Courses are given in the basic skill areas of listening, speaking, reading, and composition. Instruction is supplemented with listening tapes and activities, videos, and computer lab assignments. ELC students find many opportunities to practice speaking English through the Conversation Partner program. The Conversation Partners are young American students, and many of them are top students in the University of South Alabama s Honors Program. S mall classes permit students to receive more individual attention from their instructors.
All instruction is in English.
International residents of Mobile can also take a class in Beginning English, but elementary classes are not offered in the four skill areas. TOP Course Materials T exts and other course-related materials may be purchased at the University Bookstore . Placement A t the beginning of each term, students are tested to determine placement in the correct level of study. Promotion to the next level is determined by class grades and achievement tests given at the end of each course. In the summer term, students take four courses that meet five days a week.