Spring 2020 English
classes started at CSI
The
English Language Institute started the Spring semester with students from all
over the world. They will study at the College of Staten Island for one
semester with classmates from 16 different countries.
Staten
Island, New York
The
English Language Institute (ELI) at the College of Staten Island (CSI)/The City
University of New York (CUNY) started its Spring semester term last January 21,
2020. The international office of CSI, the Center for Global Engagement,
welcomed students from all over the world with an orientation session and an
English placement test. These students will learn English until mid-May and
many of them will return to their home countries, apply to CSI, or apply for a
better job.
The
ELI director, Gonzalo Villena, held a welcome and orientation session where he
explained all the academic features of the program and the benefits they could
get while learning English at the largest CUNY campus. “Our students will have
the best experience of their lives, learning English with a university
environment and living in New York City”, ELI director highlighted.
This
Spring, ELI received students from 16 different countries, which makes classes
more fun since students will force themselves to speak in English and learn
from everybody’s culture. Students are from Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia,
Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Russia,
South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Ukraine. They will have an intensive English
program with 18 hours of class per week, with different courses such as
reading, writing, grammar, conversation, and a TOEFL test preparation. At the
end of the semester, they will take the TOEFL ITP test, which is valid to apply
to any CUNY school degree.
ELI
congratulates all these students for coming from far away to have the best time
in New York City and extends the best wishes during this semester at the
College of Staten Island.
