Center for English as a Second Language

Cost of the C.E.S.L. Program

 

C.E.S.L. Instructional Hours per week:

Students will be enrolled in 20 hours per week, this includes Reading & Vocabulary, Writing, Grammar, Listening & Speaking, and special topics courses (e.g., Pronunciation) over 7-week term: 114 contact hours or 228  contact hours in a 14-week period.

Tennessee Tech University is a SEVP-Certified school which is permitted by Federal Law to issue immigration documents for non-resident students who join the C.E.S.L. Intensive English Program.

If you receive acceptance into C.E.S.L. and will attend school in F-1 status, you will receive the Form I-20, “Certificate of Eligibility for Non-immigrant (F-1) Student Status – For Academic and Language Students.

C.E.S.L. Courses (levels 1-3):

 An ESL program, generally referred to as an Intensive English Program (IEP) in the U.S., is a language program that does not allow students to take credit-bearing university courses.  20 hours of contact time is the minimum requirement by the USCIS/ SEVP.

• The C.E.S.L. program at Tennessee Tech University, will be 20 hours per week, each session will be 7-weeks.   Cost for 20 hours for 7-weeks will be: $2400

Part-Time Studies in C.E.S.L.

• Some students may want to take only 1 class in C.E.S.L.;  we do have options for part-time students. 

• Ala carte options (student may opt to take only one of the 4 parts of the curriculum at a separate cost).

• Reading & Vocabulary $700 for 4 hours per week for 7-weeks
• Writing   $700 for 4 hours per week for 7-weeks
• Grammar $700 for 4 hours per week for 7-weeks
• Listening and Speaking $700 for 4 hours per week for 7-weeks

Textbooks

Students will need to purchase online textbooks once placed into a level for each of their classes. C.E.S.L. instructors will help students go through this process, but students should be prepared to pay $100-200 dollars for books.