including university teachers with no higher degrees, ones with little relevant qualifications or experience (only one of 14 with an actual Masters in ESL and only 5 of 14 with over two years’ TESL experience), no evaluation of instructors or their assessments, no need for an outside test like ToEFL to progress to the university courses, and, most shocking of all, allowing students who have been spotted plagiarising to pass anyway – though it must be said that the evidence, especially about the last one, is quite limited. Judge it for yourself here:

Concerns about intensive English program