Intensive English Language Program , IESL - Intensive English as a Second Language Program

Gardiner Hall, LL 10

University of Louisville

2301 S. Third Street

Louisville, KY 40292

phone: 502/852-5901

fax: 502/852-2880

Intensive English Language Program

The Department of English of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Louisville offers a full-time program of post-secondary intensive English IELP) for international students who expect to enroll in an academic program at an American college or university. We accept applications from students who have completed secondary school, have an overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (a grade of C), and who have had at least one semester of English.

We review applications and admit qualified students throughout the year for the fall and spring semesters. During the semester, students attend classes for 20 hours a week (Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.) in reading, vocabulary, writing, structure, and listening/speaking.

We also offer Communication in English (CIE), a part-time evening class. CIE is designed to help non-native speakers of English (high-intermediate to advanced proficiency) become more effective communicators. Classroom activities are designed to give participants the opportunity to improve conversational and written fluency and to practice the language needed in professional interactions such as discussions and presentations.

Applications for both the full-time IELP program and the evening class are accepted throughout the year for enrollment according to the IELP program schedule.

Gardiner Hall is on the Belknap Campus Intensive English is located in the basement of Gardiner Hall, Room 10. For more information, please contact Barbara Brown or Nancy Henry at 502-852-5901, or email our program at iesl@louisville.edu. Gardiner Hall is building #8 on the Belknap Campus map.