LIT’s mission is to meet the wide range of personal, vocational, and academic needs of students so that they can become confident speakers of English and fully functional participants in English-speaking society.  As such, LIT’s English Program is designed from top to bottom to achieve this goal.  LIT offers eight levels of instruction, ranging from beginner to advanced English.  In each level, students take four courses that are centered on one or more of the core skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  In addition, each of these core classes contains supplementary content and instruction in areas such as grammar, vocabulary, and other essential components of the English language.  Students who complete Level 7 also have the option of taking the TOEFL-preparation course that is centered around the skills and strategies necessary for achieving success on the TOEFL iBT Exam.

Many students that choose to study at LIT have ambitions of continuing their education at the university level and our curriculum is designed for such academic needs.  However, as many of our students simply wish to improve their general English skills for other non-academic reasons, LIT’s curriculum accommodates these needs as well.  LIT’s curriculum is broad and inclusive in the sense that it targets the most high-frequency language functions that underlie communication in all situations.