The English Language Institute

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School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Director, English Language Institute: P. Stevens
Intensive English Program Coordinator: T. Farkas
Intensive English Program Testing Specialist: B. Alfred
English 100 Coordinator: M. Hafez
English Language Teachers: N. Aboul Fetouh, J. Adams, E. Arrigoni, M. Ateek, M. Bishara, J. Cargile,V. Carpenter, C. Clark, A. Demian, S. Esnawi, S. Farag, H. Garas, F. Hassan, K. Helmy, M. Ibrahim, M. Iskander, R. Jabr, L. Kamal, F. Kassabgy, N. Kassas, N. Khafagi, S. Makhlouf, A. Mishriki, J. Moos, L. Moussa, H. Nashed, L. Nessim, M. El Saady, M. Sarofim, H. Shawarbi, A. Shebeenie, C. Sheikholeslami, V. Stevens, E. Yoder, M. Osman, Y. Salah Eldin.

While the English Language Institute now offers masters and diploma programs in TEFL as described under “Fields of Study,” the institute was originally founded in 1956 to offer intensive English language courses in its intensive English program to prepare non-native speakers of English for study at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the university.

Graduate Programs

Graduate students who are otherwise qualified to enter the university but whose English does not meet the necessary level of proficiency, based on the applicant’s performance on the AUC English Language Proficiency Entrance Test (ELPET), or the equivalent on the TOEFL with TWE, will be admitted to ELIN 120 or 121, or placed in the appropriate modules of ENGL 123-125.

Graduate students in the intensive ELIN 120 and 121 courses are allowed a maximum of two semesters and a summer (or three semesters if no summer session is offered) to reach the level of Academic English for Graduates (see Academic English for Graduates in this section).

Intensive English for Graduates

The intensive program for graduate students offers ELIN 120 (intermediate) and ELIN 121 (advanced). Students are placed in one of the two levels according to their scores on the AUC English Language Proficiency Test (ELPET) or the TOEFL with TWE.

Content of Courses

Students are placed in sections normally comprised of up to fifteen students. Students are given a grammar review, extensive reading and writing practice, advanced vocabulary review, and practice in speaking and listening comprehension. Grading in this course is on a Pass/Fail system.

Attendance
Attendance and participation are considered so important to this intensive language program that a student who for any reason misses the equivalent of more than 21 class hours in any one semester will be asked to withdraw. Students who withdraw from ELIN 120 or 121 may not sit for the AUC ELPET until six months have elapsed from the date of their last examination. Applicants for readmission may not submit a TOEFL (plus TWE) score. If their score is the intensive level, they will be allowed to return to ELIN 120 or 121. Students who are asked to withdraw but fail to do so will be suspended.

Suspension and Readmission
Graduate students suspended from ELIN 120 or 121 must petition for readmission and must meet all the admission requirements prevailing at the time of readmission. Readmission is not granted automatically. Students suspended from ELIN 120 or 121 who are readmitted to the university must score high enough on the AUC ELPET for direct admission to Academic English for Graduates or higher, as they will not be allowed to return to ELIN 120 or 121.

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