English Language for High School Students
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July 21–August 15, 2008
The Secondary School Intensive English Language Program is a selective four-week summer program open to international secondary school sophomores, juniors, and seniors with advanced English language proficiency. Challenging and rewarding, this program offers students a preview of college while they improve their English and learn about American society, politics, and the environment.
This program helps students develop balanced proficiency in listening, reading, speaking, and writing. It prepares students to master the methods used in American universities—analyzing and producing academic work in English, developing a wide and sophisticated vocabulary, and improving their use of English in group and individual research projects, formal writing, oral presentations, and seminar discussions about scholarly papers, novels, and other forms of contemporary literature. Information presented in English in different media on the themes of politics and the environment serve as springboards for oral and written work in daily skills classes and several workshops each week. Once a week, students attend a lecture by a Harvard professor or visit a local site of academic and cultural importance. Each Friday, they join other students in participating in a plenary lecture and discussion session led by a Harvard professor.
Learn how to apply.
Program Cost
| Application fee (nonrefundable) | $50 | |
| English language course tuition | $2,350 | |
| On-campus housing (room and board) | $2,200 | |
| Housing prepayment | $460 | |
| $230 of the housing prepayment is nonrefundable. | ||
| Health insurance | $75 |
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Important Dates
| Application deadline (see How to Apply) |
May 1 |
| I-20 certificate requests |
early January through May 1 |
| Registration |
early March through June 1 |
| Students move in to dormitories | July 20 |
| Classes begin | July 21 |
| Classes and exams end |
August 15 |
| Dormitories close | noon, August 16 |