General Intensive English Package

Improve your general English with a focus on speaking and listening.  Study intensively to improve quickly.

Study for 4.5 periods per day Monday-Thursday: take 1 Intensive Speaking & Listening class (2.5 periods daily, Monday-Friday) and 2 different Special Topics classes (each Special Topics class is 1 period daily, Monday-Thursday). In total you will study for 18 clock hours per week.

This package is ideal for new arrivals to Seattle and professionals looking to build speaking confidence and increase their vocabulary.

This is a full-time package suitable for students with F-1 student visas.

• Speaking skills: hold conversations, ask questions, explain your opinions and experiences
• Listening skills: understand English-language news, movies, and music in addition to following conversations in English
• Vocabulary for your daily life in Seattle
• US culture and the cultures of your classmates
• Grammar to express basic and complex ideas

• 4.5 periods daily, Monday-Thursday
  • 1 ALPS period = 50 minutes + a 10-minute break
• Each ALPS session is 4 weeks long – take 1 or more sessions
• Beginning to advanced levels
  • We’ll give you a placement test before you begin class to determine your level