English Courses in the USA - English Schools in the USA
English Courses in Chicago, USA
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English Courses in Chicago, USA - Fees
- Standard Group Course (18 hrs per week): $ 3, 070 / year
- You can pay the tuition in installments up to 10 times. $ 307 / month
- Standard Group Course (18 hrs per week) $ 999 ($ 333/month) 12-week course
- Intensive Group Course (24 hrs per week): $ 8, 070 / year
- You can pay the tuition in installments up to 10 times. $ 807 / month
In order to issue a l-20 visa, students for all courses must demonstrate that they have funds of $ 13, 205.
Accommodation Fees
Between $500-800 per month for a studio or a one bedroom apartment. Our school offers housing assistance and will help you find accommodation.
Our English School in Chicago, USA
 Our English school in Chicago, USA is located in the northwest suburb of Chicago, Wheeling. It is a very beautiful, green, quiet and safe area. It is in 25 minutes from down town Chicago.
We are committed to excellence through innovative instruction. Operating since 1995, our English School in Chicago, USA is a State of Illinois Board of Education Certified institution, with a multitude of licenses, certifications and affiliations ensuring quality of your training. We provide about 20 programs to our students representing more than 25 countries. The school is approved by US CIS (US Citizenship & Immigration Services) to provide SEVIS Form I-20 to the persons who apply for F1 or M1 visa status.
Our instructors are chosen based on their prior teaching experience, subject knowledge, and practical work experience. Their goal is not only to teach you the knowledge needed in your field, but also to apply your newly acquired knowledge to real life projects and business applications. Our instructors are focused on constantly updating their skills to keep in step with the changing demands of their fields. Many of our instructors are active members of various professional organizations. All have many years experience teaching English courses in the USA.
The staff at our institution consists of administrative professionals with experience in post secondary education. Each staff member is committed to the provision of quality education and training to students.
Our English Courses in Chicago, USA
English as a Second Language Program
This program is designed for students who would like to improve their English language and prepare for future studies in business. All ESL Instructors have Masters Degrees in language instruction. They provide excellent instruction in a small classroom setting, 12-14 students. Students enjoy plenty of personal attention.
The content of the curriculum for each level of program is focused on literacy skills, vocabulary, reading, writing, and grammar. Listening and speaking skills are practiced in each core curriculum class. Additional attention to listening and speaking skills is available through elective classes.
This ESL program consists of 6 Levels and each level of program normally requires 16-20 weeks.
 Basic A: Basic language skills designed to meet daily needs. Aural development, oral readiness and reading readiness are stressed. Comprehend spoken English in familiar contexts. Communicate about basic needs and routine activities and participate in basic conversations about routine social situations. Generate sentences related to daily activities and personal topics.
Basic B: Further development of beginning level English skills. Comprehend spoken English in familiar contexts. Communicate about basic needs and common activities and participate in basic conversations in routine social situations. Generate sentences into short, loosely organized paragraphs related to daily life and personal topics.
Supplemental topics include: - Accent Reduction /- American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs - Hello USA /- Basic Listening Comprehension Development
Intermediate A: Integration of intermediate language skills; development of the ability to discuss and write with a degree of accuracy and fluency; introduction to intermediate grammatical structures; emphasis on communication skills necessary for real-life situations including classroom and vocational settings.
Intermediate B: High intermediate language skills designed to meet daily needs in familiar situations, with emphasis on fluency and communication. Conversational strategies for appropriate interaction in American work and social settings; cross-cultural discussions about social customs and practice in telephone procedures; improvement in standard American English pronunciation, voice quality, and physical presentation.
Supplemental topics include: - Accent Reduction /- American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs - Intermediate Listening Comprehension / - Let us Talk About It!
Advanced A: This Program helps intermediate learners of English improve their conversational fluency and gain confidence in their ability to communicate with native speakers in a wide variety of settings. There is also an emphasis on vocabulary building, idiomatic speech, listening skills and grammar errors as they affect communication.
Advanced B: The Program focused on persistent syntactical problems, including in-depth analysis of English grammar for advanced ESL students preparing to pursue academic or vocational studies. The structure of Standard English is explored, including a review of all tenses, the use of modals in real and hypothetical conditions, active and passive voice, sentence functions of gerunds and infinitives, coordinate and subordinate conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs and other logical connectives and their use in oral and written discourse.
Supplemental topics include: - Advanced Listening Comprehension / - Keeping in Touch - Socializing Across Cultures
Advanced Plus A: This Advanced-Plus level focuses on analytic reading skills, essay writing and refining the use of English syntax. Reading and research materials highlight cultural content and contemporary issues in American society and serve as models and prompts for compositions. Essays will focus on research and the development and organization of ideas using complex sentences in coherent, well-developed paragraphs.
Advanced Plus B: Further improvement of advanced level English skills. This level develops analytic reading skills, essay writing and refining the use of English syntax. The reading component emphasizes patterns of essay organization, relationships of paragraphs within essays, and understanding of the author purpose, audience, tone, and mood. Essays will focus on research and the development and organization of ideas using complex sentences in coherent, well-developed paragraphs.
Supplemental topics include: - English Composition / - Creative Writing / - American Literature - Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Business:
In this course, students focus on the language used in meetings, negotiation, marketing and other types of professional interaction. Classroom activities include listening and speaking in a business environment; reading business texts; critical thinking, case study analysis; participating in discussions, simulations and seminars; developing business vocabulary and idioms; doing formal and informal presentations and writing business documents such as memos and reports. Students also learn about North American business culture and practice workplace etiquette.
Major topics include: - Communication process, problems and principles / - Meeting/group discussion skills / -Letter writing skills / - Report writing skills / -Intercultural communication skills
Oral presentation skills
In addition to instruction the school provides academic advisement, assistance in maintaining visa status and all other appropriate student services.
Our schools in Chicago also provides TOEFL preparation courses, please contact us for further
Please note: All prices are quoted in $US. For the equivalent in your currency, please visit www.xe.com/ucc.
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