In addition to our many support services in the English Language Institute, other services are available on campus and online.
International Student and Scholar Services Website
This connects you to ßÙßÇÂþ»'s ISSS website that includes important and useful information for international students on campus.
The Writing Center provides free tutoring in college writing for all students. Our excellent tutors are available Monday-Friday to assist you with any assignment from any class—essays, arguments, research papers, reports, analyses, editorials, proposals, abstracts, and lab reports, with critical reading, developing presentations, and citing sources.
The ßÙßÇÂþ» Public Speaking Lab (PSL) supports student development and success in public speaking and oral presentation preparation and delivery. The PSL provides quality peer-to-peer consulting to ANY ßÙßÇÂþ» student seeking oral presentation assistance and critique. Our peer consultants offer constructive oral presentation consulting to our clients from planning to delivery in a risk-free, professional environment.
Peer and professional Success Coaches support student learning through personalized one-on-one coaching appointments, workshops and access to virtual resources. They are trained to identify potential barriers to academic success and collaboratively construct a tailored success plan for each student. Success plans are meant to be worked through in one semester and include topics such as: effective goal setting, time management, study strategies and test preparation, organization, pro ductivity management, etc.
In addition to these focus areas, the Success Coaching staff also works closely with campus partners to serve as a source of direct referrals to all student services. If they are not able to assist with a particular challenge, they connect students with the best qualified campus partner to address the situation.
One of the largest English-language learning resource on the web, this site has lessons in grammar, idioms, phrasal verbs and more in its resource center.
Crash Course offers lectures with transcripts on various topics taught in American high schools and general education classes, including: American History, World History, Philosophy, Physics, Economics, Computer Sciences, in addition to Study Skills, Intellectural Property, and College Writing in cooordination with ASU. This is an excellent review service for topics students may be less familiar with. Includes subtitles.
Khan Academy has been working on providing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. This non-for-profit offers online quizzes, as well as lectures in common high school and college topics.
Listen to the conversation and answer the corresponding questions. Your score is immediately tabulated. Good for working on listening comprehension. Note: Users need an audioplayer for this site.
ELI Office Information
Old Champlain 310
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PO Box 6000
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U.S.A.
Telephone: (607) 777-2320
E-mail: eli@binghamton.edu