Intensive ESL

Prepare for university-level study, career advancement, or for the accomplishment of personal goals in our academically-oriented Intensive English as a Second Language Program.

Program Benefits

  • Experience a program trusted for more than 40 years to help you achieve your academic, career, and personal goals
  • Learn from highly-trained teachers with an average of 10+ years of teaching experience who are committed to the highest standards of student achievement
  • Attend small classes, typically about 16 students
  • Benefit from engaging, interactive classes with a rigorous curriculum that emphasizes authentic language use in academic, business, and social contexts. Information about course levels and proficiency scales
  • Advance your skills in upper-level elective classes in topics such as idioms, advanced pronunciation, advanced conversation, business English, advanced vocabulary, advanced grammar, and iBT and IELTS preparation
  • Practice your English and learn about campus life with a UCI undergraduate friend through conversation lunch hour held twice a week
  • Learn using state-of-the-art technology and methodologies
  • Prepare to score higher on the TOEFL and IELTS tests

Eligibility and Requirements

  • Available to students 17 years and older at all levels of English proficiency
  • To attend this program full-time, you are required to obtain an F-1 student visa
  • Our 10-Week Intensive ESL program is also suitable for students who want to combine part-time English study with a holiday abroad. If you are coming to the U.S. mainly for tourism, and you want to take English language classes for your own pleasure or recreation, then a tourist visa (B-2) or Visa Waiver (WT) is appropriate

Is your goal to boost your TOEFL or IELTS score?

Learn skills and strategies that will help you improve your IELTS and TOEFL scores. At all levels of the 10-Week program, develop skills that are not only vital for success on the iBT TOEFL and IELTS, but also essential in your real-life use of English for your future.

Program Costs

Part-time Tuition:

  • Grammar/Writing 1-5 or Reading/Writing 6-7: $1,875
  • Speaking/Listening 1-7: $1,875
  • Reading/Vocabulary 1-5: $1,250
  • ESL Elective: $825

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Program
Approximate Cost $4,500*
Format UCI Campus
Duration 10 weeks

*Certificate Tuition (full-time)

Approximate Total Cost: $10,500 (reflects full estimated expenses for completing the program, tuition included). See Program Costs below for part-time tuition costs.

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