The Foreign Language Institute now brings three programs together under one roof: foreign-language instruction for our community, academic English preparation for incoming international students, and teacher-training certification for English-language educators.
Foreign Languages
Credit and noncredit courses in 13 languages, for college students, high schoolers and the Springfield community — online, blended and in person.
Who can attend
College students at MSU and partner institutions, high schoolers earning transferable credit, and community members — including youth summer camps.
English as a Foreign Language — I Succeed
A 14-credit, first-semester course package for new international undergraduates pairing academic English with campus orientation — required at B1, optional at B2+.
Who can attend
New international undergraduates — required at English level B1, and open by choice to students at B2 or higher.
CELTA Teacher Training
A 120-hour, 19-week certification to launch or grow a career teaching English at home or abroad — one of the world’s most widely accepted TEFL/TESOL qualifications.
Who can attend
Anyone starting or advancing a career in TEFL/TESOL — no prior teaching experience required.
Choose a Language
Hear from our Students
English as a Foreign Language
After one week, I understood the program really helped me feel more confident when
I talk to people — and I started to talk more like a native speaker. That made me
really happy about my English.
Alessandro
General Business
At first the hardest thing was speaking English with confidence. Little by little
that changed — now I feel really proud of my progress, and that confidence opened
new opportunities for me, including the job I have today.
Pablo
Graphic Design
CELTA
It was well-organized, the students were patient and interested, and the atmosphere
was supportive.
CELTA graduate
Anonymous
[What I liked about CELTA was] the genuine interest that teachers had in ensuring
student successes over the course of the program, the limited actual attendance hours
so more work could be done interspersed throughout the week, the appropriate sequential
increase in difficulty and complexity of the assignments at a rate for which it was
easy to keep course.
CELTA graduate
Anonymous
How to enroll
Determine what course options the Foreign Language Institute can offer you.
Attending the FLI
- Most courses are held in downtown Springfield, in the Jim D. Morris Center
- Most courses are held in the evenings
- For-credit courses are taught in a four-semester sequence
Partner Institutions
Evangel University Ozarks Technical Community College
Mission University Southwest Baptist University
Contact the Foreign Language Institute
Questions about courses, enrollment or which program is right for you? Our team is happy to help.
- Location
- Jim D. Morris Center Downtown Springfield, MO
- Telephone
- 417-836-5000
- Relay Missouri
- 711 or 800-735-2966
- FLI@MissouriState.edu
- Address
- Missouri State University
Springfield