CLASS INFORMATION AND SESSION CALENDARS
About CLASS INFORMATION AND SESSION CALENDARS
Classes are small, with most ELI classes having 16 or fewer participants. Classes prepare you for success in an American college or university and introduce you to U.S. culture and university life. Classes meet 20 hours a week, Monday through Thursday.
You will be assigned to one of five curriculum levels, based on your placement test results. ELI participants must spend additional time preparing and studying for their classes, and those who have successfully completed one level will be promoted to the next level.
Classes in the Intensive program begin at 9 a.m. and run through 3 p.m.
Listening and Speaking
Communicative activities will help you improve your comprehension and expression of spoken English and reinforce vocabulary and pronunciation.
Reading
Courses focus on building vocabulary, reading, and study skills with level-appropriate materials.
Composition
You will learn and practice techniques that will help you develop the writing skills necessary for academic success.
Grammar
English grammar is taught and practiced through a variety of communicative and functional activities.
Vocabulary
This course helps ELI participants to expand their academic English vocabulary.
Attendance
ELI participants must attend at least 85 percent of their classes and do the assigned work.
Cultural Experience
Full-time ELI participants enjoy many of the same privileges as GGC students, including access to the Student Center and recreational facilities. You are invited to participate in many social and cultural events such as banquets, cookouts and field trips to historic and cultural landmarks. The ELI has an activities coordinator that plans weekend trips and local activities.
Certificates
At the end of each term, certificates will be awarded to all participants who complete the ELI program and are ready to apply for regular admission to a college or university.
The certificate of program completion from the English Language Institute at Georgia Gwinnett College is recognized by the University System of Georgia as proof of English proficiency and fulfills the English proficiency requirement to be admitted to bachelor's degree programs at Georgia Gwinnett College.
ELI Session Calendars
- May 14: Orientation and placement testing
- May 18: Session begins
- May 22: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- May 25: Memorial Day closure
- June 15: Mid-session progress verification
- July 9: Session ends
- Aug. 6: Orientation and placement testing
- Aug. 10: Session begins
- Aug. 14: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- Sept. 7: Labor Day holiday closure
- Sept. 8: Mid-session progress verification
- Oct. 1: Session ends
- Oct. 8: Orientation and placement testing
- Oct. 12: Session begins
- Oct. 16: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- Nov. 9: Mid-session progress verification
- Nov. 23-27:Thanksgiving holiday closure
- Dec. 10: Session ends
- Jan. 7: Orientation and placement testing
- Jan. 11: Session begins
- Jan. 15: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- Jan. 18:Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday closure
- Feb. 8: Mid-session progress verification
- March 4: Session ends
- March 11: Orientation and placement testing
- March 15: Session begins
- March 19: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- April 12: Mid-session progress verification
- May 6: Session ends
- May 13: Orientation and placement testing
- May 17: Session begins
- May 21: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- May 31: Memorial Day holiday closure
- June 14: Mid-session progress verification
- July 5: Independence Day holiday closure
- July 15: Session ends
Contact Us
Contact us
ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (ELI)
Location: Building B, Room 3070
Phone: 678.407.5300
Email: ggceli@ggc.edu
Address
English Language Institute, B-3070
Georgia Gwinnett College
1000 University Center Lane
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
U.S.A.