User:Zumbeste/sandbox

The English Language Center (ELC) at Brigham Young University is an Intensive English Language program or IEP that teaches English as a Second Language (ESL) to non-native English speaking international students. The ELC is housed in the College of Humanities' department of Linguistics and English Language as well as Continuing Education at Brigham Young University (BYU). The school is different from other IEPs in that it is primarily used as a lab school providing teaching opportunities for TESOL graduate students. About half of the faculty at the ELC are graduate students and half are community teachers.

Mission Statement
The mission statement of the ELC is: "As a lab school, the English Language Center supports BYU's Department of Linguistics and English Language by facilitating the teaching, learning, and research of English as a second language. The ELC achieves this mission by:

1. Providing BYU students with opportunities to apply university study in practical contexts and to develop excellence in English language teaching, tutoring, curriculum design, materials development, technology use, assessment, evaluation, and research.

2. Providing ELC students with the highest quality teaching of foundational and academic English in a research-based curriculum.

3. Sharing our scholarship by presenting and publishing our relevant experience, research, and resources for the benefit of others."