Class Dates
Fall Session (9-week; 3.6 CEUs per course)
- Classes begin September 15, 16, and 18
- Classes end November 13, 16, and 17
Spring Session (9-week; 3.6 CEUs per course)
- Classes begin February 2, 3, and 5
- Classes end April 2, 5, and 6
Summer Session (8-week; 3.2 CEUs per course)
- Classes begin May 15, 19, and 20
- Classes end July 10, 13, and 19
Conversational English Courses
3.6 CEUs awarded for nine-week fall & spring semesters | 3.2 CEUs awarded for the eight-week summer semester.
Integrated Communication Skills
Mondays & Wednesdays from 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Practice speaking, listening, reading and writing in English to improve your ability to communicate in real life situations. Course options:
- Integrated Communication Skills II
Required language proficiency: Can speak and write in loosely connected sentences, can ask and respond to questions, and can understand short, predictable texts.
- Integrated Communication Skills III
Required language proficiency: Can speak and write in connected sentences in present, past, and future tense about everyday social situations and familiar topics and can understand familiar spoken and written texts with accuracy.
- Integrated Communication Skills IV
Required language proficiency: Can speak and write in connected sentences in present, past, and future tense about familiar topics that go beyond everyday life and can understand the main idea and some supporting details in spoken and written texts on a variety of topics of personal and general interest.
Communicative Grammar
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7:00–9:00 p.m.
This intermediate-level course reviews some of the most important grammar points that students need to understand in order to successfully communicate in English. Course options:
- Communicative Grammar
Required language proficiency: Can speak and write in sentences and understand short texts.
Business English Courses
3.6 CEUs awarded for nine-week fall & spring semesters | 3.2 CEUs awarded for eight-week summer semester
Business Communications
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Strengthen your professional English skills for success in a business environment using Harvard Business Review case studies. Course options:
- ESL Business Communication I
Required language proficiency: Can communicate in basic situations; write short compositions in present, past, and future tenses; and understand familiar spoken and written texts.
- ESL Business Communication II
Required language proficiency: Can speak at length about a variety of topics, participate in group conversations with some ease, and write organized paragraphs; can understand clearly structured spoken and written texts.
- ESL Business Communication III
Required language proficiency: Can speak in paragraphs in informal and formal situations, use detailed examples to support opinions and preferences, write several paragraphs with clear connections between ideas, and understand the main idea and many details.
Business Writing
Mondays & Wednesdays from 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Learn to write effective, concise professional letters, memos, emails, reports and presentations. Course options:
- ESL Business Writing
Required language proficiency: Can communicate in paragraphs and understand the main ideas and details in multi-paragraph spoken and written texts.
TOEFL Test Prep Courses
3.6 CEUs awarded for nine-week fall & spring semesters | 3.2 CEUs awarded for eight-week summer semester
iBT-TOEFL Preparation
Saturdays from 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Develop advanced speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in preparation for the internet-based TOEFL exam. Course options:
- iBT-TOEFL Preparation I
Required language proficiency: students should be able to speak in paragraph-length discourse in informal and some formal conversations, write basic academic paragraphs including descriptions, and understand clearly structured texts.
- iBT-TOEFL Preparation II
Required language proficiency: students should be able to speak in paragraphs and with detail about a variety of topics, write several paragraphs about academic topics with good control of grammar, and understand the main ideas and many details of straightforward spoken and written texts.
- iBT-TOEFL Preparation III
Required language proficiency: students should be able to easily speak in paragraphs about a variety of topics including some abstract topics, write multi-paragraph texts with clear connections between ideas, easily understand spoken and written texts including those that are complex or unfamiliar.
Mandatory Placement Test Requirement
All new and returning students are required to take a placement exam one week before classes begin to determine their correct placement into the course section. After completing registration, you will receive a payment confirmation email including your placement test appointment. If you are unable to attend at the appointed time, you must contact Regan Carver at 202-687-4592 or regan.carver@georgetown.edu immediately to make alternative arrangements.
Please note that your enrollment will not be complete until you take your placement test. All placement tests are held at the Georgetown Intercultural Center (ICC) building's English as a Foreign Language Computer Lab. Within one week after the placement test you will receive an email with your final course placement including building, classroom, and required textbooks.
The Evening & Weekend English program reserves the right to move students to a different level of a course if placement test results or first class diagnostic testing warrants it. All such moves will be completed in the first week of classes with no additional charge to the student.