310. Reading and Vocabulary Development. Permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
This course is designed for non-native graduate and undergraduate
students who have sufficient language proficiency to be admitted
to the University, but who could profit from instruction in reading
strategies appropriate for processing academic vocabulary. Students
will be evaluated on their successful completion of regular assignments
and a midterm and final exam. Cost:1 WL:3 (Reinhart)
312. Academic Grammar I. Permission of
instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
This course is designed for non-native graduate and undergraduate
students who have sufficient language proficiency to be admitted
to the University, but who still lack control of key grammatical
structures such as tense and voice usage, articles, relative clauses, and patterns of cohesions. Focus will be on accurate use of grammar
in both written and spoken contexts. Cost:1 WL: 3 (Reinhart)
320. Writing for Academic Purposes I. Permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
This course is designed for non-native graduate and undergraduate
students who have sufficient language proficiency to be admitted
to the University, but who need to improve their writing skills
to perform successfully in academic work. The course includes
instruction and practice in the writing of a range of texts for
academic purposes, e.g., extended definitions, introductions, descriptions of processes, and data commentaries. Grades are based
on regular attendance, satisfactory completion of specified writing
assignments, and satisfactory performance on a final evaluation
task or project. Cost:1 WL:3 (Parker)
321. Writing for Academic Purposes II. Permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
Students may be assigned to this course based on their performance
in ELI 320 or the Academic English Evaluation. The course focuses
on organization and coherence in longer pieces of writing, and includes practice in argumentation, transitions, conciseness, and patterns of organization. A 6-8 page paper is required. (Cost:
1) (WL:3) (Parker)
330. Language and Communication I. Permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
This course is designed for non-native undergraduate and graduate
students. The focus will be on interpersonal communication skills
including: two-way interactions, group interaction, student-professor
consultations and student-student negotiations. Classes meet two
hours per week for ten weeks. Evaluation will be ongoing in terms
of class participation, completion and quality of assignments
and a final assessment of proficiency. Cost:1 WL:3 (Axelson)
333. Listening and Communication. Permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
With a focus on academic English as a Second Language, this course
will emphasize the development of effective listening strategies.
It will feature communicative exchanges in classroom, seminar, discussion session, and laboratory reporting settings. Work will
follow a format which uses interactive task activities involving
all class members as either a speaker/responder or a listener/responder
in a variey of presentations and follow-up question-and-answer
interactins. This course is for non-native graduate and undergraduate
students and is a follow-up to ELI 330 Language and Communication
I. Students may be assigned to the course based on their performance
in ELI 330, or on the Academic Entry Examination or after an oral
interview with an ELI counselor. Class meetings are two hours
a week for ten weeks. Grades are based on regular attendance, successful completion of assignments, and final assessment of
proficiency. Cost:1 WL:3 (Morley)
334. Speaking in Academic Contexts. Permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
This course is designed for non-native graduate and undergraduate
students who have sufficient language proficiency to be admitted
to the University, but who need to improve their speaking skills
in order to perform successfully in their academic work. Class
meetings are twice a week for ten weeks. Instruction focuses on
speaking skills within an academic context. Course material includes:
1) academic discussion, 2) summarizing, 3) paraphrasing, and 4)
oral presentations. [Cost:1] [WL:3] (Reinhart)
336. Pronunciation I. Permission of instructor.
A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward a degree.
(1). (Excl).
This basic course is designed to serve two purposes. The first
is to meet short range goals of improving speech intelligibility through modification of articulation (i.e., selected
vowels, consonants, consonant clusters, syllabics, etc.) and vocal qualities (i.e., selected features of phrasing, stress, unstress, reductions, rhythm, linking, intonation, etc.).
The second purpose of the course is to guide students in developing
processes which will enable them to continue self-modification
of pronunciation after formal course work ends. This is the first
in a sequence of 3 courses focussing on pronunciation. Cost:1
WL:3
337. Pronunciation II. ELI 336 and permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
This is the second in a series of 3 courses focussing on pronunciation.
This intermediate course will include a very rapid review of the
fundamentals of spoken English as covered more intensely in Pronunciation
I. Then the work will move to a dual focus. In class sessions
once a week students will concentrate on modifying speech fluency, with work on elements of stress, rhythm, rate, pacing and pausing, and vocal qualitites. In small group sessions once a week students
will concentrate on modifying accuracy in spoken English with
work on sounds and combinations. Self-study programming and small-group
filming and critiquing sessions will focus on students' individual
needs. This course is intended as an intermediate/ advanced course.
(Parker)
338. Voice and Articulation. Permission
of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl).
A high-intermediate speech/pronunciation course designed to enable
non-native speakers of English to enhance their accuracy and fluency through instruction in aspects of vocal control and articulatory
phonetics; it will include a focus on general elements of oral
communication and communicability. (Imber)
380. Introduction to International Teaching Assistants
Instruction. ITA screening exam and permission of
instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward
a degree. (1). (Excl). Offered mandatory credit/no credit.
This course is designed for and restricted to international graduate
students who are being considered for teaching assistantships
at the University. The main purposes of the course are to familiarize
students with the role of a TA on campus, and to improve their
English language abilities in classroom activities. For example, students in the course will present topic introductions, definitions, announcements, explanations, responses to questions, and interactive
presentations. The course is graded credit/no credit and may be
repeated for credit with the instructor's permission. Cost:1 WL:3
(Axelson)
383. ITA Interacting Skills. ITA screening
exam and permission of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits
may be counted toward a degree. (1). (Excl). Offered mandatory
credit/no credit.
This course is designed for and restricted to international graduate
students who are being considered for teaching assistantships
at the University. The purpose of this course is to develop the
interactive language skills required for effective and appropriate
communication in office hours, the laboratory, and classroom exchange
students. In class, students will learn to facilitate problem
solving with undergraduates, to respond to student questions, and to lead discussions. This course will be graded credit/no
credit and may be repeated with the instuctor's permission Cost:1
WL:3 (Axelson)
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