Intensive English Program
Pratt Institute and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences welcome international students and offer an array of programs and services to improve English language skills and academic readiness. The Intensive English Program (IEP) provides academic English language instruction to matriculated graduate and undergraduate students. In addition, the Summer Certificate Program (SCP) runs under the IEP’s umbrella.
The mission of all programs in the IEP is to support successful matriculation and progress toward graduation for international students by providing appropriate English language instruction. Internal assessment and advisement ensure students’ proper placement in English language courses, as well as successful matriculation and degree attainment.
Good communication skills are essential to academic success at Pratt Institute. Instruction in the IEP emphasizes language use for general academic and specific purposes in the professions in which Pratt specializes: art, design, architecture, and information and library science. IEP faculty are trained and experienced in teaching English as a second language, as well as in integrating art and design content into their courses. Our classes are small (eight to 12 students per session), and enrolled international students benefit from their use of the Language Resource and Writing and Tutorial Centers for additional language learning practice.
All international students with TOEFL scores below 100 (iBT), or the equivalent—including transfer students—whose first language is not English must demonstrate proficiency in English by taking an English placement exam.
The English placement exam consists of a reading test, a writing test, and a personal interview with an IEP faculty member. Students assessed at the exempt level of English proficiency satisfy their Intensive English requirement and may enroll in all Institute courses without restriction. Students who are assessed as being in need of English instruction must register in consecutive Intensive English courses (including summer IEP classes should they wish to take other Institute courses during those sessions) until they achieve exempt status based on IEP exit proficiency criteria.
If the graduate student fails to be exempt from the IEP at the end of the fourth semester of study, they will be advised of the reasons for being placed on IEP probation then offered the option of: (1) voluntary withdrawal from the Institute or, (2) full-time enrollment in the Summer Certificate Program (SCP), in order to meet the Institute English requirement of exemption. After meeting the language requirement, affected students are eligible to return to full-time degree study.
For information on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) requirements at Pratt, please refer to the catalog listing for particular schools and departments. New international students are strongly encouraged to enroll in our eight-week Summer Certificate Program (SCP) in order to be fully prepared for the academic requirements of their degree programs.
Director
Dana Gordon
dgordon@pratt.edu
Assessment and Educational Technology Coordinator
Rachid Eladlouni
reladlou@pratt.edu
Enrollment and Advisement Coordinator
Fanny Lao
hlao@pratt.edu
cep@pratt.edu
Terri Bennett
Visiting Instructor, Humanities and Media Studies; Lecturer, Intensive English
Channing Burt
Lecturer, Intensive English
B.A. French and Romance Philology, Columbia University; M.A. TESOL, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Diane Cohen
Visiting Instructor
B.F.A. Writing, Pratt Institute; M.A. English, Brooklyn College.
Maura Conley
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Lecturer, Intensive English; Tutor
Sarah A. Custen
Lecturer, Intensive English
B.A. English Literature, University of Utah; M.A. TESOL, The New School for Design.
Andrea De Toledo
Lecturer, Intensive English
M.A. Higher Education, University of Chichester/University of Southampton, UK.
Rachid Eladlouni
Lecturer, Intensive English; Assessment and Educational Technology Coordinator
B.A., Ibn Tofail University, Morocco; M.A., Hunter College.
Cynthia Elmas
Lecturer, Intensive English
B.A. French Literature, Rutgers University; M.A. TESOL, Hunter College; Art History, Rutgers University.
Nada Gordon
Lecturer, Intensive English; CEP Coordinator
M.A., University of California, Berkeley.
Thomas Healy
Lecturer, Intensive English
M.A., University of Ireland; Takabijustu School of Art, Tokyo, and Massachusetts Institute of Art, Boston.
Kimberly Kern
Lecturer, Intensive English
B.F.A. Art History, University of Texas at Austin; M.A. TESOL, Hunter College.
Elizabeth Knauer
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D., NYU Steinhardt School of Culture Education, and Human Development.
Fanny Lao
Assistant to the Director
B.A., Connecticut College; M.A. International Education, New York University.
Darleen Lev
Lecturer, Intensive English
M.F.A. Fiction Writing, University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Allegra Marino Shmulevsky
Lecturer, Intensive English
B.A. French Language and Literature, English Literature, and Studio Art, Tulane University; M.A. Applied Linguistics, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Kane Niwa
B.A. Psychology/Economics, University of California, San Diego; M.A. International Educational Development/Language, Literacy, & Technology/TESOL, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Jon Pauley
Lecturer, Intensive English
Eric Rosenblum
Lecturer, Intensive English; Visiting Instructor
B.A. English, Ohio University; M.F.A. Fiction Writing, Syracuse University.
Nancy Seidler
Director, Intensive English
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A. TESOL, Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Gloria Steil
Adjunct Instructor
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., New York University.
Nichole Van Beek
Lecturer, Intensive English
Fundamentals of English and Writing is a literature-based writing course. The study of essays and fiction in their historical, cultural and philosophical contexts allows students to develop and understanding and appreciation of two major literary genres. As a feature of the HEOP Summer Enrichment Program, this non-credit summer course will give students the tools geared towards attaining college level writing competence. The main focus will be on writing essays and research papers utilizing the tools of proofreading, editing and citing in MLA format.
The Summer Certificate Program (SCP) is a certificate-bearing course in which students work to improve reading, writing, speaking and listening in an art and design context. Students study 24 Hours per week in this course.
Integrated skills course designed to help students make progress in reading, writing, speaking and listening in an art and design context. Students study 12 Hours per week in this course.
Provides integrated English language skills instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program students, with a focus on speaking skills and academic preparation.
Provides integrated English language skills instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program students, with a focus on listening skills and academic preparation.
Provides integrated English language skills instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program students, with a focus on writing skills and academic preparation.
Provides specific English language skills instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program students who wish to understand the relationship between that which is seen (visual) and that which is spoken or written (verbal).
Provides specific English language skills strategies to Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program students in order for them to succeed in lecture and studio classes.
Provides specific English language skills strategies to Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program students in order for them to write effectively for college-level courses, including graduate (MFA) thesis preparation and completion.
Provides integrated English language skills instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program students, with a focus on reading skills and academic preparation.
The Intensive English Program accommodates those international students who have yet to satisfy Pratt's Intensive English requirement. Classes of no more than 12 students each emphasize listening and reading comprehension skills through methods and materials that complement students' artistic and academic careers. Students are encouraged to utilize the state-of-the-art computerized Language Resource Center for additional practice, and the Writing and Tutorial Center for one-on-one tutoring and conversation practice. The course is developmental in nature and is not offered for academic credit.
The purpose of this independent study course is to provide international students English language instructional options outside the realm of a standard classroom.