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Distance Learning
Degree Programs
The University of Florida offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees via distance learning. These degree programs require formal admission to the University of Florida. Applicants must meet UF's general admission requirements as well as those specified by the individual degree program.
Certificates & Certification Training
Certificates require fewer courses than degree programs and do not necessarily require formal admission to UF (although a department or college can make that a requirement). However permission from the department or faculty coordinator is required before starting a certificate program.
Courses
These courses include college credit as well as non-credit professional and personal development courses. They may be web-based, or delivered by other technologies, such as print-based (correspondence) materials.
please visit the University of Florida home page. For more State of Florida distance offerings

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Online Training Program

Use the links below to explore the Headington Institute’s free online training modules on stress, thriving, and humanitarian work.
Please view our copyright and permissions information. These modules can be read online, or downloaded and printed off as booklets. All of our modules are available in English, and most are also available in additional languages. Our first online training module, Understanding and coping with traumatic stress, is also available as an interactive e-learning course. This course can also be downloaded and burned to a CD or DVD.
After you have completed each module you can also download a certificate of completion.
Your feedback is very important to us. If you have any feedback on these modules please email us.

Online Training Modules
Understanding and coping with traumatic stress (English, Russian, E-learning)

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Physical Fitness Education

Soccer (football) Assistant Software
Soccer Roster Assistant is a freeware program for soccer coaches of kid's soccer traveling teams or city leagues. By setting up team rosters and planning roster changes before the game, the coach can accomplish a number of items including allowing for each soccer player to get a turn at each position and allotting fair playing time between players. Soccer Assistant allows coaches to track substitution rotations, starting line-ups, and what key roster mixes are the most competitive. Soccer Roster Assistant the coach can track any number of soccer games as well as any number of teams using different team files.

Download Free Soccer Roster Assistant Software

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Simulation

We had been using another modeling system to design our weapons simulation system (MSTARS), but it was slow and relatively inflexible. After looking at several products I decided that VisSim best suited my needs, particularly in the areas of multi-rate simulation and interoperability with existing code. It was a scary prospect to re-do our previous work, but with VisSim we've accomplished more in one year than we had in the previous three years. The ability to reuse existing code and create special-purpose code via DLLs shaved months off our development schedule. New DLLs are constantly being added, written in C++, FORTRAN, and Ada 95.

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WordSmart Vocabulary

Anyone exposed to The WordSmart Vocabulary Program could raise their I.Q. by an incredible 20-40 points! Adults will gain stature in the workplace, greatly expanding their career opportunities. And children will increase their English grade by a whole letter grade…GUARANTEED! WordSmart has already helped tens of thousands increase their English vocabulary dramatically. How do we know? Because they kept the software and continued to order more! You will too. We guarantee it. WordSmart is used in hundreds of universities and institutions, including Purdue and MIT. What’s more, WordSmart is the winner of both the Homeschool PC’s Award in the English Vocabulary Category and The Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation Seal of Approval. WordSmart works!

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byki.com - Free Language Flashcards

Do you want to learn basic vocabulary in a new language, for free? On byki.com, you can download a free flashcard program, Byki 4 Express for Windows or Mac, that lets you learn words in multitude of languages.

The interface of Byki 4 Express is avilable in English and Spanish. We had some trouble getting the wordlist downloader to work with Firefox, but when we set our default web browser to Internet Explorer, everything worked fine.

Click here for the Free BYKI™ Lite download by Transparent Language

The Language & Culture Institute

Message From The Director

I am very pleased that you are interested in the Language and Culture Institute at Oklahoma Christian! You will soon begin a wonderful adventure - a chance to meet people from all over the world, and improve your English-speaking skills in a friendly and supportive environment.

Our Mission

A brief statement of the purpose of LCI. The intention of our mission statement is to keep us on track for our purpose...the students! We value each and every student and what they bring to the classroom with their unique experiences and culture!

Course Curriculum

Rather than prepare students to sit for an exam, we prepare students for university study at Oklahoma Christian University. We help students with college preparatory reading and vocabulary, composition, grammar, speaking skills and academic writing.

Meet Our Faculty

We offer highly experienced, highly educated teachers and small class sizes. Our instructors have considerable teaching experience. Most instructors have teaching experience in other countries and know a second language. Our program allows each student individual attention.

Admissions and Application

The Language and Culture Institute at Oklahoma Christian University offers an academic preparatory English language program for non-native speakers who seriously desire to improve their language skills. Interested in improving your English? Apply today!

LCI Life

LCI's blog! A blog allows us to have an ongoing conversation about life here at LCI. Do you want to know where our cultural outing was for the week...check the blog! Do you want to see what life could be like if you came to LCI...check the blog! Check the blog!

Photos & Videos

A picture is worth a thousand words! Have you heard this proverb? Come take a look at LCI students learning, speaking and experiencing language and find out just what it means! And if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be worth a billion words! That’s a lot of words!



Office of International Programs PO Box 11000 Oklahoma City, OK 73136-1100

T(405) 425-5475 F(405) 425-5477

Yale English Language Institute

Mission:

The program seeks to help international teaching assistants develop the skills and practices necessary to be successful in their teaching roles at the university. To achieve this end, the program provides training, information, and resources related to English-language development, cross-cultural classroom dynamics, and effective communication practices.

For more than thirty years Yale’s English Language Institute has had the privilege of providing language training to a distinguished group of scholars and future leaders. From government officials to faculty members to ground-breaking medical researchers, students in our courses have represented a diversity of professional interests, talents, and career paths. It has been our honor to know these students and to offer the language training that has helped to support their academic goals. As a member of this tradition, we hope you will choose to continue English language training through our courses and tutorials.

