Summer Intensive ESL Institute
2012 Program Overview
The Summer Intensive ESL Institute is a short-duration program designed to increase the English proficiency of adult academic professionals, including:
- Professors and Researchers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction
- Administrative Staff
Participants will improve use of spoken and written English. The course is also designed to improve communication strategies in a variety of formal and informal settings. Also included are opportunities to visit the cultural, natural, and academic attractions of the Central New York/Finger Lakes Region.
Deadlines and Important Dates:
March 15-Application due date*
April 1- Course placement assignments made
April 15- Pre-course assignments begin
June 9- Arrival to TC3
June 11- Orientation
June 12- Classes begin
July 14- Departure from TC3
*Important notification: TC3 must receive complete application information in order to place participants in the desired English track (details below). Only complete, on-time applications receive first priority. Space for some tracks is limited.
Download the SIEI program flyer
ESL Classes
ESL classes are taught by experienced ESL instructors who specialize in academic and professional English. Every effort will be made to insure that the class section you’ll be enrolled in meets your needs and fits your level. You will not receive grades for your work but instructors will review your work and give feedback.
Tracks → |
A English for Researchers |
B Academic English |
C English for Administrators |
D TESOL |
Skills |
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Writing/Reading |
Research: Reading and Writing |
Academic Reading and Writing |
Practical Writing: |
Reading and Writing for Teachers of English |
Speaking/Listening |
Formal Presentations, Panel Discussions, and |
Formal Presentations, Conversational Techniques, and |
Conversation Techniques, Pronunciation |
Presentations, Conversational Techniques, and |
Research/Library Skills |
Research Tools for Academic Research |
General Research Tools |
Research Tools for administrators |
General Research Tools and Pedagogical Techniques for Teachers of English |
English instruction is comprised of four distinct tracks that allow for maximum benefit to meet your own professional interests and needs.
Track A: English for Researchers*
Who should apply: People primarily interested in doing research scholarship and presenting their research at academic conferences. Open to participants who score into ENGL 100 on the Accuplacer exam.
Track B: English for Academics **
Who should apply: Teaching Faculty who need to improve their written and spoken English in both formal and informal situations.
Track C: English for Administrators
Who should apply: Administrative professionals who need to work on written correspondence as well as practical workplace speaking and presentation skills.
Track D: English and Teaching Methods for
Teachers of English as a Second Language ***
Who should apply: Teachers of English as a Second Language
who want to review their own English reading, writing, and
speaking skills and improve and update their own ESL
teaching techniques.
*Placement in English 100 required for this track.
**This track may have multiple levels of instruction. Placement will depend on Accuplacer score.
***Participants must be current teachers of ESL.
Enrollment in some courses will be contingent on early
receipt of all registration materials, Accuplacer test scores,
and professional discipline.
Pre-Course Assignments
Online pre-course assignments allow us to get to know each other. You’ll explore TC3, Dryden, Central New York and learn a little about US culture. We’ll learn more about you by way of a “statement of purpose” in which you express your personal goals for your time in the U.S.A., provide your Curriculum Vitae in English, complete some readings about academic culture of the U.S. and complete other assignments that will help you to benefit fully from the Summer Intensive ESL Institute.
Assignments can be broken down into four parts:
Part I) Program logistics, what to bring, become familiar with TC3 and the region and program details
Part 2) Introduce yourself
Part 3) Academic Culture in the USA
Part 4) Final logistics and program details to prepare to fully benefit from your program
Summer Intensive English Institute-Housing and Living
SIEI participants will be housed in one of the 7 residence halls on campus, a 10 minute walk from the Main Building and the Athletic Center. TC3 residence halls are apartment-style, containing a shared kitchen, shared bathroom and living area and four private bedrooms. Participants will be housed with other SIEI students.
Program-Related Trips
We realize that getting to know the culture of the USA and the local lifestyle and landscape must also happen outside of the classroom. For that reason, we’ve planned several trips to places such as Niagara Falls, other local colleges and universities, area businesses and other industries as well as other places of local interest. The cost of these program-related trips is included in the cost of the program. Space may be limited and participants may sign-up for a seat, starting on June 11, orientation day.
Optional Outings
Your classes will keep you very busy but we know that all work and no play equals dull. Therefore we’ve planned several trips designed just for fun, including Thursday evening “off-campus outings”, where you’ll have a chance to
- go bowling or play miniature golf
- see a local theater production
- see a free concert and dine out in Ithaca
- see a movie, have a drink on The Commons
- go to ‘salsa night’ at a nightclub
And other weekend excursions, where you can:
- shop at a factory outlet
- go to an amusement park
- go to the Ithaca Farmer’s Market and to area wineries to taste
There are additional fees associated with the “Optional Outings”. Depending on the activity, you may sign up in the Student Center or in the Global Connections office. (To be announced/TBA).
Coordinator, Summer Intensive ESL Institute, TC3
