English Language Center at Gonzaga University

Sobre English Language Center at Gonzaga University

Gonzaga University’s English Language Center (ELC) offers a fully accredited academic ESL program, Master of Arts degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (MA/TESL), Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate courses both on campus and abroad, as well as English language support to the entire Gonzaga community.

Founded in 1978 as an intensive English program, the ELC offers year-round intensive ESL classes in ten levels of instruction for foreign students seeking undergraduate and graduate admission to Gonzaga and other universities, as well as to assist international professionals in improving their overall English language abilities. The primary mission of the English Language Center’s ESL program “is to provide pre-university academic intensive English instruction to international students who wish to pursue studies at American institutions of higher learning or who wish to improve their English language skills for professional or personal reasons.” With the inception of the MATESL Program in 1998 and other teacher-training initiatives, Gonzaga’s ESL Program has broadened its mission to include services to professionals from a variety of backgrounds and countries, and those seeking professional certification, while maintaining its primary goal of preparing students from other countries to pursue successful studies in one of the University’s 93 academic fields.