Harvard Summer School Institute of English Language Programs

  United States

Cambridge

Dates: June 23-August 15, 2008

Description: Students in the Institute for English Language Programs (IEL) at Harvard enjoy the unparalleled opportunity to study English intensively with classmates from around the world in a stimulating academic and cultural setting. While at Harvard, students enjoy access to the largest library system in the world, excellent computer and language study facilities, interesting cultural attractions, and the charms of a location steeped in both history and twenty-first-century innovation.

Representing the liberal arts spectrum, IEL's content-based and student-centered curriculum includes a number of unique features. All students begin the summer with a common reading that unites the IEL student body in examining an important topic. While providing the theme for the entire session, the common reading also serves as the springboard for oral and written activities that examine issues in education, politics, and the environment.

IEL students also read novels and nonfiction texts that present exceptional writing, exhibit language variation, and illustrate the connection between mainstream American culture and others. Students maintain a global perspective by following current events in the media and relating them to their class texts, their professional and academic interests, and their personal and national identities.

There are two ways to study English language at Harvard Summer School: in intensive daytime programs or in evening courses. Several Intensive Programs prepare students for specialized graduate study. Information about choosing a program is listed in this section. Students are placed at one of five levels of proficiency according to their performance on the English language placement test.

Cost in US$: $2,200-$4,400

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to United States Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 15 students per class

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Year Founded: 1871