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ESL Institute (English as a Second Language)

The mission of the ESL Institute is to serve current and prospective international students and community members by offering a diversified and high quality English language program for those students wanting to improve their English language skills.

Advance Payment: ESL Only
The advanced payment is required new student and mailing fees for F-1 visa international students who are new to the ESL Institute: Intensive English language program. If the mailing fee is not used, it will be applied to tuition. The new student fee is not refundable. Students are also charged tuition for each individual course. Additionally, there may be other fees, such as late registration fees, APSU Program Service fees, technology access fees, or health services deposit that may be required at a later date. Students will be informed if any of these fees are required of them during the application and registration process. Please contact the ESL Institute for further information and/or to sign up for a registration session. Austin Peay State University English as a Second Language Institute McReynolds Building Room 211 PO Box 4478 Clarksville, TN 37044 P: 931-221-6270 esl@apsu.edu www.apsu.edu/esl *fees subject to change
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Fee: $50.00
Instructor: Christina Longhurst

Capacity Remaining: 97
Dates: 8/12/2020 - 8/12/2020

Times: 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Sessions: 1

Days: W
Building: McReynolds Building

Room: 211
fee reduced to $50 for Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 Term 1
Applications for: Fall 2020 Term 1 (August- October)

Advance Payment: ESL Only
The advanced payment is required new student and mailing fees for F-1 visa international students who are new to the ESL Institute: Intensive English language program. If the mailing fee is not used, it will be applied to tuition. The new student fee is not refundable. Students are also charged tuition for each individual course. Additionally, there may be other fees, such as late registration fees, APSU Program Service fees, technology access fees, or health services deposit that may be required at a later date. Students will be informed if any of these fees are required of them during the application and registration process. Please contact the ESL Institute for further information and/or to sign up for a registration session. Austin Peay State University English as a Second Language Institute McReynolds Building Room 211 PO Box 4478 Clarksville, TN 37044 P: 931-221-6270 esl@apsu.edu www.apsu.edu/esl *fees subject to change
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Fee: $115.00
Instructor: Christina Longhurst

Capacity Remaining: 99
Dates: 10/9/2020 - 10/9/2020

Times: 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Sessions: 1

Days: F
Building: McReynolds Building

Room: 211
Applications for: Fall 2020 Term 2 (October- December)

Advance Payment: ESL + Undergraduate Admission
The advanced payment is required new student and mailing fees for F-1 visa international students who are new to the ESL Institute: Intensive English language program and who are also applying for APSU undergraduate admission. If the mailing fee is not used, it will be applied to tuition. The new student fees are not refundable. Students are also charged tuition for each individual course. Additionally, there may be other fees, such as late registration fees, APSU Program Service fees, technology access fees, or health services deposit that may be required at a later date. Students will be informed if any of these fees are required of them during the application and registration process. Please contact the ESL Institute for further information and/or to sign up for a registration session. Austin Peay State University English as a Second Language Institute McReynolds Building Room 211 PO Box 4478 Clarksville, TN 37044 P: 931-221-6270 esl@apsu.edu www.apsu.edu/esl *fees subject to change
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Fee: $75.00
Instructor: Christina Longhurst

Capacity Remaining: 99
Dates: 8/12/2020 - 8/12/2020

Times: 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Sessions: 1

Days: W
Building: McReynolds Building

Room: 211
fee reduced to $75 for Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 Term 1
Applications for: Fall 2020 Term 1 (August- October)

Advance Payment: ESL + Undergraduate Admission
The advanced payment is required new student and mailing fees for F-1 visa international students who are new to the ESL Institute: Intensive English language program and who are also applying for APSU undergraduate admission. If the mailing fee is not used, it will be applied to tuition. The new student fees are not refundable. Students are also charged tuition for each individual course. Additionally, there may be other fees, such as late registration fees, APSU Program Service fees, technology access fees, or health services deposit that may be required at a later date. Students will be informed if any of these fees are required of them during the application and registration process. Please contact the ESL Institute for further information and/or to sign up for a registration session. Austin Peay State University English as a Second Language Institute McReynolds Building Room 211 PO Box 4478 Clarksville, TN 37044 P: 931-221-6270 esl@apsu.edu www.apsu.edu/esl *fees subject to change
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Fee: $140.00
Instructor: Christina Longhurst

Capacity Remaining: 99
Dates: 10/9/2020 - 10/9/2020

Times: 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Sessions: 1

Days: F
Building: McReynolds Building

Room: 211
Applications for: Fall 2020 Term 2 (October - December)

English Skills
This class is developed around conversational skills for high beginning to intermediate level students. Students will practice using English skills on a variety of topics in different settings.
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Fee: $185.00
Instructor: Rekekah Bock

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/16/2020 - 7/28/2020

Times: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Sessions: 7

Days: Tu
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Registration/Payment deadline: Friday, June 12, 2020.
Classes will be taught using Zoom. Students can join instructor and classmates during scheduled class time using computer (with camera and audio), tablet or phones. Registered students will receive class information by email from instructor.

Speaking and Listening Level 2
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
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.
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Fee: $425.00
Instructor: Dora Podkovyroff

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/16/2020 - 8/4/2020

Times: 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Sessions: 15

Days: Tu Th
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).

Speaking and Listening Level 3
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
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.
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Fee: $425.00
Instructor: Dora Podkovyroff

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/16/2020 - 8/4/2020

Times: 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Sessions: 15

Days: Tu Th
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).

Grammar Level 2
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
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.
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Fee: $375.00
Instructor: Tatiana Logsdon

Capacity Remaining: 13
Dates: 6/15/2020 - 8/3/2020

Times: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Sessions: 15

Days: M W
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).

Grammar Level 3
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
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.
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Fee: $375.00
Instructor: Tatiana Logsdon

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/15/2020 - 8/3/2020

Times: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Sessions: 15

Days: M W
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).

Writing Level 2
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
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.
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Fee: $320.00
Instructor: Elizabeth Harrison

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/15/2020 - 8/3/2020

Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Sessions: 15

Days: M W
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).
No ESL classes: Monday, January 20

Writing Level 3
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
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.
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Fee: $320.00
Instructor: Rekekah Bock, Elizabeth Harrison

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/15/2020 - 8/3/2020

Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Sessions: 15

Days: M W
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).

Reading and Vocabulary Level 3
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
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.
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Fee: $375.00
Instructor: Janey Lindsey

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/16/2020 - 8/4/2020

Times: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 15

Days: Tu Th
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).

Pronunciation Level 3
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
This class is designed to focus on giving students extra and concentrated practice on pronunciation. Vowel, consonant and consonant cluster pronunciation will be covered, as well as syllable, word and sentence stress, connected speech and intonation. Students will submit recordings and receive individual feedback on their pronunciation.
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Fee: $215.00
Instructor: Rekekah Bock, Elizabeth Harrison

Capacity Remaining: 14
Dates: 6/16/2020 - 8/4/2020

Times: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Sessions: 15

Days: Tu Th
Building: Off-campus

Room: Off-campus
Students will be placed into levels based on results from placement test on June 10. (Registration is June 11 (by appointment). New student orientation is June 12. Late testing and orientation is June 18).

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