Professional English (ESL)

2021 English Language Training Student Calendar

Winter 2021 Enrollment is now open!

Contact Us

For information, please contact (312) 236-9000 EXT. 2 or international@mccollege.edu.

Registration & Payment Deadline	01/04/2021
Orientation	01/04/2021
Term Start Date	01/11/2021
Add/Drop/Schedule Changes	01/25/2021
Term End Date	03/29/2021

Accreditation

The Midwestern Career College English as a Second Language Program is accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation for the period August 2018 through August 2023 and agrees to uphold the CEA Standards for English Language Programs and Institutions. CEA is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency for English language programs and institutions in the U.S. For further information about this accreditation, please contact CEA, 1001 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 630, Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 665-3400, www.cea-accredit.org.

This program is not accredited by the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education and does not qualify for Title IV financial aid assistance.

ESL Program Mission

Provide non-native speakers of English with the English language, academic, and cultural skills that will enable them to further their education in U.S. colleges or universities and/or gain employment in their native countries.

Program Information

Professional English course is for students who possess basic workplace skills but require additional English language skills specific to the workplace. This course provides an overview of business topics discussed and vocabulary used in English-speaking companies and organizations. Students will encounter a wide range of workplace situations and have opportunities for discussion and for the development of vocabulary, fluency, and confidence-building.

Program Objectives

After successfully completing this program/course, students should be able to:

Use key business English vocabulary, idioms, and phrasal verbs correctly.
Use context and/or word parts (e.g., common prefixes) to define unfamiliar vocabulary in higher-level (upper-intermediate and advanced) written business passages.
Identify main ideas and key supporting details in higher-level (upper-intermediate and advanced) written and spoken business passages.
Demonstrate understanding of higher-level (upper-intermediate and advanced) business articles and listening passages by correctly answering comprehension questions about them.
Apply target principles and key functional language used in business meetings, negotiations, presentations, and/or consensus-building (reaching agreement).
Apply target principles of English grammar and usage when conveying messages in English.
Write clear, courteous, correctly formatted, and grammatically correct e-mail, minutes, guidelines, press releases, and/or reports.
Identify cultural differences that commonly present challenges in cross-cultural business situations and offer solutions.

Tuition

Tuition: $1,500 per 11-week term
Technology Fee: $90 per term
Books: FREE
This program does not qualify for Title IV financial aid assistance.

Flexible Schedules

MCC offers flexible schedules. Students must attend 18 hours per week.

Convenient Locations in Downtown Chicago, Skokie and Naperville

Chicago (Main Campus)

100 South Wacker Drive, LL 1-50
Chicago, IL 60606

CTA Trains: Washington/Wells stop on the CTA Red, Blue, Brown, Green, Pink and Orange lines
Ogilvie Transportation Center (Metra)
Union Station (Metra and Amtrak)