Transfer Student Courses in English Language Institute (Division 363)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

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Section 001, 002.

Instructor(s): Sue Reinhart (susanrei@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward a degree. (1). (Excl).

Credits: (1).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course is designated to introduce students to a range of short text-types, e.g., definitions, descriptions or process, data commentaries, summaries and introductions to research. The focus is on organizing texts cohesively, recognizing and producing an appropriate academic style of writing, and improving grammatical accuracy.

In class activities include individual and small group writing tasks. Short text types are assigned each week and students are expected to rewrite in response to editing comments. Students meet individually with instructor throughout the term.

Section 001 – ELI 332 is a 7 Week Course.

Instructor(s): Julia Salehzadeh (juliasal@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. A maximum of four ELI credits may be counted toward a degree. (1). (Excl).

Credits: (1).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course is to help students improve their listening and note-taking skills in academic contexts. Listening skill practice includes pre-listening preparation, listening for specific information, and increasing awareness of structural cues. Note-taking skills include deciding what to write down, organizing information, and develping a system of shortcuts and abbreviations.

In class teachers use a variety of lectures to focus on specific listening and note-taking skills. Students focus on the discourse and organization of the lecture to improve the stategies for listening effectively in an academic classroom.