The English Language Institute office at CSI is open from Monday through Friday 9-5pm Our course of study is designed to challenge and engage students.
The English Language Institute (ELI) of the Center for Global Engagement has offered innovative academic programs for students learning English as a Second Language since the late 1970’s. It belongs to the City University of New York (CUNY) through the College of Staten Island. Students are immersed in the language, culture, and ethnicity of New York City. Classes range from beginner to the advanced level.
Step off the plane into a new adventure! Welcome to the USA, NYC, and the College of Staten Island! Our ICPNA scholarship students are living the dream this month. Dolphin Cove is the student housing of choice in NYC, especially as it’s one very few on campus accommodations in the five boroughs. The perfect place to call home base.
As cool as you may think it is, the Statue of Liberty is always even more impressive close up. But it’s more than just a statue as well. It symbolizes the best of the U.S. A. And tells the immigrant story, which is the story of NYC. You become part of this when you come from somewhere else to be here.
Our eyes are bigger, and our legs are stronger. We walked all over Manhattan with expert guided tours of well-known sites during our ICPNA scholarship students’ first week in NYC. Want to see Alexander Hamilton’s burial place and the whispering arches of Grand Central after class? Join us in NYC with a student or tourist visa.
When it all comes together. The class reading and lectures about Immigration in NYC 1900s feels more real when you’re in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where everyone arrived. Students visited the Museum at Eldridge Street to learn about the journey Eastern European Jews and other populations made to come to the USA in the past and see how it connects to now. Plus a quick tour around Wall Street and breaking bread together. ELI for the win! ̇ngilizceöğreniyorum
When it all comes together. The class reading and lectures about Immigration in NYC 1900s feels more real when you’re in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where everyone arrived. Students visited the Museum at Eldridge Street to learn about the journey Eastern European Jews and other populations made to come to the USA in the past and see how it connects to now. Plus a quick tour around Wall Street and breaking bread together. ELI for the win!
We’re coming together as a group and doing big things! We’ve got great teachers, brilliant visiting lecturers, very NYC specific classes and trips, and Dolphin Cards! Welcome to NYC’s best summer Intensive English program.
Graduation Speech! Our nominated Foundations level graduation speaker Aseel gave an well practiced and thoughtful speech honoring her classmates and teachers for all they achieved Spring 2026. Work hard, have goals, and you may be a star on stage one day too! Thank you, Aseel🙏
Celebrate our graduates! Here’s the quickest look at their ceremony. We honored their achievements, great grades and high test scores (over 550 on the TOEFL!) The professors and the Dean shared inspiring words. Our student speakers communicated confidently from the heart. What a day! ̇ngilizceöğreniyorum
Top test scores, great attendance, killer presentations and amazing published writing - these stellar students have it all. Our valedictorians had the top GPA in their respective levels, and the Salutatorians were decimal places behind. We are proud of their accomplishments and the progress they’ve made as English speakers. Do as they do, and you’ll learn English quickly and well too! ̇ngilizceöğreniyorum
The big day is almost here! We’ll hold our Spring 2026 English Language Institute graduation ceremony this Friday, May 8. Our students will take the TOEFL exam in the morning and receive their certificates in the afternoon at a ceremony with speeches and catering, and a keynote address from Dean Takacs.
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |