Welcome AF-ELSP Participants

English Language Institute – Syracuse University
7-week ELI AF-ELSP Program
June 21 - August 9, 2009

Dear AF-ELSP Participants:

We are happy to welcome you to the English Language Institute at Syracuse University on June 21, 2009 for a 7-week intensive English study program and cultural enrichment activities. The program will provide you with a variety of opportunities designed to improve your English communication skills and to give you the chance to witness American culture and society. Program Highlights:

• 25 hours of English instruction per week
• Life on the Syracuse University campus
• A wide variety of cultural activities, including field trips and visiting speakers

Use the links on the right for further information about the program and preparing for your time here.

Linda Littlejohn, associate vice president of South Side Initiatives, shared stories of cultures with students from Cameroon, West Africa who are at SU participating in an intensive English program through the English Language Institute (ELI). Littlejohn will travel with her husband, Judge Langston McKinney, to Cameroon this summer while he gives a series of lectures.  “The students have had such a positive experience in the ELI program, that they want to return to SU for their doctoral studies,” said Littlejohn. “They talked about home, the foods they miss, and they gave me some tips on traveling to their country.” Littlejohn has something else in common with the students – they know her niece, who works for the State Department in Cameroon. Twelve students, representing six countries in Africa, are studying at SU for seven weeks.