Our Courses:

Serving as a teaching assistant is both rewarding and challenging. To help first-time international teaching assistants prepare for their responsibilities, Yale offers language training in the form of specific courses and individual language instruction. Although these courses are not required, we strongly believe that improving your language and communication skills will greatly enrich your experience at Yale and allow you to have greater confidence in academic settings and future professional interactions.

Our fall and spring term courses will provide structured language and teaching development opportunities in small class settings. Each class will address the language proficiency and cross-cultural issues that affect teaching. Most classes also give students the change to integrate linguistic and teaching skills by means of activities that reflect authentic teaching scenarios.

The English Language Institute, with its tradition of more than forty years as the official program of English language instruction to non-native speakers in the Yale community, will offer the following courses for the fall term of 2008. These courses will begin the week of September 22nd and continue for eleven weeks. No classes will be held during Yale's Thanksgiving break. More information will be posted on September 3rd.

Courses are designed for graduate and professional students, postdoctoral students, research fellows, and visiting scholars. Students not in these categories may be admitted to classes with permission of the director. Because of the strong academic orientation of these courses, students are responsible for completing all assignments, whether written or oral. As with any language course, regular attendance is essential to advance skill levels as well as to receive course credit. Excessive absences will result in the loss of credit for the course.

At the conclusion of the course, students who have successfully completed all requirements, including the attendance requirement, will receive an official certificate. Reports evaluating graduate and professional students, including the letter grade received for the course work, will be sent to relevant departments and to the graduate school.


TO MEET INSTRUCTORS AND TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FALL COURSES, PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND AN ORIENTATION/INFORMATION SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 5-6 P.M., ROOM 100, CENTER FOR LANGUAGE STUDY, 370 TEMPLE STREET. AT THIS MEETING STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE SPEAK TEST IN AUGUST WILL RECEIVE ASSESSMENTS IF THEY DID NOT SCORE A 50 ON THE TEST.

CLASS SIZE WILL BE LIMITED. STUDENTS SHOULD REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO ENSURE A PLACE IN THE COURSE OR COURSES THEY HAVE CHOSEN.

REGISTRATION WILL TAKE PLACE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 15th AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE OFFICE, 55 WHITNEY AVENUE, SUITE 430. AT THIS TIME STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE A REGISTRATION FORM AND SUBMIT PAYMENT.

ALGONQUIN COLLEGE

Programs and Courses
The Language Institute is the largest, most innovative second-language training facility in Eastern Ontario. It provides second language training in ESL, FSL, Foreign Languages and Sign Language. Renowned for its 'hands-on' practical experience, the Language Institute also provides a post-diploma program in Teaching English as a Second/ Foreign Language where students can gain teaching experience in the classroom. What makes the Language Institute unique is the students' accessibility to the state-of-the-art Multimedia Lab that provides the most up-to-date software such as the CAN 8 virtual listening lab.


Certificate Programs


Literacy Practitioner

Sign Language

Teachers of English as a Second/Foreign Language



Courses
English as a Second Language

English as a Second Language for Foreign-Trained Nurses

English as a Second Language for International Students

Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)

French as a Second Language

Foreign Language Training

Federal Government Preparation - Level B and C

Language Studies Related Courses

International Language Institute of Massachusetts, Inc.

DescriptionThe Intensive English Program at the International Language Institute of Massachusetts offers practical and academic English in interactive classes. Since 1984, ILI has earned a distinguished international reputation for its excellent language and teacher training programs. General program information Academic and practical English
9 levels of English offered
21 hours of instruction per week
Students are 18 years and older
Average of 8 students per class, maximum of 12
All students receive individual attention
Private tutorial sessions available
Emphasis on speaking and understanding
iBT TOEFL preparation option
Business English Option
Home-Stay Option
Internet-connected and wi-fi computer lab
Certificate of completion
All students take a pre-admission placement test to evaluate speaking and writing levels before arrival
The International Language Institute of Massachusetts is accredited the the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET)

LocationNorthampton, just a few hours from Boston and New York City, is the cultural center of Western Massachusetts with a lively community of 30,000 inhabitants. Fourteen colleges and universities contribute to the rich cultural atmosphere of this area, commonly called the Pioneer Valley. It has all the cultural, business, and educational amenities of an urban area surrounded by a beautiful, rural landscape with incredible recreational opportunities. Northampton is known as the #1 small arts town in the U.S.
Teaching QualificationsAll ILI teachers are skilled professionals with Masters degrees or TESOL certificate and a minimum of one year in student-centered teaching.They use the most modern and innovative teaching methods to encourage maximum student participation and feedback. The language is made real and immediately usable outside the classroom through simulations, interviews and dialogs prepared from real-life situations.

The staff has over 100 years of combined experience working with learners from beginning to advanced levels. The staff has lived and worked in many countries including Spain, Mexico, China, France, Guatemala, Bulgaria, Korea, Mariana Islands, U.K., Germany, Italy, Peru and Argentina and promotes intercultural understanding by providing quality language instruction and teacher training.

Course InformationGeneral English: Yes
English for Academic Purposes (EAP): Yes
English for Business: Yes
Other Programs:
Four-week World Learning SIT TESOL Teacher Training Certificate
World Language Courses in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish
Volunteer Tutor Program with opportunities to work with community members for language and cultural exchanges

Private Classes: Yes
Customised Groups: Yes
Maximum Class Size: 12
Average Class Size: 8
Levels:

Beginner Levels: 3
Intermediate Levels: 3
Advanced Levels: 3
Minimum Hours Required Per Week: 21
Maximum Hours Per Week: 21
Part Time Available: Yes
Session Length:

Winter Session (January -March) 12 weeks
Spring Session (April-June) 12 weeks

Summer Session (July-August) 8 weeks OR July for 4 weeks and August for 4 weeks
Fall Session (September - December) 15 weeks

ILI has open enrollment and students are welcome to join an already existing program as long as they begin or end with the program and study in at least half of the program.


