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The IUPUI English as a Second Language Program is a component of the English department at IUPUI and serves the campus international community by providing English language courses designed to meet ESL students’ academic needs. Our courses support all the various academic departments by offering intermediate to advanced English courses to help prepare students to enter and succeed in their various fields of study.
ESL classes are small, ranging in size from five to twenty students and are taught by trained and experienced teachers using interactive, communicative teaching styles. The classes focus on the academic English skills students need to be successful at the university level. Special emphasis is given to teaching advanced listening, speaking and reading skills, as well as complex English grammatical forms and structures, and academic composition.
All international students apply to IUPUI through the Office of International Affairs. After admission and subsequent arrival in Indianapolis, they take the ESL Program Placement Test for accurate placement into the program courses. Students then meet with their academic advisor to plan their studies.
Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis is a unique urban learning environment of more than 27,000 students representing 100 countries. The IUPUI campus includes twenty different Indiana University and Purdue University schools offering a total of 182 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. International students come from all over the world to study here and to learn about American culture in the safe Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Indianapolis is the prosperous and expanding capital and largest city in Indiana, but is surrounded by the rolling farmland for which the state is famous. Indianapolis is nicknamed the "crossroads of America" because several major interstate highways intersect it. Chicago, Cincinnati, and Louisville are all within a three-hour’s drive. Major cities on the East Coast (NY, Boston, Washington, DC) and in the south (Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans) are only a day’s drive or quick plane trip away.
Although Indianapolis is a cosmopolitan urban center of over one million people, the city is very spread out. Many visitors comment upon the lush, tree-lined neighborhoods and the city’s many parks. In fact, Indianapolis boasts the largest city owned park in the US! It’s a great place to visit and an interesting setting for your higher education.
Through these web pages you can find out how you can attend IUPUI and what we have to offer!
Thomas A. Upton, Director
English as a Second Language Program
Cavanaugh Hall 301
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 274-2188
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