English Language Center


ELC English Language Center is a privately operated group of language schools that provide English language training in the United States. It operates through various language centers, in Los Angeles, Boston and Santa Barbara. ELC opened its first center in 1978. ELC has been accredited by ACCET. ELC Los Angeles, ELC Boston, and ELC Santa Barbara are all authorized by the US Department of Homeland Security to Issue SEVIS Form I-20.
ELC is often used by international students to improve their English for gap year study, career transitions, or to prepare for study at a U.S. university.

History

1970s and 1980s
  • ELC English Language Center was founded as an English education institute in Los Angeles, in 1978.
1990s
2000s
  • ELC Harvard Square opens in a location above Harvard Square.
  • ELC opens its second residential summer program at Suffolk University in downtown Boston, and its third residential summer program at UCSB in Goleta, CA.
2010s
  • ELC opens its fourth summer residential program at MIT.
  • ELC Santa Barbara opens on State Street.
  • ELC hosts the IALC 2017 conference in Boston.