Mission
ECI English Language Program exists to prepare students for and introduce them to American higher education (community colleges, colleges, and universities).
Vision
ECI English Language Program seeks to equip students with the necessary skills to acclimate and be successful in all aspects of the academic life of American education. ECI English Language Program aims to maintain a high quality preparatory school for international students entering the academic life in the United States.

ECI English Language Program seeks to provide every faculty and staff member an environment that is cooperative, comfortable, and conducive to professional development.
Goal
The goal of ECI English Language Program is to provide students who are candidates for higher education with an intensive English language study program that will prepare them without any difficulty to study successfully in a higher educational institution.
Coherence Statement
The teamwork of the faculty and staff members is what operates the program successfully and holds it together.
Core Values
  1. Academic Excellence
    Students that successfully complete the program will be academically ready to take high school and/or college courses. To accomplish this, all of the classes will concentrate on building toward high school and college level work. Upon completion of the program, students will have participated in preparing and giving group and individual presentations, conducting research and writing research papers, writing and documenting composition papers, taking notes effectively, reading for comprehension and speed, and observing actual high school and college level classes.

  2. Cultural Acclimation and Appreciation
    Students will be able to survive socially and emotionally in the American culture of college life. The program offers opportunities for the students to live with caring American host families and participate in a variety of activities in the community. The students will also learn to appreciate the diverse ways of living in the United States and the many cultures represented.

  3. Professional Faculty and Staff
    ECI English Language Program seeks out qualified teachers in the area of ESL. In order to hire quality teachers, an intensive process is used to evaluate the quality of a prospective employee. Employees are also required to participate in professional development on a continual basis. Teachers will participate in workshops, reading professional material, self-evaluations, program analysis, observation reviews with the program director, and action research.

ECI English Language Program consist of nine different levels for students. Please check for the availability of the nine levels. The amount of levels offered will depend on enrollment for each session. The levels are divided accordingly:

Basic Levels 1, 2, and 3

Upon successful completion of the basic level, the student will be able to create with the language using conversational strategies and enjoy speaking and practicing the English language. The student will also have a good command of the basic grammatical structures of the English language.

Intermediate Levels 1, 2, and 3

Upon successful completion of the intermediate level, the student will be able to use prewriting and pre-reading skills for academic purposes. The student will also be able to write acceptable essays written in American style. These levels will concentrate heavily on academic writing, taking the student from complex sentences to academic essays. Students will also learn to effectively take notes from college lectures and build a strong academic vocabulary.

Advanced Levels 1, 2, and 3

Upon successful completion of the advanced level, the student will be able to conduct research and cite information, speed-read at an average rate, read technical material, give group presentations, write summary critiques, and participate in debate and critical thinking skills. This level will thoroughly prepare the student for the academic challenges that he or she will face in college or the university.


  1. 16 years of age or older
  2. Student Admissions Application
  3. All payments will be wired to ECI account which will be provided to you upon you submitting of the application request.