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20 minutes from Tampa International Airport by car. |
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Over 550 U.S. colleges and universities accept the ELS Certification of English in place of the TOEFL
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Students in Level 107 and above may earn a certificate in International Business, International Relations and Global Affairs from Eckerd College
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Enjoy St. Petersburg, home to fresh seafood, a unique cultural heritage and Fort De Soto Park, America's #1 Rated Beach
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Type
: Private
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Establishment
: 1961
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Membership/Accreditation : AAIEP
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Enrollment
: 300
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Average Class Size
: 12
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Student Adviser
: Yes
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Airport Pickup: Yes
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Internet Access
: Yes
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Tuition
: High
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Activities
: Frequent
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Location
: Suburban
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Transportation
: Bus, taxi
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CONTACT INFORMATION |
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ELS Language Centers
Central Admissions Office
400 Alexander Park
Princeton, NJ , 08540
, U.S.A.
TEL: +1 609 750 3566
FAX: +1 609 750 3599
E-mail: admissions@els.com
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View Course Information & Apply Online
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Founded in 1961, ELS Language Centers is a group of private language schools that help millions of students from more than 140 countries significantly improve their English skills in the shortest time possible and prepare them for academic study at an American college or university. With more than 40 ELS locations available across 25 U.S. states, students are exposed to different cross-cultural ideas and influences that will deepen their English communication skills and cultural understanding. Learning from native speaking instructors, students study from a well-developed curriculum designed to enhance their fluency and accuracy and hone their skills in the areas of structure/speaking, conversation, and reading/writing. Students also select from a wide variety of elective classes to study topics pertinent to their individual interests, including TOEFL Preparation, Business English, Pronunciation, U.S. Culture, and Listening & Note Taking. As an added feature, more than 550 American colleges and universities accept the ELS Certification of English in place of the TOEFL in order to admit students to their undergraduate degree programs. ELS Language Centers is a proud member of AAIEP, the American Association of Intensive English Programs promoting professional standards and high-quality English programs.
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| Students may earn up to 3.5 university credits to be applied to their undergraduate degree at Eckerd College upon completion of the Intensive English program. |
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Student Countries of Origin |
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The ELS Center at Eckerd College has hosted thousands of students from more than 50 countries around the world. Recently, the majority of students have come to ELS from Latin America (32%). Students also come from countries in Europe (28%), Asia (22%), the Middle East (6%), and other countries worldwide.
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Faculty Qualifications |
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| ELS instructors are highly-qualified, native speaking professionals. Many instructors have lived and traveled abroad and have extensive training and experience teaching English to students from around the world. The personal and academic qualities of ELS instructors make each uniquely qualified to offer meaningful language-learning opportunities and to care deeply about their students. |
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| ELS provides students with the opportunity to live in on-campus dormitories, off-campus residences, or enjoy a homestay experience. Students living on-campus will be close to classes, campus activities and other students - both American and international. For students who prefer a more independent lifestyle, off-campus residences provide more privacy and offer opportunities to interact with people in the community outside the campus environment. ELS also arranges homestays for those students who want to experience American culture first-hand as a member of a family and practice their conversational English. Students are encouraged to make their housing arrangements as early as possible due to the limited amount of space available. Private off-campus apartments may also available; however students must make their own arrangements. For more information, use the Contact Address to ask the school directly. |
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| The ELS Language Center on the Eckerd College campus is located in St Petersburg, an intimate community situated on the southern tip of the peninsula that constitutes Pinellas County. Sandwiched between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and Tampa Bay to the east, St. Petersburg is home to nearly 250,000 residents and is a part of the rapidly growing Tampa Bay metropolitan area that over 2.5 million people call home. The area is commonly called "Florida's Beach" due to its impressive stretch of more than 35 miles of white-sand beaches that grace the coasts of over 20 barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico. Also appropriately called the "Suncoast," St. Petersburg boasts an average of 361 days of sunshine each year with annual temperatures averaging 73ｰF and average water temperature being a warm 75ｰF along the coastline. Out of 650 U.S. beaches surveyed in 2004, St. Petersburg's Fort De Soto Park ranks as the #1 beach in the Continental United States. More than 12 millions visitors vacation in Florida's Beach each year, making it the most popular vacation destination on Florida's west coast. The area's beaches and tropical climate offer outdoor enthusiasts endless opportunities year-round to go swimming, sailing, fishing, water-skiing, jet skiing, windsurfing, parasailing and scuba diving while over 46 golf courses and 54 tennis facilities are also available in the area year-round. World-class museums - including the Salvador Dali Museum - symphony performances, Broadway shows, rock concerts and ballet and art festivals are presented throughout the year while one of the South's premier open-air jazz festivals, the Clearwater Jazz Holiday, is held in October. Downtown St. Petersburg is situated 170 km from Orlando, home to the perennially-famous Disney World, and 400 km from Miami, a cosmopolitan city home to a fusion of the world's cultures. |
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About the College/University |
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| Originally founded in 1958 as Florida Presbyterian College, Eckerd College is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and through the years, has grown to become a liberal arts and sciences institution that has earned an international reputation for academic excellence. As one of only 40 schools listed in Loren Pope's "Colleges that Change Lives," Eckerd is the only national private liberal arts college in Florida and has been ranked by "The Chronicle of Higher Education" as the #1 U.S. baccalaureate institution with the highest proportion of students - being 60% - who study abroad during their undergraduate career. The tropical 188-acre waterfront campus overlooks the picturesque Boca Ciega Bay and is home to 1,680 students from 48 U.S. states and 42 countries from around the world. Eckerd tailors more than 40 undergraduate majors and 4 pre-professional programs for its students while other students choose to design their own interdisciplinary concentrations under the guidance of a faculty sponsor. Following their studies at Eckerd, about 40% of students continue on to pursue advanced degrees; Eckerd is among the nation's leaders in the percentage of its graduates who earn doctoral degrees. Outside of the classroom, Eckerd students have ample opportunities to get involved in the campus community and join one of the 60 student-run organizations. Eckerd's sports teams, "The Tritons," compete at the NCAA Division II level with men playing baseball, basketball, golf, sailing, soccer and tennis while women play basketball, cross-country, sailing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. |
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