Student Origins and EnrollmentsStudent Origins:

Africa: 12%
Asia: 35%
Europe: 30%
Latin America: 23%
Middle East: 0%
Average Enrollments:

February: 15
July: 24
October: 24
FacilitiesThe school is a private, non-profit language school located in beautiful downtown Northampton. The school is within walking distance of many shops, galleries, cafe's and Smith College.

Unlimited access to an internet-connected and wi-fi computer lab (including programs to work on pronunciation and grammar)
Volunteer tutors





FeesFees based on a session length of 4 weeks.

Fees may have changed since this information was published — check for latest information.

Included means that this service is provided at no extra charge.

Application Fee: $200.00
Tuition Fees: $1,300.00 to
Book Fee: $150.00
Health Insurance Fee: $50.00

Optional Fees:

There is a $100 housing placement fee. Airport pickup from Bradley International Airport (serving Greater Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA areas) is $45 each way. Pick-up from Logan Airport in Boston is $190 each way.
AccommodationsHomestay: $700
Apartment: $600-1000
Cooperative: $500
ILI places students with host families. Meals included is $175 per week and $125 for a room with kitchen privileges. All host families are screened by the host family coordinator before students are placed with the family.

Student ServicesActivities include, for an additional fee, trips to Boston, New York and historical sites in New England; parties, sports, movie nights. Language exchange partner program, and local volunteer opportunities.

Educational Service OpportunitiesAcademic advising available daily; conditional acceptance to local colleges; some internships available, especially in the tourism and hotel industry, advertising and journalism.

TransportationBradley International Airport, serving Hartford, Connecticut, is 40 minutes away. Logan Airport, serving Boston, is 2 hours away. Northampton can also be reached by train and bus. ILI is in downtown Northampton on a bus route.

AffiliationsILI has been accredited by the Accrediting Council of Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) since 1984.

The NSTS

The pioneer

The NSTS - English Language Institute was founded in 1963 and was the first English Language school to operate in Malta. We adopted a policy of quality that reverberated internationally and fostered a steady increase in demand. 20 years or so later NSTS expanded into providing tuition all year round while others started to open summer schools and replicate programmes.

The founder of FELTOM


NSTS founded the Federation of English Language Teaching Organisations (FELTOM) in 1989 to promote quality standards nationally. It endowed it with codes of conduct for good practices, led it over the years into becoming internationally recognised as the quality overseer for Malta, and into the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Tourism enacting legislation specific to English Language Teaching (ELT).

NSTS-English Language Institute today

NSTS maintains its academic leadership as it renews itself through a critical process of reviews of its teaching methodologies and analyses developments in the market place to maintain relevance to the current needs of its learners. Its International Teacher Training Centre prepares prospective teachers for local qualifications and the renowned international teaching certificate of the University of Cambridge (CELTA).

ICMI Knowledge Center

Are You Speaking Your Customers Language?
by: Greg Rosner


Topics: Special Topics
Description: Organizations are increasingly dealing with a multilingual customer base. Is a language service provider a viable option for your contact center?




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Call center agents often find themselves interacting with limited English-speaking callers. Many centers rely on their staff’s language capabilities to bridge the communication gap, which can be especially difficult in a phone-based environment where the lack of visual cues exaggerates verbal communication barriers. This begs the question: Do the existing language capabilities of our agents reflect the language demands of our customers?
Translation services firm thebigwordGroup recently conducted a research study to see how well bank and insurance call centers in the U.K. handled callers speaking limited English. Calls were placed to 15 of Britain’s major financial services providers between January and May 2007. The calls were made to nationally advertised numbers with the aim of opening a bank account.

Calls were made by 12 researchers, each speaking a different non-English language. The researchers were all non-English speakers and residents of the U.K. Each researcher was given a script to work through. They first asked, in their own language, to speak to someone who could understand them. The researcher then rated the responses on how the call was managed.

The choice of languages was based on the most widely spoken European languages in the U.K., including: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Slovakian, Portuguese, Bengali, Turkish, Udu, Somali, Czech and Polish.

The results: Of 180 calls made, only three resulted in a solution to the language barrier and the researchers obtaining the information they required. Researchers reported that they did not receive an overall positive customer experience in 92 percent of the calls to banks. For insurers the figure was 84 percent.
This report demonstrates that the U.K.’s leading financial services companies are failing to provide sufficient customer service levels and are unable to communicate effectively with a large number of their potential customers. Some British financial services providers may be taking measures to overcome language barriers at high street branch level. However, there is still a striking lack of services available to support inquiries made by limited English speakers to bank and insurance company contact centers.

The basics of Telephone Interpreting

With the native languages of new citizens and the fact that many companies are undergoing global ex­pansion, having a robust language service in place enables contact centers to improve penetration into this new customer base.

Telephone Interpreting integrates easily within a call center environment. A customer service agent will typically follow these five simple steps:

Identify the language of the caller.
Call a dedicated free-phone number.
Dial or state the language that the caller requires.
Wait for connection to a telephone interpreter.
The agent, caller and telephone interpreter engage in a three-way conversation.

Is It Right for Your Center?

In deciding whether Telephone Interpreting is right for your call center, consider an external and internal view of language interaction:

Understand what languages your customers are speaking. Your starting point should be to realize the language requirements of your customers. Is there any fluctuation in languages spoken by your customers?
The language capabilities of your own staff. You should then understand the language capabilities of your own staff. Is your staff able to provide appropriate levels of customer service to limited English speakers?
Your final assessment may conclude that there are instances where service levels are failing and your sales, marketing and customer service strategy may not be fully aligned. In this case, telephone interpreting can be a realistic and simple solution.

Five Tips for selecting the best partner

Consider the following five points before engaging a professional languages services provider.

