Non-Native Speakers of English

English Language Center

Lecture Hall 237
Phone: 410-704-2552
Fax: 410-704-2090
Email: elc@towson.edu

The English Language Center offers intensive English instruction to students who are preparing for admission to the university or for international and permanent resident students who want to further develop their English skills. The center also welcomes individuals who are not preparing for university study but who wish to improve their language skills for employment purposes. Courses are designed to develop a student’s speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. 

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Liberal Arts Building 5330L (inside the Writing Center suite)
Phone: 410-704-2110

The ESOL program offers ESOL sections of ENGL 102 and ESOL courses. The ESOL testing coordinator tests non-native speakers of English admitted to the university who scored below 100 on the iBT TOEFL and places them into either ENGL 102 or ESOL courses.