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◗ Intensive English ◗ University Preparation ◗ University Credit ◗ Certificates ◗ Teacher Training SAMPLE SCHEDULE Welcome to America’s Finest City THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE AT SDSU www.ali.sdsu.edu The ALI is an SDSU Research Foundation project. Catalog | 2013-2014 www.ali.sdsu.edu 1 Welcome to the American Language Institute (ALI) Welcome from the Dean elcome to the American Language Institute (ALI) at San Diego State WUniversity (SDSU). When deciding which program to attend, it is very important for you to know what your goals are and to see how different Fast Facts Facts Fast Welcome alternatives help you achieve those goals. Look at the quality of the instructors, curriculum, and the institution as well as additional services such as advising, labs, student life activities, location, etc. For 39 years, the ALI has offered internationally recognized English as a Second Language programs. Dr. Joe Shapiro Dean, SDSU College of Extended Studies 1 www.ali.sdsu.edu Dr. Joe Shapiro Dean, SDSU College of Extended Studies CONTENTS San Diego | 3 American Language Institute | 5 Intensive English San Diego State University | 7 Campus Map | 9 Intensive English for Communication | 11 Business English | 13 University Preparation English for Academic Purposes | 15 Pre-MBA and Pre-Master’s | 17 University Credit Semester at SDSU General Courses | 19 Semester at SDSU Business Courses | 20 Certificates Semester at SDSU Certificates | 21 Business for Global Practices | 23 Housing | 27 Teacher Training Student Life | 29 TESL/TEFL Certificate | 25 TEFL Seminar | 26 Sports and Recreation | 30 ALI Team | 31 Admissions Instructions | 32 Calendar and Fees | 33-34 Contact Information | Back Page 2 America’S FINEST CITY San Diego | www.ali.sdsu.edu/sandiego “America’s Finest City” is rated as one of the most desirable ◗ Founded | 1769 U.S. locations based on weather, recreation, and cultural ◗ U.S. City | 8th Largest opportunities. San Diego’s natural beauty and friendly people ◗ Square km | 963.5 km ◗ California City | 2nd Largest attract visitors from around the world. Experience what many Fast Facts Facts Fast ◗ Safest City in U.S. | Top Ten List students have already discovered, and live and study in the ◗ Beaches | 112 km most amazing city in California. ◗ Average Temperature | 21.6 ºC ◗ Non-rainy Days Per Year | 323 ◗ San Diego Airport Code | SAN ◗ Industries | Tourism, Biotechnology, International Trade, Telecommunications Petco Park Baseball Stadium San Diego Average Temperatures Trolley Station at SDSU High ºC Low ºC January 18.3 8.8 February 18.8 10.0 THE TROLLEY AT SDSU The Trolley offers a convenient way for March 18.8 11.1 students to get to SDSU and around San Diego. SDSU’s beautiful underground Trolley April 20.0 12.7 station, located in the center of campus, is May 20.5 14.4 an easy two-minute walk from the American Language Institute. June 21.6 16.1 The Trolley provides students July 24.4 18.3 connections to: August 25.5 19.4 ◗ Downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter September 25.0 18.3 ◗ The baseball and football stadiums October 23.8 15.5 ◗ San Diego’s historic “Old Town” November 21.1 12.2 ◗ Some of the finest shopping in Southern California December 18.8 9.4 ◗ Quick connections to San Diego’s many beach communities Balboa Park The Trolley also gives students without a car a wide choice of living options away from campus. 3 Horton Plaza Shopping Center 5 79 76 76 15 Vista Oceanside 78 San Escondido Carlsbad Marcos 78 Encinitas 67 San Diego Solana Beach Poway Del Mar 56 5 79 805 Santee La Jolla 8 52 67 52 274 Pacific Beach 15 El Cajon 163 8 125 Mission Beach ✱ 54 College La Mesa 209 California Area 94 United States ✱AIRPORT 94 282 ✱DOWNTOWN National City 54 125 Coronado 75 805 San Diego★ Chula Vista 189 Imperial Beach 905 5 Mexico LOCALSeaWorld ATTRACTIONS ◗ SeaWorld – This marine park takes visitors San Diego Zoo on a journey to the ocean, with features like Shark Encounter, Wild Arctic ride (a simulated helicopter ride to the Arctic), and Shamu’s ◗ Shopping – Enjoy the year-round great weather Happy Harbor. while shopping at one of the many outdoor malls, or enjoy browsing luxury boutiques ◗ San Diego Zoo – Located in Balboa Park, the and antique stores in the neighborhood CLOSE TO CAMPUS zoo is one of the largest in the world, with over shopping districts. ◗ Shopping | 10 minutes 4,000 animals of more than 800 species. Popular attractions include the Monkey Trails, Panda ◗ Beaches – Known for its great beaches and ◗ Beaches | 15 minutes Research Station, Polar Bear Plunge, Ituri Forest, home to Coronado beach, (ranked No.1 beach in and Elephant Odyssey. the U.S.), San Diego has sunny weather and over 112 kilometers of coastline, which means there ◗ Downtown | 30 minutes ◗ Sports Teams – San Diegans love sports. Visit are plenty of warm days and water to surf, swim, Qualcomm Stadium to cheer on the San Diego boogie board, boat, or sail. ◗ Las Vegas | 1 hour Chargers football team in the fall and winter, or go downtown and watch a San Diego Padres ◗ Safari Park – Visited by two million people ◗ Disneyland | 2 hours baseball game at Petco Park in the spring and annually, this wild animal sanctuary is spread summer. out over 1,800 acres. The park is a free-range ◗ San Francisco | 1.5 hours enclosure which houses animals like antelopes, ◗ Balboa Park – Containing museums, theaters, giraffes, buffalo, cranes, and rhinos. One ◗ Snowboarding | 2 hours gardens, shops, restaurants, the zoo, and hiking highlight is the Roar & Snore Safari, which and biking trails, this 1,200-acre urban park is allows guests to sleep overnight surrounded ◗ Yosemite | 5 hours the cultural center of San Diego. by the animals. 