Telephony issues. To connect to a telephone interpreting service, your phone system generally should support teleconferencing. If yours does not have this functionality, look for vendors who can host teleconferences; however, be aware that this may affect the cost of the call.
Service levels. Look for a supplier who provides telephone interpreting in languages aligned with your customers’ language requirements. This service should be available 24x7 as an on-demand service with a dedicated number for your agents to call.
Interpreters. Make sure that all telephone interpreters are native speakers of your customers’ required languages, and understand the types of calls your business manages.
Training. Choose a supplier who offers consultancy, training, elearning and instruction guides to your specifications to ensure the service is picked up across your call center(s).
Billing. Make sure that you are only paying for the time you use the interpreter. Ideally, calls should be billed per-second so that there is no rounding-up.
The bottom line is, the concept of telephone interpreting is very simple: when communication is ob-structed by a language barrier, access to an interpreter on the telephone quickly provides a solution.

Spanish Language Schools

Language experts and students agree that studying Spanish in a Spanish speaking country is the fastest way to learn to speak sentences and gain basic conversational ability. It is a great first step to becoming fluent in Spanish. Oftentimes people who travel or live briefly in a hispanic country seem to pick up Spanish with amazing speed, even without studying. Yet while those who are self-taught can often communicate basic concepts and ideas to the locals, their grammar usually suffers, and their conversational syntax often resembles that of Tarzan.




Studying intensive Spanish courses in a language school is a great way to quickly bring you up to speed with the basics of grammar, while giving you plenty of exposure to locals with whom you can practice your language skills. Many students report learning up to ten new vocabulary words a day.

Yet these international programs don't come without a price, and so therefore we would like to let you know that you can actually study at language schools in spanish speaking countries, without it having to cost you an arm and a leg. Indeed, if you just go by the listed price for some of these institutions, the costs can be astronomical. But look again. First of all, there is plenty of selection. Without compromising quality, you can get a great deal on language classes at a certified school in a hispanic nation, without having to pay full price. Scroll down below, where we also have you entertain the option of looking into a scholarship for your study abroad program, if you are going through your university. There are many scholarships out there, making tuition cheap or free for language courses in Spanish speaking countries, you just have to know how to find them.

Price considerations aside for the moment, here is some more info on what taking classes in a foreign country is like: Spanish language schools are usually placed in big cities or in University towns, where it will be easy for language learners to find young, friendly locals to go out with and talk to. Most hispanic countries are famous for being incredibly hospitible, and foreigners feel very welcome. Indeed, it is an open secret that people often go abroad to study Spanish with ulterior motives. Whether it's the great surf in Costa Rica, the Andean ski resorts near Santiago, Chile, the Parisian boulevards and delicious steakhouses in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the all-night parties and sunny beaches in Spain, or the historic splendor of Mexico, students often learn a lot more than just the Spanish language while studying abroad.

Browse this list of Study Abroad programs in Spanish speaking countries that offer language courses at basic, intermediate and advanced levels of instruction:

Costa Rica

Mexico

Spain

Argentina

Chile

Listing Spanish schools by country, we hope to be a convenient resource for you to find the school that you want to go to, in the country that you want to be in. Use this as a starting point in your search for the best study abroad program for your Spanish language learning needs. Of course, simply listing language schools in spanish-speaking countries might not be enough for you.

We understand that you want to know where you can find the lowest prices on tuition to study abroad at an international language institute in a Spanish speaking country. Well, finding the cheapest discounts and lowest prices on language institutes abroad is what we're all about. After all, we're here to make Spanish learning easy. But every year tuition changes, so here is our advice: don't just throw down a few thousand dollars on the first international Spanish program that pops up on your screen. We show you the best deals on international Spanish programs, because we list all of the programs.

We also would like to let you know that oftentimes Spanish programs in foreign countries don't fill up. They may fill up a third, or half, or two thirds of the students, but leave many vacancies. Now, like the smart businesses they are, these schools are not going to just advertise that they are offering programs at bargain basement prices. They want to make it seem like everybody and his perrito is signing up for their Spanish course and they are the best course in the world. Well, we won't make any judgements about the quality because there's nothing - apart from the consumer reviews that you should research - that would tell that they are anything but stellar. But as with any business, these classes just don't fill up all the time.

So now is the time to strike. Get in on clearance prices for language classes in Spanish speaking countries. They don't call it "bargain-basement" price for nothing. You have to haggle and bargain with the people who are running the program. Pick up the phone - it doesn't matter that you don't speak Spanish yet, as an international language academy they should have somebody on hand to speak with you - and tell them you are interested in their program, but that the listed price is too much. Be persistent, and if the final days of enrollment are coming up, and there are plenty of empty seats in the classroom, then you might be able to strike a deal on language classes in Chile, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica or whichever hispanic country you would like to take Spanish classes in, for the lowest price possible.

Scholarships
Many language schools in spanish speaking countries are actually organized through established universities in the United States and Europe, and so when you pay the fees for these language programs you typically pay them directly to the University you are attending, or temporarily attending for the purpose of the study abroad language classes. Well, as is common with practically all major, legitimate and established universities, it is quite possible to get a scholarship directly through your school's endowment, or through the myriad funds available to students, who meet the funds' specific requirements. Even if you think you wouldn't qualify for a scholarship, you probably do. So before just slapping down the bucks, do a little bit of research and you'll most likely discover some incredible savings and discount prices on the language classes that you want to take in a Spanish speaking country.

Tibetan

The UVa Tibetan Studies Program is pleased to announce its Summer Language Institute. Learn two years (12 U.Va. credit hours) of Tibetan in an intensive atmosphere guided by three instructors. You will read, write, speak, and live Tibetan for nine weeks, while also learning about Tibet's unique culture. Come and learn why intensive summer study is the most enjoyable and efficient way to learn a language!

