• Study more than 20 hours each week and see real results quickly.
• Academic and cultural advisors are available to students.
• Students will get conversation practice and take part in social activities.
• The program is accredited by CEA.
• Conditional Admission to Southeast Missouri State University is available

Learn more about the dates and costs of the program.

This program is offered both online and on campus.

• You can study the topic of your choice for 3-6 weeks.
• Flexible schedules and costs to meet your goals.
• Contact the IEP Director to learn more.

• Continuously develop vocabulary including words used for familiar, daily activities; academic vocabulary; and idiomatic expressions
• Can identify the meaning of unfamiliar words
• Improve reading fluency through directed readings and extensive reading
• Answer wh- questions about short texts
• Differentiate between details and main ideas
• Differentiate between facts and opinions
• Match cause to effect
• Infer meaning from text
• Synthesize information from multiple texts
• Use headings and subheadings to understand the structure of texts
• Can identify point-of-view
• Can make connections between ideas in one or more readings
• Evaluate reliability and identify evidence of bias in texts

• Use the simple past and past progressive
• Use the future with will and be going to
• Use perfect, progressive, and perfect progressive verb forms to make affirmative and negative statements, questions, answers, and imperatives
• Use time clauses
• Use prepositions of time and place
• Use count and non-count nouns with appropriate articles
• Use modals, gerunds, infinitives, and passive constructions
• Use adjective, adverb, and noun clauses
• Use comparative and superlative structure

• Identify main ideas and details in short messages and media programs
• Speak about their dreams, hopes, and expectations
• Use a variety of techniques to take notes on lectures and presentations
• Deliver presentations on personal, academic, and professional topics
• Answer questions about the content of extended speech, including lectures
• Use flexible and precise language to present descriptions of complex subjects
• Infer connections between ideas in extended speech that is not clearly structured
• Verbally cite sources in researched academic presentations

Special Topics class is on a rotating schedule. Students will improve both linguistic and academic skills by studying a variety of topics, such as pronunciation, keyboarding and word processing skills, community service, or leadership. This class is not an option for Grad CAP.

• Recognize the letters in the English alphabet and use patterns to decode words
• Recognize basic affixes and use them to understand word meanings
• Respond to wh-, questions related to illustrated text
• Match visual representations to words and phrases
• Write and use words with a variety of sounds and spelling patterns (Dolch List)
• Write simple sentences about the present and present progressive
• Use present verb tenses to make affirmative and negative statements, questions, answers, and imperatives
• Have a basic understanding of the parts of a sentence: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions
• Ask and answer basic questions and make simple statements about concrete and familiar topics
• Listen for keywords/phrases and specific information (names, dates, reasons, explanations)
• Deliver basic presentations on selected topics

Conditional admission is for students who meet the academic requirements for admission, but don’t have an exam score that meets the English proficiency requirement. If you apply for conditional admission, you’ll take English classes until you’re ready to start your academic program. Students with conditional admission don’t need to take the IELTS Academic or TOEFL iBT exams. 

All Southeast’s undergraduate programs, and most graduate programs, offer conditional admission. Be sure to check the other admission requirements for your program before you apply. 

• IEP-only students, including visiting students from partner universities, can complete their studies in October, December, March, May, or July. Don’t worry—even if you don’t complete every level before you return home, you can request a certificate to show your highest level completed.
• Students with conditional admission to an undergraduate (bachelor’s) program must complete IEP level 5 for full admission. Some advanced students who do not complete level 5 before the next semester (August or January) can study 1-2 academic courses while they are finishing level 5. This is called “bridging.” Other students fully complete level 5 and take only academic classes in the next semester (August or January). Your IEP academic advisor will help you plan your first academic semester.
• Students with conditional admission to a graduate (master’s) program must complete Grad CAP for full admission. Grad CAP is a full-semester program (August-December or January-May). Completers will take academic classes in the next semester (August or January). Bridging is not possible for Grad CAP students.