INTENSIVE 4-week TOEFL Prep: Part-time and Full-time study options

• Program Goal: To equip students with the skills necessary to succeed in academic pursuits in the U.S. and to gain high scores on the TOEFL Test. We will focus on the skills you need to reach your personal and academic goals!

At Columbia School of English, everything we do revolves around the language skills you need to be successful. In other words, we won’t waste your time! We will instruct students and practice the 10 Essential TOEFL IBT Skills, both during the TOEFL Prep course and during the core skill and workshop courses:

• Skimming and scanning

• Identifying and using main ideas and details

• Making inferences

• Identifying and using rhetorical structure

• Using context clues

• Paraphrasing

• Summarizing

• Using detailed examples

• Comparing and contrasting

• Identifying and using cohesive devices 

PART-TIME PROGRAM

6 hours per week (plus practice tests)

$595 per session plus textbooks (Student fees are included for this program)

 

FULL-TIME PROGRAM

26 hours per week (plus practice tests)

$1,500 per session plus textbooks (Student fees are included for this program)

 

 

Full-time schedule includes Intensive ESL Core Skills Courses targeted to your level to improve your scores in all four testing areas, as well as TOEFL Prep offering specific test strategies for gaining a high score on the TOEFL IBT. Our dedicated instructors will help you to maximize your score potential while also gaining essential skills both for the TOEFL test and for future academic success.

 

 

Call to sign up today! Open to international students and Portland residents.

 

Winter 2011 Sessions

• Session 1: February 4 - February 24

• Session 2: March 4 - March 25
• Schedule subject to change