along with word collocations, word families, prefixes and suffixes. Techniques and strategies needed to understand new vocabulary in a variety of contexts from simple passages up to academic texts will be practiced. Reading skills are practiced in reading passages that help expand reading comprehension and build reading strategies such as summarizing, skimming, scanning, inferring and predicting. Through practicing these reading skills, students gain experience understanding simple reading passages, building up to academic level writing and passages.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This combined skills course is designed to improve vocabulary and build reading skills. High-frequency vocabulary is learned in context along with word collocations, word families, prefixes and suffixes. Techniques and strategies needed to understand new vocabulary in a variety of contexts from simple passages up to academic texts will be practiced. Reading skills are practiced in reading passages that help expand reading comprehension and build reading strategies such as summarizing, skimming, scanning, inferring and predicting. Through practicing these reading skills, students gain experience understanding simple reading passages, building up to academic level writing and passages.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This course will help students improve their speaking, listening and pronunciation skills in English through the use of small group activities, role playing, and various other assignments to give students authentic listening and speaking practice on various topics. Students will practice skills and strategies needed for college study such as academic lecture comprehension, note-taking skills and participation in class discussions and debates, in addition to real life communication situations. There will be oral presentations in front of the class and in small groups to build confidence.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This course will help students improve their speaking, listening and pronunciation skills in English through the use of small group activities, role playing, and various other assignments to give students authentic listening and speaking practice on various topics. Students will practice skills and strategies needed for college study such as academic lecture comprehension, note-taking skills and participation in class discussions and debates, in addition to real life communication situations. There will be oral presentations in front of the class and in small groups to build confidence.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This course will help improve students' basic writing skills through use of the writing process and different types of writing styles from paragraph writing to essay writing. Students learn to write effective sentences in the organization and writing of clear, focused simple paragraphs as well as short essays or research papers (depending on level). Students will become familiar with the writing process to develop fluency, clarity, organization, expression, and grammatical accuracy with a focus on building their editing skills.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This course will help improve students' basic writing skills through use of the writing process and different types of writing styles from paragraph writing to essay writing. Students learn to write effective sentences in the organization and writing of clear, focused simple paragraphs as well as short essays or research papers (depending on level). Students will become familiar with the writing process to develop fluency, clarity, organization, expression, and grammatical accuracy with a focus on building their editing skills.

The application fee is required for new students. The application fee is not refundable. Students are also charged tuition for each individual course. Please contact the English Language Institute for further information or to sign up for a registration session. P: 931-221-6270 E:esl@apsu.edu

Application Cost: A non-refundable payment of $50 USD is required at time of application for English Language admission only.

If a class minimum of three students is not met, application fees are valid for one year and movable to a next term class. 

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This course provides students with practice in sentence completion and error correction items, both of which represent common structures found in conversation, professional and academic English settings. Students will learn to recognize and appropriately employ the various levels of English usage from the eight parts of speech to simple, compound and complex sentences with a focus on production through speaking and writing. Consequently, mastering the subject material in this course allows students to use English more fluently when communicating with other English speakers, when using English at a job, in everyday life and when using English in a university environment.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This course provides students with practice in sentence completion and error correction items, both of which represent common structures found in conversation, professional and academic English settings. Students will learn to recognize and appropriately employ the various levels of English usage from the eight parts of speech to simple, compound and complex sentences with a focus on production through speaking and writing. Consequently, mastering the subject material in this course allows students to use English more fluently when communicating with other English speakers, when using English at a job, in everyday life and when using English in a university environment.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This combined skills course is designed to improve vocabulary and build reading skills. High-frequency vocabulary is learned in context along with word collocations, word families, prefixes and suffixes. Techniques and strategies needed to understand new vocabulary in a variety of contexts from simple passages up to academic texts will be practiced. Reading skills are practiced in reading passages that help expand reading comprehension and build reading strategies such as summarizing, skimming, scanning, inferring and predicting. Through practicing these reading skills, students gain experience understanding simple reading passages, building up to academic level writing and passages.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This combined skills course is designed to improve vocabulary and build reading skills. High-frequency vocabulary is learned in context along with word collocations, word families, prefixes and suffixes. Techniques and strategies needed to understand new vocabulary in a variety of contexts from simple passages up to academic texts will be practiced. Reading skills are practiced in reading passages that help expand reading comprehension and build reading strategies such as summarizing, skimming, scanning, inferring and predicting. Through practicing these reading skills, students gain experience understanding simple reading passages, building up to academic level writing and passages.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This course will help students improve their speaking, listening and pronunciation skills in English through the use of small group activities, role playing, and various other assignments to give students authentic listening and speaking practice on various topics. Students will practice skills and strategies needed for college study such as academic lecture comprehension, note-taking skills and participation in class discussions and debates, in addition to real life communication situations. There will be oral presentations in front of the class and in small groups to build confidence.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This course will help students improve their speaking, listening and pronunciation skills in English through the use of small group activities, role playing, and various other assignments to give students authentic listening and speaking practice on various topics. Students will practice skills and strategies needed for college study such as academic lecture comprehension, note-taking skills and participation in class discussions and debates, in addition to real life communication situations. There will be oral presentations in front of the class and in small groups to build confidence.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (2 or 3).

This course will help improve students' basic writing skills through use of the writing process and different types of writing styles from paragraph writing to essay writing. Students learn to write effective sentences in the organization and writing of clear, focused simple paragraphs as well as short essays or research papers (depending on level). Students will become familiar with the writing process to develop fluency, clarity, organization, expression, and grammatical accuracy with a focus on building their editing skills.

Following placement testing, students will be placed in the appropriate level of this course (4 or 5).

This course will help improve students' basic writing skills through use of the writing process and different types of writing styles from paragraph writing to essay writing. Students learn to write effective sentences in the organization and writing of clear, focused simple paragraphs as well as short essays or research papers (depending on level). Students will become familiar with the writing process to develop fluency, clarity, organization, expression, and grammatical accuracy with a focus on building their editing skills.