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Featured News of the Week:
INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM ONLINE
New e-Program
at Texas Christian University gives international students chance to learn
language any time, any place
e-PROGRAM is the first fully integrated,
comprehensive and intensive tutorial that incorporates video, audio and
immediate one-on-one help from instructors at the click of a mouse.
The program utilizes video clips from movies such as
"Groundhog Day" to "The Fugitive" to show students common uses of the
English language. Other lessons are available for users to listen to and
attempt to duplicate.
The reading and writing aspects of
English are also emphasized through quizzes on the film clips, an online
chat room, a discussion board where students can post messages and writing
assignments on different topics.
Now a student in Bangkok or
Nigeria or Paris can take our program and be a TCU student without
obtaining a visa, and it's highly interactive.
Your classroom
is a one-teacher-to-three-student (ratio). And TCU students can get
involved by being an e-mail pal with the IEP students to help with surveys
and assignments.
The beauty of the Internet course is that
it sidesteps requirements imposed by the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, avoids hassles in obtaining visas, is convenient because
instruction is online 24 hours a day, and is relatively inexpensive.
The use of the e-Program has resulted in improved scores on
the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), an exam that all
international students need to pass to enter into any U.S. university.
You can study English online through TCU's
e-Program.
Or come to our beautiful campus in Texas and be a part of a
major American private university.
The hi-tech capabilities of the e-Program make it
exciting and easy to use. It is also available to IEP students enrolled to
the regular program.
Reiko Hashimoto, a freshman computer
science major from Japan, participated in the e-Program and said most of
the success behind it comes from the instructors' desire to help the
students and the program grow.
"It's a really nice program and
everyday it's improving because the teachers are always trying to make it
better," Hashimoto said.
The program is also set up so the
instructors can monitor the students' progress, review their work and even
offer suggestions, both in print and on recorded audio clips. This contact
gives the e-Program a more personal touch.
Please send e-mail to:mailto:iep@tcu.edu if you would
like more information.
Intensive English Program
at Texas Christian
University
Telephone: +1 (817) 257-7485
Fax:
+1 (817) 257-7761
Web site: http://www.eprogram.tcu.edu/
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