Learning Tibetan is a great preparation for travel and study abroad in one of Asia's most fascinating cultures and striking environments across the Tibetan plateau, or for studying the religious life and literature of one of the greatest Buddhist cultures in Asia.

Summer is almost here -- spend it on Mr. Jefferson's beautiful grounds learning to speak and read about mountains, Himalayan communities, and monasteries! The 2009 program will be led by Professor Tsetan Chonjore, one of the most experienced and skilled teachers of Tibetan in the world, along with two native Tibetan assistants.

The program will focus on modern spoken and written Tibetan according to the Central Tibetan dialect and is oriented towards producing hearing and speaking proficiency. Students will learn both print as well as cursive script, a unique aspect of the program. In addition, it will utilize new multimedia materials being developed by the Tibetan Language Learning Resources from original film shot in Tibet. The last unit of the summer will offer a bridge to classical literary Tibetan on the basis of mastery of modern Tibetan.

Attendance in all three sessions (morning, afternoon, and evening) is required of all students, regardless of whether they are enrolled for credit or non-credit. Furthermore, every student, regardless of type of enrollment, must earn a passing grade in each class of the first half of the SLI in order to participate in the second half of the program. Virginia undergraduates may fulfill their language requirements with Literary and Spoken Tibetan I and II (RELB 500S and RELB 501S).

The SLI Tibetan Summer program will have a residential component this year in the French House at UVa, a beautiful, recently renovated mansion, first built in 1896 in the Queen Anne style of architecture. The mansion has a large living-room, library, seminar room, and dining room. It provides students a stimulating and near-immersion environment in which to learn Tibetan, while facilitating a close-knit sense of community for those committed to learning Tibetan language and culture.

A trained Residence Director who is fluent in Tibetan will live with the students in the house and encourage the use of Tibetan in everyday life. The RD will be available in the evenings to answer linguistic or other questions or simply to chat with students who wish to practice their conversational skills.

To reserve a space in the language house, please contact Conference Services.
Visiting high school students are not eligible for University Housing.

Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language(s) (汉语/漢語, pinyin: Hànyǔ; 华语/華語, Huáyǔ; or 中文, Zhōngwén) is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees.[3] Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the world’s population, or over one billion people, speak some form of Chinese as their native language. The identification of the varieties of Chinese as "dialects" instead of "languages" is considered inappropriate by some linguists and Sinologists.[4]

Spoken Chinese is distinguished by its high level of internal diversity, although all spoken varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic. There are between seven and thirteen main regional groups of Chinese (depending on classification scheme), of which the most spoken, by far, is Mandarin (about 850 million), followed by Wu (90 million), Min (70 million) and Cantonese (70 million). Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible, although some, like Xiang and the Southwest Mandarin dialects, may share common terms and some degree of intelligibility. Chinese is classified as a macrolanguage with 13 sub-languages in ISO 639-3, though the identification of the varieties of Chinese as multiple "languages" or as "dialects" of a single language is a contentious issue.

The standardized form of spoken Chinese is Standard Mandarin (Putonghua / Guoyu / Huayu), based on the Beijing dialect, which is part of a larger group of North-Eastern and South-Western dialects, often taken as a separate language, see Mandarin Chinese for more, this language can be referred to as 官话 Guānhuà or 北方话 Běifānghuà in Chinese. Standard Mandarin is the official language of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC), as well as one of four official languages of Singapore. Chinese—de facto, Standard Mandarin—is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Of the other varieties, Standard Cantonese is common and influential in Guangdong Province and Cantonese-speaking overseas communities, and remains one of the official languages of Hong Kong (together with English) and of Macau (together with Portuguese). Hokkien, part of the Min language group, is widely spoken in southern Fujian, in neighbouring Taiwan (where it is known as Taiwanese or Hoklo) and in Southeast Asia (where it dominates in Singapore and Malaysia).

Testing Second Language Speaking

Testing Second Language Speaking
Glenn Fulcher
Aug 2003, Paperback, 312 pages
ISBN13: 9780582472709
ISBN10: 0582472709
£30.99

Description Contents Features Author Reviews
Description
This title brings together in one volume a comprehensive account and critical analysis of testing second language speaking. It contains a wealth of examples including task types that are commonly used in speaking tests, approaches to researching speaking tests, and specific methodologies that teachers, students and test developers may use in their own projects. Annotated examples are presented to enhance understanding of practical testing projects.

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Preface 1. The history of testing second language speaking 2. Defining the construct 3. Tasks for second language speaking tests 4. Rating scales 5. Test specifications 6. Raters, training and administration 7. Evaluating second language speaking tests 8. Researching second language speaking tests ReferencesAppendicesIndex

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A programmatic approach to test design
Advice on costing test design projects
Examples of how to put speaking tests into practice
Methods for evaluating tests
A description of task types for testing speaking
Advice on the training of raters, interlocutors and administrators
Insights into the ethics of testing, especially for those with disabilities
An understanding of research methodology in testing speaking


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Glenn Fulcher is a Professor at the English Language Institute, at the University of Surrey.

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Reviews


'an in depth study and evaluation of methods used, theory behind and necessary standards within the realm of test and assessment of a speaker's ability in a second language.'

'...clear and concise...'

Fulcher: Testing Second Language Speaking

British Academy for English Language

About the British Academy for English Language.

The institute saw its birth in 2002 in a small room under the tender care of its able director, Mrs. Alka Gupta. She worked from a shared office at 18 Satya Niketan. With her zeal and dedication she shaped it into a full fledged Institute with three classrooms and an independent office at 16 Satya Niketan, New Delhi by 2003.
The quality education fetched enormous success and overwhelming response. By 2003 it blossomed into two centres with second branch coming up at Ber Sarai. And in 2005, 3rd branch was opened at Laxmi Nagar, which speaks volumes about the success and popularity of the institute. And today BAFEL claims to have 32 centres all over India.

