Curriculum

• IEP003 Intensive English

Duration

This program requires one or two semesters depending on the original placement score. A student is allowed to register in this program for a maximum of 2 semesters and one summer.

Location

This program is offered in Beirut and Byblos.

Program Overview

If you are a current Lebanese American University (LAU) student, you can take classes with us. During the academic year, September to June, participation in intensive classes is strictly limited to matriculated LAU students to align their English language proficiency to university standards.

Our Intensive English Program emphasizes doing rather than knowing, so that students enhance their speaking, listening, reading, and writing in ways that are immediately useful to university life and real world setting.

Mission

Our mission in the Intensive English Program is to prepare students for university courses by educating them in the fundamentals of the English language through various modules in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

Objectives

During the semester in the intensive program, our students analyze different texts for main ideas, take notes from listening to lectures, write well-organized texts, engage in speaking exercises and give oral presentations.

Outcomes

When our students finish their semester in the intensive program, they will be able to follow their regular university courses equipped with the necessary skills from writing well organized texts, to properly communicating with their peers and professors in the target language. Also, our students will be well integrated in their regular university programs because they will able to take proper notes, and read and analyze their lectures, textbooks or any material.

Contact us

Rony Khnayzer, Chair of the Liberal Education Department
rony.khnayzer@lau.edu.lb 
Office extension 1962

Amy Youssef, Coordinator of the Intensive English Program
amelia.yusuf@lau.edu.lb
Office extension 1634