ELI evening classes offer new option

Ever since their inception in 1999, evening classes have been a popular addition to ELI’s course offerings. The evening program serves the tri-state region by offering English instruction to immigrants, au pairs, spouses of visiting faculty and others who need better English proficiency for work or professional development but cannot study English full time in ELI’s intensive English program. Recent changes to the structure of the evening program allow evening students to enroll in a semi-intensive program that concentrates on all four skills—listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students who do not want to take the semi-intensive program still have the option of focusing on spoken or written English exclusively.

Classes are held Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. and last for nine weeks. Instructors Walt Babich and Jennifer Rippon offer three levels: beginning, intermediate and advanced English instruction. Please contact Kelly Galvin, ELI admissions counselor, at 831-2674 or visit www.udel.edu/eli/apply_evening.pdf for more information.