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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