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Intensive English Program

 

website:http://departments.juniata.edu/iep

Gretchen Ketner, Intensive English Program Interim Director
Prudence Ingerman, Senior Instructor and Curriculum Coordinator

Juniata's Intensive English Program (IEP) is a unit of the Center for International Education and works in cooperation with the Department of World Languages and Cultures. The goal of the Intensive English Program is to provides English language instruction prepare students with the English proficiency, study skills and intercultural understanding they will need for academic success in an American college or university or in their professional lives. The efforts of the Intensive English Program support the broader campus goal of fostering internationalization and appreciation of diversity at Juniata College .

During the Juniata academic year, the Intensive English Program offers courses according to the semester calendar with two 15-week terms. The Intensive English Program is open to students who will matriculate at Juniata as four-year degree student, to exchange students, and to those students who come to the U.S. with the goal of improving their English. Degree-seeking students may earn up to 15 credits toward their degree by completing Intensive English Program courses. In addition to intensive English language instruction, specialized programs are available on a contract basis to international groups with specific English language needs.

Full-time enrollment includes approximately 20-22 hours per week of coursework. The program offers courses at the Intermediate, High Intermediate, and Advanced levels of English proficiency. Content-based courses are offered so that students may practice their language skills while learning about American society and other special topics. Students with advanced English language proficiency may enroll in degree program courses at the same time that they are taking advanced IEP courses. Continuing support is provided to international students for English language skills through an individual tutoring program and the Writing Center . To encourage social integration on campus and in the community, the Intensive English Program sponsors a Conversation Partner program and a Friendship Family program. Students also interact in the local Huntingdon community in pre-schools, the public schools and senior centers.

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