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Get your own Free Home PageThe American Language Academy - Boston Downtown offers English programs to suit the needs of all adult students. The ALA curriculum is a learner-centered, integrated skills-based curriculum designed for international students with goals for English language use inprofessional, social, or academic situations. A learner-centered curriculum puts the learner in the center of the curriculum, not on the periphery. It allows both learner and teacher to enter into a partnership in which both participate equally in the work that takes place in and outside the classroom.
We offer the Intensive English Program, the Intensive Business English
Program, Culture in the City, and the Personalized Tutorial Program, as well
as special classes on topics such as TOEFL Preparation and Pronunciation.
The Intensive English program is an eight-week session with twenty-five hours of instruction weekly. On the basis of a battery of placement tests, each student is placed into one of six ability levels from beginning to advanced. In-class lessons and projects are combined with outside-of-class activities and experiences. ALA's Intensive English program is designed to provide students with the maximum opportunity to improve their English skills while experiencing American culture.
Each day students will have two hours of instruction in Reading and Writing skills with communicative grammar, two hours of instruction in Listening and Speaking Skills with communicative grammar, and one hour focusing on a selected topic. The Focus class allows students to develop their new language skills while learning about a subject that interests them. ALA offers two tracks of Intensive English study: English for Academic Preparatioon and Business English, each including the one-hour daily Focus class.
The tuition for the Intensive English program is $2595 for the eight-week session plus a one-time application fee of $110. There are additional fees for books, housing, and health insurance as needed.
The ALA Intensive Business English program offers intermediate and high intermediate levels, each four weeks long. With this course, students receive twenty hours weekly of Intensive Business English instruction. A minimum TOEFL score of 450 or higher is required for placement into this program. Students who do not have the English ability necessary to enter the Intensive Business English program will be placed in the appropriate level of the Intensive English program.
Each day students meet for two hours for Business Reading and Writing. This course focuses on improving reading and wiritng skills in all business contexts (for example, memos, resumes, case studies, proposals, reports, and business news articles). Business idioms and vocabulary are also studied for use in these communication settings. Students then meet for two hours for Business Listening and Speaking. This course focuses on the aural and oral skills of business English including face-to-face and telephone conversations, meeting participation, and presentatons. These business communication settings are a useful format for improving pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy. As part of the coursework, ALA arranges tours and meetings with various businesses in the area. Mid-day free time is provided for students to travel, make personal business contacts, or conduct business research.
The tuition and fees price for the Intensive Business English program is $1715 for a four-week session. This includes classes, books, airport pick-up, activities fee, and insurance. There is an additional fee for housing if needed.
The American Language Academy - Boston Downtown will arrange for one-on-one or small group tutorials at any time during the year. Personalized Tutorials can be intensive or semi-intensive and are designed to meet student's specific language needs and interests. Personalized Tutorials may include activities such as tours, corporate visits, or educational trips as requested.ALA Special Programs
Special Programs are customized for student groups of any age or interest. The American Language Academy - Boston Downtown works closely with group organizers to design programs tailored to meet all of their students' curriculum, housing, and activity needs.
A total price of $1450 includes application fees, tuition, books,activity fee, insurance, and housing in a dorm or host family for this two-week course. This special course runs January 4 - 15, 1999. TOEFL Preparation and Pronunciation Courses
The American Language Academy - Boston Downtown offers extra-curricular
courses for TOEFL Preparation and/or Pronunciation every session. These
late-afternoon courses meet twice a week for a total of three hours perweek.
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