The English Language Immersion Program is for English Language Learners who are planning to continue their education in the United States. With small class sizes and skilled, supportive teachers, the carefully designed program significantly boosts English fluency and proficiency.

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The English Language Immersion Program equips students with the skills and confidence needed for academic success and cultural integration in an English-speaking environment. This carefully designed, five-week program significantly boosts English fluency and proficiency. With small class sizes and skilled, supportive teachers, students benefit from personalized instruction and continuous monitoring of progress. The program is ideal for students planning to continue their education in the United States

English Language Immersion students are tested upon arrival at Cushing Summer and evaluated weekly to ensure accurate placement. Teachers regularly review individual progress and make placement adjustments as needed, ensuring an optimal learning experience. 

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Language and Cultural Immersion

Mornings in the English Language Immersion program feature a mixture of skill building courses and English language workshops. 

Skill Building Courses
Students attend one-hour listening and speaking classes and reading and writing classes. In addition to language work, these courses emphasize study skills such as organization, note-taking, and test preparation. 

English Language Workshops
These daily, dynamic sessions focus on public speaking, argument and debate, creative writing, and exploring American culture, providing an interactive and engaging learning environment.

In addition to morning coursework, students in English Language Immersion have the opportunity to practice language skills during afternoon classes and activities, as well as through participation in the arts and in dorm life. Moreover, through class trips, excursions, and special events, students have an opportunity to travel to places of historical and cultural significance.

Morning English Immersion Courses
(Grades 6-8, 9-12)

In the morning, students participate in focused skills classes and English language workshops. Placement within each of these courses and workshops is based on age and proficiency level. In the afternoon and evenings, students participate in additional classes, activities, and trips that help acclimate them to cultural integration. 

English Skills: Listening + Speaking

The listening and speaking skills course helps students at all levels to develop academic vocabulary and increase confidence in spoken English. Using a wide array of themes and class activities, beginning-level students build fluency by listening for central ideas, understanding important and relevant details, and making inferences from the text or narrative. Intermediate-level students learn important language usage practices and develop the basic skills of everyday conversation in various real-life scenarios. The advanced-level challenges students in a more academic setting, focusing on taking comprehensive notes, organizing and synthesizing information, and building discussion and listening comprehension skills in various settings.

English Skills: Reading + Writing

The reading and writing skills course helps students at all levels develop critical comprehension and compositional skills. Beginning-level students read a series of popular books to help build their fluency, understanding, and vocabulary. Basic writing skills are developed using grammar and mechanics to construct topic and concluding sentences, among other essay components. Intermediate students expand their reading skills using various media sources, including newspapers, websites, periodicals, and essays. Students at the intermediate-level will employ more advanced writing skills, with a focus on grammar and mechanics to enhance paragraph and short essay development. Advanced students continue to develop close reading skills, including literary analysis and comprehension through short stories, poems, and mini-novels. Writing skills progress through longer assignments, including the development of comprehensive introductions, sequenced body paragraphs, and effective conclusions. Students at the advanced level are also expected to improve their work through the revision process.

English Language Workshops

Each day, students will participate in one of several interactive English language workshops:

Public Speaking
The public speaking sessions include reading, viewing, and reciting excerpts from well-known speeches. Daily activities improve pronunciation, volume, rate, tone, and eye contact. Students use these skills to write, revise, and deliver an original speech in front of classmates and faculty guests. 

Argument + Debate
The argument and debate sessions include close research on a given topic, working cooperatively with a team to develop an argument, and gaining communication skills through discourse and expression. 

Creative Writing
The creative writing sessions introduce short stories (plot, setting, characters), narrative essays, poems, and other common genres in this style. Using this information, students write, revise, and present an original story or essay to be peer-reviewed and evaluated at the end of Cushing Summer. 

American Culture
The American culture workshop uses American film, music, art, television, and other media sources to help students learn and understand specific idioms, dialects, and colloquial expressions, as well as non-verbal communication.
 

More Than 25 Afternoon Classes + Activities

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Afternoons at the English Language Immersion Program are an opportunity to further explore your interests and integrate in activities and classes with other American participants at Cushing Summer. We offer additional academic classes to sharpen skills or explore new subjects, performing and visual arts classes to find inspiration and flex creative muscles, and athletic workshops to keep fit and active.

Additional English Options Available!

Other English language courses, including TOEFL preparation, are also available as afternoon classes.

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