UHD - ELI

Welcome to the University of Houston

Downtown's English Language Institute!

Our free English practice lessons are for your enjoyment and self-improvement. This is not a complete program in English. Each lesson is at a different level of difficulty (six levels). You can do a new one each month. Here is the schedule.

January and July	–	low beginner
February and August	–	high beginner
March and September	–	low intermediate
April and October	–	high intermediate
May and November	–	low advanced
June and December	–	high advanced

Every practice is graded when you submit it so you can see your success and mistakes instantly. Visit our site every month for a new lesson and plan to visit us in Houston for a longer English course!

If you have questions, please email us at webenglish@uhd.edu.

GETTING STARTED

View minimum requirements

To gain entry to the course, enter your information in the boxes below and SUBMIT it to us. Lessons are given in a web program called WebCT.You will receive your WebCT user name and password immediately. You can then practice with our free English lessons at any time of the day or night without limit. Have FUN!

Fill out this form for your User Name and Password for the free English lessons.
Family Name:
First Name:
Email Address:
Street Address:
Country:
Mail Code:
Education:
Age range:
Are you planning to come to the USA to study English?
Click the button below to submit the form

Minimum Requirements:

Your computer: (minimum)

Pentium processor

16MB Ram

15 inch monitor, 800 x 600 resolution

50 MB of free space on your hard drive

mouse, keyboard and speakers

Your software:

Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP operating system

Browser:

Netscape 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, or 7.0
Explorer 5.0 or higher, or AOL 7.0

Real Player 8 or Quicktime 3.0

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Cache settings: "compare the page to the cache – each visit to the page"

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