E-mail accounts, access to the internet and full room and board on campus are also included in the program fees. As an important part of their integrated learning experience, ESL Plus students participate in at least 8 field-studies trips each term. There are 2 initial orientation tours of London and East Sussex. The primary emphasis is on reading for different purposes, applying appropriate reading skills and increasing vocabulary and the speed and fluency with which students read. Readings include a variety of newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary short literary pieces and selected British Studies course materials.
Students respond to readings both orally and in writing.
They are responsible for several informal and formal presentations in the course. 6 hours per week Structure and Composition Weekly writing assignments train students in essay writing. Formal classroom instruction at this level focuses on different essay forms - compare and contrast, cause and effect, and persuasion. In regular oral presentations and group work students demonstrate oral mastery of the grammatical structures they have learned. Students at the intermediate level write a 3 to 5-page essay on a topic from one of the audited courses.