The BAFEL Advantage

British Academy for English Language (BAFEL), a Company, which enjoys an outstanding image of unparalleled growth in the education industry. BAFEL is the only organization where the quality and composition of the courses are determined under the guidance of Managing Director herself and she also heads the R & D wing.



About the Director of the British Academy for English Language

An extremely dedicated person, she has a varied and an all encompassing teaching experience of over fifteen years at various places like Jodhpur, Jammu and Kashmir, Mumbai and finally in Delhi where her passion became a profession which resulted in the formation of British Academy for English Language.

Because of her passion for the language and the zeal to do something for the young generation to be more confident and have impressive personality she imparts her valuable knowledge and experience to them at every step. Her specially designed personality development module is a big success with corporate as well as individual clients.

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TIRUPATI ENGLISH SPEAKING INSTITUTE — Nashik

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In this course you will discuss a variety of subjects, ranging from everyday topics to current events. In addition, you will address the principles of writing texts, minutes, reports, summaries and (job-application) letters. Spelling, punctuation and vocabulary will be dealt with separately.

As a student, you are expected to know the basic rules of Dutch grammar, especially those relating to sentence structure. More difficult areas of Dutch grammar are reviewed, studied in depth and practised as the need arises.

Common European Framework Level B2:
Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible. Can take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining my views. Can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to my field of interest. Can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. Can write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to my interests. Can write an essay or report, passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view. Can write letters highlighting the personal significance of events and experie

American Language Institute

Admission to most ALI programs is open to all persons 18 years old and over who have completed high school. ELST youth programs accept younger students.
The U.S. government requires persons who come to the U.S. for full-time studies (18 hours per week or more) to obtain F-1 student visas. To apply for an F-1 student visa at the U.S. embassy or consulate in the student’s country of origin, an I-20 form will be needed. An I-20 form is a government approved document issued by the ALI. To receive an I-20 form, students must first complete the ALI Application Form and provide a financial statement.
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3. Current Bank Statement with existing funds in the account
n Affidavit of Financial Support (if bank statement is not in student’s name).
4. Photocopy of passport (if available).
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5. ALI Transfer Eligibility Form (available at www.americanlanguage.org).
6. Photocopies of your current I-20, passport, visa and I-94 card.
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Assemble your application in the order shown below:
Step Three
Mail or fax all documents to:
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How to Apply for an F-1 Student Visa from Abroad

In order to apply for F-1 student visa from abroad a potential student should do the following:

Fill out the application form (you can request it by fax, post mail, e-mail as a Adobe Acrobat Reader file attachment, or download it at our website, register for the chosen program, and choose your payment plan. After that we will send you our invoice.
Make a tuition deposit payment (refundable) according to the invoice we sent you (the minimum payment is $720!) and the following application expenses (non-refundable):
Registration fee $100
Express mailing fee $50
Processing fee $80

Provide copies of statements of your financial support. You can either fax them, or send as scanned images to info@bellschool.org, or mail them to the school's address. These documents are required by US Immigration and Naturalization Service from the school to issue an I-20 form. You can use one of three possible ways of stating your financial support.
Please note that in every case your available funds should be a minimum of $1000 per month of your intended study (for instance, if you intend to study 6 months, your balance should be no less than $6,000). You may either:
Submit an original statement from your bank account.
or
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Make a copy of the first page of your international travel passport.
You can either fax these documents to 718-998-0602, or send as scanned images to info@bellschool.org, or mail them to the school's address (Remember you will have to show the originals of these documents in a US consulate!):
Bell Language School
1535 McDonald Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
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The Scandinavian Language Institute has been vitalizing the Scandinavian heritage in the Pacific Northwest for 30 years through language learning and cultural experience. Please help us PASS THE WORD about this language program by sending a link to this website to a friend.
About SLI
This is our 30th Anniversary year.
Watch for special celebrations throughout the coming school year.

The Scandinavian Language Institute offers language instruction classes to the general public in various levels of Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic.

Class levels include Beginning, Know-A-Little, Intermediate and Advanced. These are scheduled each quarter throughout the school year. There are both daytime & evening classes.

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The Scandinavian Language Institute, a Washington State non-profit corporation and tax-exempt organization, is located in the Seattle Community of Ballard at the Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St.. Other classes meet in Seattle (Ballard), Bothell, Edmonds, Everett and on Whidbey Island.

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Seattle Languages International is a fully accredited language institute specializing in languages such as Spanish, English, Italian, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Vietnamese and many more. We offer our language services in the Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond and Tacoma area.Serving over 900 students in 2006, we believe we are the fastest growing Language Institute in Seattle and Washington State.Professional and effective language teachers with extensive training and classroom teaching experience, mostly native speakers, teach a variety of day and evening classes and introduce our students not only to their language but also to cultural aspects of the country or region where the language is spoken. If you have short term or long term goals, if you want to learn a language for travel or for academic purposes, if you need customized and individual language training or tutoring, if your child, school or company needs language instruction or private lessons we can and will deliver the results that you are looking for. Our Language Institute serves the community 7 days a week. Weekend language classes allow students with a busy schedule to learn a language in their free time. Our flexible and highly professional team delivers language instruction also off-site, at the convenience of your location and at your home. Circle Language Solutions - a spin off of Seattle Languages International - also provides translation and interpretation in all its languages.Our Language Institute serves students not only in Seattle but also in and around Auburn, Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Des Moines, Edmonds, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kent, Kirkland, Lynnwood, Mercer Island, Mukilteo, Newcastle, Olympia, Redmond, Renton, Shoreline, SeaTac, Tacoma, Tukwila, Woodinville and other cities in Washington State.
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Japanese Language Institutes for Foreign Students

