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Programs in Virginia Welcome to the Study Abroad Guides directory of ESL Programs in Virginia. Click on a school name to visit its web site... Old
Dominion University
Average Class Size: 10-12 ESL Program Size: 40-150 Housing Options: Dormitory, Hotel, Private Apartment, Shared Houses. Sessions Begin: January, March, May, June, August, October. Campus Setting: Urban Shenandoah
University
Average Class Size: 6 ESL Program Size: 40 Housing Options: Dormitory, Hotel, Private Apartment. Sessions Begin: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November. Campus Setting: Small Town/Rural Email: kzeller@su.edu Click here to link to Shenandoah's Japanese Language Web Site... Virginia
Commonwealth University
Average Class Size: 16 ESL Program Size: 170-200 Housing Options: Dormitory, Homestay, Hotel, On-Campus Apartments, Private Apartment, Residence Club, Shared Houses. Sessions Begin: January, March, June, August, October. Campus Setting: Urban Copyright © 1998, 1999 , 2000 ISES JAPAN . All rights reserved. |
Old Dominion University is located in Norfolk, Virginia, a city of 270,000.
Norfolk has a warm southern climate and is only 20 minutes from the ocean resort of
Virginia Beach. The English Language Center offers six seven-week sessions each year. Each
week, full-time students spend at least 20 hours in class studying grammar,
reading/vocabulary, listening/speaking, and writing. The ELC has a fully equipped language
lab where students spend time outside of class watching videotaped lectures, working with
pre-recorded audio tapes, and utilizing the latest in CD-ROM computer-assisted
instruction. A special course in TOEFL preparation is available to upper level students.
Electives and conversation partners are available each term... 
Shenandoah University is in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia.
It offers a safe, clean and friendly environment for studying ESL. The University is
famous for its Music Conservatory and has degrees in Humanities, Business, Computing,
Pharmacy as well as Music. Teachers in the ESL Program prepare students who have been
provisionally accepted to the university. The goal of the English as a Second Language
(ESL) Program is to offer a uniquely stimulating and supportive environment for improving
English language skills and establishing new relationships which students will value for a
lifetime... 
Founded in 1838,Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy is an urban, public, Carnegie
Research-1 University with over 21,000 students. Increasingly, international students are
selecting VCU because of its excellent academic reputation and its wide range of programs
including enginieering, medicine and life sciences, arts and education. The VCU -English
Language Program has activities every week for students outside of their classes. Each
week the program hosts a "coffee hour." At the coffee hour snacks are served and
students can meet and talk...