Certified Intensive English Program (CIEP) at ELS Language Centers

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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

The CIEP is the core full-time proficiency course at ELS Language Centers Malaysia, structured into 9 levels grouped as Beginning (101–103), Intermediate (104–106), and Advanced (107–109). It runs full-time over 4 weeks per session (20 days), with 28 lessons per week covering "speaking, listening, reading, writing, pronunciation, vocabulary and gramma r". Components include Structure and Speaking Practice, Reading and Writing, Conversation, and E-Learning Language Technology (LTC).

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Full-time attendance over a 4-week session (20 days), with 28 lessons per week of classroom instruction

Constraints

• Attendance requirements are very stringent: students were required not to miss class for more than 3 days

Target Learners

• Low-scoring Malaysian Form 4 secondary school students

Learning Goals

• General English language proficiency across listening, speaking, reading, and writing, plus grammar, spelling, and pronunciation

Claims

• A one-month intensive English program significantly improved general English proficiency scores of low-scoring Malaysian secondary students [+W]
• Most low-scoring students were placed in level 103 (high elementary) of the CIEP following the placement test [+W]
• The present study's significant gains contrast with Brown's (1992) claim that intensive programs are not beneficial for elementary-level learners [+W]
• All 30 students passed their assigned CIEP levels and 17 students moved out of the elementary level by passing level 103 [+W]

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Key Sources

• Jayakaran Mukundan, Elaheh Hamed Mahvelati & Vahid Nimehchisalem. (2012). The Effect of an Intensive English Program on Malaysian Secondary School Students’ Language Proficiency. English Language Teaching, 5(11). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n11p1

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Field	Value
type	design
id	ciep-els-certified-intensive-english-program
title	Certified Intensive English Program (CIEP) at ELS Language Centers
description	The CIEP is the core full-time proficiency course at ELS Language Centers Malaysia, structured into 9 levels grouped as Beginning (101–103), Intermediate (104–106), and Advanced (107–109).
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-03
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources	1 — jayakaran-mukundan-2012

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