Language lab assignments reinforce classroom activities. This advanced oral communication course provides students with opportunities to refine their speaking and listening skills. Students improve word usage skill, discussion techniques, and oral presentations and listen and react to academic English on a variety of subjects. Language lab assignments reinforce classroom activities. Students strengthen their reading skills and expand their vocabulary by reading and reacting to adapted and authentic texts.
Students learn how to write more effectively through a variety of academic writing assignments.
Course topics include the writing and revision process, effective sentence formation and paragraph development, and short essay and research report style. Students receive instruction on English word processing programs and on the use of the Internet as a research tool. E-mail is provided. Students learn how to write effectively and persuasively through a variety of academic writing assignments which include formulating and supporting a thesis. Students strengthen their reading and writing skills by reading adapted and authentic texts and reacting to them in a variety of written forms, including short essays, reports, and summaries.