The following list of Japanese Language institutes is provided as a reference of available services. The Embassy in no way endorses any of these organizations. Interested individuals are encouraged to seek additional sources of assistance or references from friends and colleagues rather than relying exclusively on this list.
Academy of Language Arts
Tobundo Bldg. No.2 5F, 2-16 Agebacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0824 Tel: 03-3235-0071
Accumulate Japanese Language Class
2-28-14 Sanno, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-0023 Tel: 03-3771-0434
ALEC School of Languages
Asahi Bldg. 4F, 2-14-7, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002 Tel: 03-3400-4515
Alpha Japanese Language School
Toranomon Daiichi Bldg. 6F1-2-3 ToranomonMinato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001
Tel: 03-3504-8080Fax: 03-3504-8181E-mail: tokyo@alpha.ac.jp
Aoyama School of Japanese
1-5-5 Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063 Tel: 03-3465-9577
Berlitz School of Languages
Akasaka Annex 5F, 1-17-42 Akasaka, Minato ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Tel: 0120-510-923 (toll free)
Central Japanese Language School
1-11-5 Nihombashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0022 Tel: 03-3243-1960
Cosmopolitan Language Institute
1-8-9 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0028 Tel:03-3273-7878
East West Japanese Language Institute
2-36-9 Chuo, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0011 Tel: 03-3366-4717
Edo Language and Culture Center
2-6-11 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002 Tel: 03-5466-2001
Eloquence Language School
ESYC Heights 4F, 5-16-8 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Tel: 03-3585-1331
English House
2-41-3 Yayoi-cho, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0013 Tel: 03-3383-8008
Evergreen Language School
1-21-18 Yutenji, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0052 Tel: 03-3713-4958
Gakken Gem Language Academy
No.3 Shintaiso Bldg. 10F 2-10-12, Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0043 Tel: 03-3476-3939
Inter-Cultural Language Center
12-2 Minami Motomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0012 Tel: 03-5379-6214
International Education Center
1-21 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004 Tel: 03-3359-9621
Japanese Language School of The Tokyo Foreign Language Academy
3-19-21 Ukima, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0051 Tel: 03-3966-8910
Japanese Culture & Language Institute
Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg. 5F 2-1-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0490 Tel: 03-3348-7601
Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages
2-13-13 Uchi Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047 Tel: 3258-5833
Kent English Conversation School
1-6-3 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0022 Tel: 03-3713-7046
Kirby Gakuin
Meiho Bldg., 1-21-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Tel: 03-3342-6001
Kokusai Gakuyukai
3-22-7 Kita Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0074 Tel: 03-3371-7265
Lutheran Language Institute
1-2-32 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0071 Tel: 03-3263-9835
Modern Japanese Language School
Takahashi Bldg., 11-5 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0031 Tel: 03-3461-0205
Nihongo Institute
1-14-4 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Tel: 03-3405-7239
Ochanomizu Japanese Language Workshop
Raffine Ochanomizu 3-28-13 Kanda Ogawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052 Tel: 03-3293-0819
Omote Sando Nihongo
Nansei Heights 419 6-1-32 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Tel: 03-3400-5441
Pana-Lingua Institute of Japanese Language
1-55-14 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0053 Tel: 03-3370-7105
Robert Language Academy
3-61-7 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051 Tel: 03-3401-0067
Sendagaya Japanese Institute
2-16-6 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0075 Tel: 03-3232-6181
Sony Language Laboratory
1-6-12 Nishi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003 Tel: 03-3504-1356
Sunshine Language School
3-12-12 Higashi Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013 Tel: 03-3987-1921
Tokyo Foreign Language College
7-3-8 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Tel: 03-3367-1198
Tokyo Japanese Academy
Yoyogi Residence, 2-27-8 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0053 Tel: 03-3379-5245
Tokyo Japanese Language Center
3-5-4 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011 Tel: 03-3433-3378
Tokyo Language School
5-3-19 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022 Tel: 03-3350-0317
Waseda Japanese School
Kyoritsu 35 Bldg. 4-45-2 Koenji Minami, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-0003 Tel: 03-3318-6218
Wiz Language Institute
1-25-1 Nishi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031 Tel: 03-3779-2225
Yokohama YMCA Japanese School
1-7 Tokiwacho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi 231-0014 Tel: 045-662-3721

Heritage Language Research Institutes

The research institutes will address a pressing need for empirical data on the grammar of heritage language learners, using methodologies developed by Maria Polinsky in her pilot studies, which are designed to be replicable across languages.
Grant Cycle Years: One through Four (2007-2010)
Project Director: Maria Polinsky (Harvard University)
Project Evaluator: Nancy Hornberger (University of Pennsylvania)
Selected researchers will represent various languages and language groups and will participate in a yearly symposium, led by Polinsky, where they will exchange ideas, report on their research and set the next stage of a research agenda. The institutes will inform all Heritage Center projects.
Second NHLRC Research Institute
Summer 2008, Harvard UniversityJune 23–27, 2008Materials from the 2008 Summer Institute
First NHLRC Research Institute
Summer 2007, UC DavisJuly 29–August 2, 2007Materials from the 2007 Summer Institute
Date Posted: 9/25/2008
National Heritage Language Resource Center • 1333 Rolfe Hall • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1411Tel: 310-825-1138 • Fax: 310-206-5183 Email: nhlrc@international.ucla.edu

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Language Technologies Institute

About the Language Technologies
The Language Technologies Institute (LTI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) conducts extensive research on Computational Linguistics, Machine Translation, Speech Recognition and Synthesis, Information Retrieval, Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Text Mining, Knowledge Representation, Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Intelligent Language Tutoring.
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Study English in Washington, DC or Gaithersburg, MD, USA!
Since 1970, the International Language Institute has taught English to thousands of students from all parts of the world. ILI has become known for its excellent teaching and friendly atmosphere and is committed to providing quality language instruction as well as the help, services, and support our students need to study effectively in the United States.
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Arrangement of living with an American family
Assistance with college applications and transfers
Second location in Gaithersburg, Maryland (formerly the "English House")
Come and learn English as a Second Language by joining our ESL day or evening classes today!
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Our programs are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET). ACCET is a national accrediting agency listed by the United States Secretary of Education.
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International Language Institute (ILI)1337 Connecticut Ave, NW, 4th FloorWashington, DC 20036USA Tel. 202-362-2505 Fax. 202-686-5603ili@transemantics.com

