The courses offered by Alabama Language Institute provide practice in all four major language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students are given a computerized placement test, interview, and written diagnostic during the orientation of the student's first term and are then placed into the appropriate course level according to scores on the Compass ESL Placement Test.

 

The institute offers two 16-week term, one each in the fall and spring and a summer semester, which has one 10-week term.

 

 

Courses

 

 

Level 1/2: Beginning	Level 3/4: Intermediate	Level 5/6: Advanced	Credit Hours
Grammar	Grammar	Grammar	3
Reading	Reading	Reading	3
Composition	Composition	Composition	3
Listening/Speaking	Listening/Speaking	Listening/Speaking	3
Beginning Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Academic Vocabulary	3
		TOEFL	3

 

 

1. The above are the courses that a student must take to be enrolled in Alabama Language Institute.
2. Three credit hours per course for grammar, reading, conversation, composition, pronunciation, vocabulary, and TOEFL preparation. The directed language lab is a non-credit class but a student must attend lab for three hours per week to satisfy the F1 student visa regulation.
3. F1 Visa (Student Visa):  A student must take 18 hours (six courses) per semester.  The hours are necessary to maintain student status.
4. Other Visas:  A student may take less than 18 hours but the number of courses allowed will depend on the visa type.
5. All Alabama Language Institute courses are considered pre-college courses.  ALI  grade point average will not be included in the student's grade point average for future college courses.  However, ALI grades will appear on the student's GSCC transcript.

 

 

 

Schedule of Classes

 

Below is a sample student schedule for a week. Not all schedules will be the same.

 

 

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00-9:15		Pronunciation		Pronunciation
9:30-10:45	Reading	Speaking/Listening	Reading	Speaking/Listening	Directed Lab
11:00-12:15	Composition	Grammar	Composition	Grammar	Directed Lab
12:15-1:15	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Directed Lab
1:30-2:45	Vocabulary	Directed Lab	Vocabulary	Directed Lab
3:00-4:15	Directed Lab	Directed Lab	Directed Lab	Directed Lab

 

 

Student Advising

 

All international students at Gadsden State Community College are advised by the Office of International Programs. In addition, the faculty members of ALI are available to advise students about ALI courses, schedules, and entering the college after completing ALI.