4 SDSU American Language Institute | www.ali.sdsu.edu ◗ Year Established | 1974 Welcome from the Executive Director t’s another sunny day in San Diego, and we welcome you to the ALI. Our idea of education ◗ Affiliation | Part of 23-campus and English instruction is that all students should be given abundant opportunities to learn California State University system I English inside and outside of the classroom. The city of San Diego and the SDSU campus are ◗ Emphasis | Academic Excellence, perfect for this type of study; they both embody friendliness, a Fast Facts Facts Fast Diversity, Service respect for knowledge, openness, and limitless outdoor activities. ◗ Students per Semester | 1,200-1,800 The ALI balances traditional English instruction with personal experiences, providing a well-rounded education and many ◗ Countries Represented | 65 positive memories. Our students go beyond English instruction ◗ Programs | 14 and practice real-world engagement to strengthen what they ◗ Location | On SDSU campus learn inside the classroom. We look forward to being a part of every student’s experience at the ALI. ◗ Total Students at SDSU | 31,840 Barbara Bass, Executive Director, The American Language Institute QUALITY LOCATION SERVICE ◗ Faculty – ALI instructors have a master’s ◗ California – From Hollywood to the ◗ Personal Attention – From the beginning degree in English as Second Language beaches of San Diego, the California (immigration, airport pick up) to the end (ESL) instruction. Students receive real- lifestyle has it all. California is a state that (graduation, ongoing academic advising world English experience, while their Disneyland calls home, where Levi’s jeans when applying to earn a bachelor’s or instructors bring their expertise to the and the iPhone were created, and where master’s), our staff provides one-on-one classroom to provide a well-rounded high technology and biotechnology are personal attention. Email, call, or visit our education. based. It’s a state of innovators, trend office – we are here to help students reach setters, and it has the most diverse their educational goals. ◗ Nationally Recognized – As an SDSU population in the U.S. program, the ALI is WASC accredited, and ◗ Testing – San Diego is an IELTS, TOEFL, our ESL programs are UCIEP and AAIEP ◗ San Diego – Live in sunny San Diego where GRE, and GMAT testing city. Testing takes approved. the weather is great all year long. San place in many locations in San Diego and Diego welcomes around 9.3 million visitors on the SDSU campus. ◗ Highly Ranked – The ALI is part of the every year, offering ideal weather, perfect highly ranked California State University beaches, and many opportunities ◗ Full-service Staff – Our educated and system and San Diego State University. to enjoy the lifestyle. trained staff will be on hand to assist. Our full-service staff answers questions ◗ By the Numbers ◗ SDSU – Study at a top quality U.S. ranging from course selection, tutoring, university with more than 30,000 American ◗ 5 computer labs and housing to personal questions students. SDSU provides ALI students like setting up a U.S. bank account and ◗ More than 50 classrooms opportunities to meet American students, getting a cell phone. ◗ 15 years average experience of staff play on sports teams, attend concerts, join clubs, and much more on a smoke-free ◗ Advising – We help students from campus. beginning to end, and even beyond, including advising on how to be accepted to SDSU and other U.S. universities. 5 See the SDSU campus on Google Street View www.ali.sdsu.edu/googlemap AmericanSAMPLE Language SCHEDULE Institute Facilities ELECTIVES ◗ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Business Writing GATEWAY BUILDING EXTENDED STUDIES BUILDING◗ Biz Talk ◗ Profiles in Business SECOND Introduction Talking About Introduction Talking About ELECTIVE 1 SECOND FLOOR to Business Business to Business Business Biz Talk ◗ TOEIC BusinessFLOOR Idioms MORNING ◗ American Accent Improvement ◗ So-Cal Companies Classrooms Writing for Writing for Grammar Grammar ELECTIVE 2 ◗ Tactics for TOEIC ALI Oces Business Business TOEIC ◗ Internet-based TOEFLComputer Labs Business Preparation BREAK Idioms Multimedia Computer Lab ◗ Advanced Grammar LATE Student Lounge FIRST Note: AdditionalFIRST electives in other programs MORNING Reading for Listening for Reading for OUTDOORListening for Restrooms FLOOR Business Communication Business PATIO Communication are available.FLOOR Choices vary by session and COFFEE placement level.