Visa Language Institute

VISA Language InstituteVISA Language Institute is proud to announce that we are a fully Accredited Member of the Canadian Association of Private Language Schools. This means that VISA Language Institute has undergone a rigorous inspection process to ensure that we meet the CAPLS Quality Standards; your guarantee of quality programs, facilities, homestay, student services and qualified language instructors!Because It's Important Our VISA Language Institute Team is committed to helping our planet and citizens through various corporate responsibility initiatives. A portion of our annual revenues is donated to various organizations throughout the world. Thank you for choosing VISA Language Institute! VISA Language Institute participates in waste recycling programs that include all paper, plastic and styrofoam products, wherever possible. Additionally, VISA Language Institute is dedicated to utilizing energy and water conservation products and procedures, as well purchasing recycled products from manufacturers, retailers and distributors wherever possible. VISA Language Institute is a proud to support organizations protecting the health of our planet and increase the quality of life for all sentient beings. A portion of VISA Language Institute's annual revenues are distributed to non governmental organizations which are not affiliated with government, political or religious groups.

Arabic Language Institute

The Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF) offers three and six-week courses in all levels of Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Moroccan Arabic throughout the year.
ALIF also has an excellent reputation as the preeminent institution in the Maghreb for the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language. Housed in a large, shady villa, ALIF provides an ideal setting for studying in Morocco's "intellectual capital", and for exploring the historic medina of Fez, one of the world's few remaining medieval cities.
ALIF's teachers are highly qualified native speakers with years of experience instructing both independent students and study abroad groups from major universities. Former students include translators, Fulbright, FLAS, NSEP, and SSRC grantees, company representatives, and graduate students from major universities in the US and Europe.
ALIF resources include an extensive library collection focusing on Arabic linguistics, the Maghreb, Islamic Art and Architecture, and Islam. In addition to language courses, ALIF offers cultural tours, lectures, and classes on Maghrebi literature, media and Islam. Private courses in any number of subject areas can be arranged. The modest ALIF tuition, low cost of living in Morocco, and widely available discount air fares, also render ALIF a cost-effective alternative for the study of Arabic abroad or domestically.

A.C.E. Language Institutes

For 35 years, A.C.E. has been a leader in intensive English language instruction. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to international education. We are proud of helping tens of thousands of students from around the world achieve their dreams while studying at our Language Institutes. Contact us today at enroll@cultural.org to get more information!
Advantages to choosing A.C.E:
No TOEFL required for admission to our partner colleges and universities with completion of our program.
Easy transition into our partner colleges and universities upon completion of our program
Small classes
Tutoring
Housing assistance (host families, campus dorms, apartments)
Airport pickup
Weekly social activities and trips
Two wonderful locations: Montana State University and Seattle Pacific University
Competitive pricing A.C.E. offers a variety of ESL programs. For details on our programs, please visit A.C.E. Programs.
Study at One of 2 University Campus LocationsA.C.E. at Montana State University
A.C.E. Language Institute at Montana State University is located in Bozeman, Montana, a university town in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.
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A.C.E. Language Institute at Seattle Pacific University is located in Seattle, Washington, USA. Seattle Pacific University is a small private university with an active campus life.
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Foreign Language (EFL).

If English is not your first language, you may want to take advantage of our courses in English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

The EFL section in the Department of Modern Languages is dedicated to providing the kind of language support that students from any background and culture need and want. If your aim in coming to university in the UK is to gain a quality degree along with proficiency in the English Language you need look no further than the University of Hull.

The staff have considerable experience and expertise in teaching English at university level in a wide variety of countries. There are opportunities to study both full time and part time degree programmes, and international students are welcome to study tailored English programmes.

Full time programmes

Language preparation only

• The Bridge Programme
  
• Pre-summer Course
  
• The Summer Study Programme
• The Myton Programme

Undergraduate Provision

• Foundation English Language
• BA in English as a Foreign Language, Literature and Culture
• BA English as a Foreign Language, Literature and Culture with Foundation English Language

Part-time language courses

• General introduction about part-time courses

First/second year part-time courses ( Level 4)

• English Language Improvement
• English for Academic Purposes
• English for Business
• English for Maths, Science and Technology
• English for Law
• British Society and Culture

Second/third year part-time courses (Level 5)

• High Level General English (new in 2007 - 2008)

Postgraduate part-time courses (Level 7)

• Postgraduate English for Academic Purposes
  

Online courses

• Online language courses

Klingon Language.

Here you can find information about the sound and look of Klingon, and even learn a few useful phrases in the Warrior's Tongue. We also maintain a list of "new" Klingon words. These are words that were created by the language's inventor, Dr Marc Okrand, but not (yet) published in easily-accessible works (such as his books). Rather, they have appeared in online messages from him, or the pages of HolQeD, the KLI's scholarly journal.

The Klingon language is something truly unique. While there have been other artificial languages, and other languages crafted for fictional beings, Klingon is one of the rare times when a trained linguist has been called upon to create a language for aliens. Add to this more than a quarter-century of the Star Trek phenomenon, a mythos that has permeated popular culture and spread around the globe. These factors begin to explain the popularity of the warrior's tongue.

Klingon was invented by Marc Okrand, for use in some of the Star Trek movies. He invented not just a few words to make the Klingons sound alien, but a complete language, with its own vocabulary, grammar, and usage.