Students will increase fluency and confidence in speaking through informal class discussions and short impromptu presentations. Students will strengthen speaking skills including stating opinions/preferences, discussing world events, making hypothetical statements, and giving instructions. Students will build listening comprehension and note-taking skills with recorded mock lectures and previewing regular academic classes. Students will utilize the campus library to acquire research skills in preparation for researched presentations. Students will demonstrate understanding of APA formatting and referencing in academic presentations. Students will demonstrate an understanding of research and academic analysis by completing academic PowerPoint presentations. With the use of a visual aid, students will make a short (3-5 minute) presentation of their researched topic. Prerequisite: Students assigned to this course have scored between a 41-45 composite score on the listening comprehension section of the Internet-based TOEFL test administered by international programs at the beginning of each semester.
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
Students will increase fluency and confidence through informal class-writing such as journaling. Students will analyze and respond to fiction and non-fiction texts independently in formal and informal writing assignments. Students will acquire and master the use of new vocabulary through various reading and writing assignments. Students will further understand function and form of the English parts of speech. Students will understand how to go from writing a sentence, to writing a paragraph, to writing a five-paragraph analytical essay. Students will begin to develop writing skills that will lead them to academic success; they will become aware of the importance of word choice, sentence structure, and organizational techniques through process writing. Students will understand and demonstrate the ability to write persuasively,descriptively, and informatively. Students will utilize the campus library to acquire research skills. Students will read and analyze multi-disciplinary resources and incorporate them into short formal academic writing assignments. Students will understand the consequences of plagiarism and how to avoid it using paraphrasing and summarizing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of APA formatting and referencing in academic writing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of research and academic analysis by completing a five-paragraph written research assignment. Prerequisite: Students assigned to this course have scored between a 40-44 composite score on the Written Expression section and between a 40-46 composite score on the Reading Comprehension section of the Internet-based TOEFL test administered by international programs at the beginning of each semester.
Students will increase fluency and confidence in speaking through informal class discussions and unscripted speech in presentations and debates. Students will learn and demonstrate appropriate formal and informal word-phrasing, colloquial and academic speech, and the differences in their usages. Students will learn to effectively produce the sounds of American English phonetics through pronunciation practice. Students will acquire listening, note-taking, and comprehension skills through previewing regular academic classes and weekly classroom exercises. Students will utilize the campus library to acquire research skills in preparation for researched presentations. Students will demonstrate understanding of APA formatting and referencing in academic presentations. Students will demonstrate an understanding of research and academic analysis by completing academic PowerPoint presentations. Prerequisite: Students assigned to this course have scored between a 46-50 composite score on the listening comprehension section of the Internet-based TOEFL test administered by international programs at the beginning of each semester.
Students will increase fluency and confidence through informal class writing. Students will analyze and respond to fiction and non-fiction texts independently in formal and informal writing assignments. Students will further understand function and form of the English parts of speech. Students will understand and interpret academic and formal written language on a variety of topics. Students will demonstrate an understanding of academic and formal language through essay writing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of formal organization and structure in academic writing. Students will utilize the campus library to acquire research skills. Students will read and analyze multi-disciplinary resources and incorporate them into formal academic writing assignments. Students will understand the consequences of plagiarism and how to avoid it using paraphrasing and summarizing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of APA formatting and referencing in academic writing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of research and academic analysis by completing a written research assignment. Prerequisite: Students assigned to this course have scored between a 45-50 composite score on the Written Expression section and between a 47-51 composite score on the Reading Comprehension section of the Internet-based l TOEFL test administered by international programs at the beginning of each semester.