Via Lingua
Training Partnership with Virginia Tech University
Via Lingua is proud to announce the first in a series
of Professional Training Seminars in collaboration with the English Language
Institute of Virginia Tech University (http://www.eli.vt.edu), to be held on May
20th, 2008. Ms. Keiran Hilu, the ELI Academic Coordinator will be presenting a
Training Seminars at the Via Lingua Center in Florence, Italy, for Via Lingua
Trainers and area teachers on the following topic: “Adapting the Fluency First
Approach to Academic Programs.” Future Professional Training Seminars will
include: “Integrating Computer-Assisted Learning” and “Preparing for the IbT
TOEFL Test.”
Founded in 1977, the English Language Institute prepares international students
seeking admission to Virginia Tech and other U.S. colleges and universities
through a rigorous program of intensive English training. Through its work, the
Institute increases the quality and diversity of the Virginia Tech student
population and enables outstanding international candidates to meet English
language admission requirements. The English Language Institute is a member of
the American Association of
Intensive English Programs, an organization of accredited English language
programs supporting ethical and professional standards for other such programs
throughout the United States.
The English Language Institute of Virginia Tech is accredited by the Commission
on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) through April 2008 and agrees to
uphold the CEA Standards for English Language Programs and Institutions. CEA is
recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accrediting agency
for English language programs and institutions in the U.S.
Founded in 1872, Virginia Tech is the largest and most comprehensive university
in Virginia and among the top research universities in the US, with enrollment
of more than 26,000 students on the Blacksburg campus, including 2000
international students representing more than 110 countries.
Virginia Tech's undergraduate engineering and cooperative education and
internship programs are rated among the top 15 in the nation according to U.S.
News and World Report's America's Best Colleges 2008.
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