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Regional English Language Institute

The Regional English Language Institute (RELI) was established in 2008 with the purpose of helping both lay and ordained church leaders from the Mekong River region to study English through an intensive English course conducted by international and local English teachers. At the same time these students could take certain theological courses and experience life in the seminary. We hope that when they graduate they will be able to make an important contribution to their community and to their churches.

LTS has been participating in the development of theological education in the Mekong River region for many years, and we know that the opportunities of advanced studies or government work for Christians are still limited. Christians often find it difficult to be considered for suitable positions. However, having good English proficiency could help them find work in the private sector and in this way assist the Christian communities in the region to have a greater impact on the development of their society. In addition, this will hopefully help the churches in the region to improve their economic self-sustainability.

RELI is established under the assistance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We are very thankful to them for their support all along, especially for the theological development of the Mekong River region in offering students, like those from Laos, with a diversified and practical theological training.

This program contains the following courses:

EN1000	Intensive Summer Course
	1.	All students will take an initial language test for an initial check of their level. Then individual needs can be ascertained and a specific grammar program developed.
	2.	Program to assist adjustment to a multilingual environment and the　demands of studying in English.
	3.	Program to assist settling into seminary life.

EN1001	English Listening and Reading Comprehension
	1.	General basic vocabulary – most common words, most common verbs, most common academic words, word formation.
	2.	Basic listening skills – phoneme discrimination, stress and tone, listening to reports, talks, announcements, and presentations.
	3.	Basic theological concepts and vocabulary according to the classes chosen by the students.

EN1002	Oral Skills
	1.	Pronunciation – voice mechanics, phonics, stress and rhythm, breath groups.
	2.	Basic oral communicative skills – voice projection, body language, eye contact and gestures.
	3.	Discussion skills and presentation skills.

EN1003	Tutorial I
	1.	Introduction to music, songs, books, CD’s, DVD’s and suitable websites to increase knowledge of world culture and the world wide church.
	2.	Outings to support general knowledge exposure.
	3.	Support in language issues relating to the theological classes chosen by the students.

EN1004	Tutorial II
	Similar to Tutorial I.

EN1005	Reading and Writing Skills
	1.	Writing – parts of speech, sentence components, logical development of short written discourse, re-writing of short items, basic editing and proofreading.
	2.	Reading – headings, topic sentences, comprehension of short passages, cohesive devices.

EN1006	English Academic Writing
	Basic academic writing – formal letters, short proposals, short reports, questionnaires, interpretation of data, short presentations, projects.