Skills enhancement in listening and speaking in academic settings for non-native speakers of English. This support course, intended primarily for upper division undergraduate and newly enrolled graduate students, provides classroom and individual instruction and practice in oral academic presentations. Credit earned in this course may not be counted toward graduation requirements. The purpose of this course is to allow students who use English as a second language to increase their listening and speaking skills while working in a university course in which a high level of standard academic English is used. The lessons will generally follow the outline suggested by the course textbook titled Speaking Solutions , with supplemental materials provided by the instructor.
Every absence negatively affects the daily participation portion of the final course grade.
Any academic dishonesty will result in failure of the course. Interaction, Presentation, Listening, and Pronunciation Skills .