Evening English as a Second Language Classes

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Please note: Spring I, 2025 Session starts January 13, 2025!

CESL offers many affordable, part-time options during the evening to students who may be busy with jobs or other studies. CESL part-time options can enhance your life or further your career. UA international students may brush up on particular English language skills.

CESL's part-time Evening Program is effective because it provides quality instruction through highly trained instructors in small classes which promotes close teaching-learning relationships between students and their teachers. CESL offers Arizona's only part-time community program, fully accredited by the Commission on English Language Accreditation (CEA). Our continued commitment to high-quality ESL instruction sets us apart from other part-time language programs.

Fall and Spring part-time Evening classes are offered for two hours from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., two times per week (Mondays & Wednesdays or Tuesdays & Thursdays) for a total of 30 hours of instruction per class. Regular sessions start in January, March, August, and October of each year.

All new students must be tested and placed with the CESL Placement test
All students at the Beginning or Intermediate levels MUST be enrolled in a General English course
Advanced level students have the option of enrolling in a second course
All students remain in the same level throughout the Academic Year (August – May)
Students can advance to the next level after they successfully complete at least 2 sessions in one level
Advancement to the next level occurs ONLY in August (never during the middle of the Academic Year)
Students can obtain a Certificate of Completion for a level only if they achieve a 2.0 GPA and have 75% attendance for a course
All General English courses meet Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 – 8 pm
For advanced level students, we offer classes only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

For visitor parking information, please visit: https://parking.arizona.edu/parking/garages/visitor-parking/

Are you a graduate student interested in improving your skills? Try our "Pronunciation for International Teaching Assistants" series this fall! More information available here (click to follow link).

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Program Details

Cost of Program

Course Fees
Tuition	$270 ($243 early bird discount)
Application Fee	$ 30
Technology Fee	$ 20
Total Tuition & Fees	$320.00
Total Tuition & Fees (with Early Bird discount)	$293.00

Early bird discount deadline for Spring I, 2025 session : December 7, 2024

Admissions Requirements

In order to enroll in these classes, applications must meet the following requirements:

At least 18 years old and have completed high school;
Copy of Photo ID

Curriculum

This program uses an integrated-skills approach for most courses, where in each class, students will practice speaking, listening, reading, writing, and grammar.
Our General English classes are:
- Beginning General English: Practice all language skills including speaking, listening, reading, and writing, as well as basic grammatical structures and frequent vocabulary words vocabulary. Develop vocabulary and grammatical forms necessary to introduce yourself, communicate personal information, and ask and respond to basic questions, for example. (A1 in CEFR)
- Intermediate General English: Practice all language skills and strengthen your grammar and vocabulary. You will add more complex words, structures, and tenses to ask questions about and discuss topics like your personal life, work, preferences, and descriptions. (A2 in CEFR)
- Advanced General English: Practice all language skills and discuss more advanced topics such as hypothetical situations and generalizations, and also making decisions and having more advanced discussions. (B1 in CEFR)
Sometimes we will offer a class focused on a specific skill, such as pronunciation or advanced grammar.
Our citizenship class teaches both important words and phrases for the citizenship exam and also reviews content that will appear on the exam.
Our evening classes meet two days per week (Mon & Weds or Tues & Thurs), for 4 hours per week (6-8pm) for 8 weeks.
For General English classes, there are three levels (beginning, intermediate, and advanced). Students generally stay in one level (and use one textbook) throughout the academic year (August-May), with the material getting progressively harder from the beginning of the year to the end. Summer is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Sessions

Application deadlines are at 5pm Arizona time. All applications materials must be received by the application deadline.

Fall II, 2024 (8-week full session)

Application Deadline

October 15

Session Duration October 21 – December 13

Spring I, 2025 (8-week full session)

Application Deadline

January 7

Session Duration January 13 – March 7

Spring II, 2025 (8-week full session)

Application Deadline

March 11

Session Duration March 17 – May 9

Summer, 2025 (8-week full session)

Application Deadline

June 3

Session Duration June 9 – August 1

Fall I, 2025 (8-week full session)

Application Deadline

August 19

Session Duration August 25 – October 17

Fall II, 2025 (8-week full session)

Application Deadline

October 14

Session Duration October 20 – December 12

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Evening English as a Second Language Classes

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