ELI's 70th Anniversary
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- Summer 2023 EAP Goes to Detroit!
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- Winter 2024 Course for International Scholars, Researchers, Faculty, Staff, and Post-Docs Now Open for Registration
- Student to Student Event: Gingerbread Houses Decorating!
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- Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos Named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar
- Diane Larsen-Freeman in the News
In June 1941, by action of the Board of Regents, the English Language Institute was established at the University of Michigan.
The charge to the ELI was twofold: to conduct research in teaching English as a foreign language and to test new scientifically-based materials for the teaching of English.
In the first year, the ELI inaugurated an intensive course in English as a foreign language, the first ever offered on a university campus in the Western Hemisphere.
Read more of the ELI's story on our History page.
Release Date:
09/24/2011