Academic Communication
EAP 0610: Level 6 (C1 Advanced)
8-Week course
Goal #1: Develop ¼ø»Æʦapp’ abilities to follow and comprehend extended lectures on academic, general, and cultural topics in English.
Goal #2: Develop ¼ø»Æʦapp’ ability to articulate ideas in a concise and clear manner in academic/general discussion, debate, or formal presentation.
Goal #3: Develop ¼ø»Æʦapp' comprehensibility, intelligibility, and phonological awareness.
Student Learning Outcomes
Listening and Speaking
- Understand and restate main ideas, supporting ideas, details, and examples in formal presentations and academic lectures.
- Infer speakers’ meaning, purpose, and tone through prosody: rhythm, stress, and intonation.
- Describe and restate the content of lectures through production of well-organized and detailed notes.
- Defend a position using appropriate register, vocabulary, and prosody.
- Effectively use academic vocabulary and grammar when participating in academic discussion, debate, or presentation.
- Deliver well-developed presentations within specified time limits.
- Demonstrate correct grammar usage and vocabulary in informal conversation.
Pronunciation
- Demonstrate comprehensibility and intelligibility at an advanced level.
- Demonstrate effective use of prosody for effect.
- Demonstrate ability to self-correct.
- Demonstrate fluency, connected speech, and appropriate register in formal and informal communication.
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Intercultural Communication Topics
EAP 0630:
Level 6 (C1 Advanced)
8 week course
The main purpose of the Intercultural Communication Topics course is to prepare entry-level undergraduate and graduate ¼ø»Æʦapp to succeed at U.S.-based universities. The course emphasizes success by applying several cross-cutting themes, from local university essentials and communication through more specific academic domains of study skills, academic reading, discussions, and research. Intercultural Communication Topics (Academic Communication) forefronts writing/reading skills as key components of course activities, assessments, and measurable outcomes appropriate for success at the undergraduate and graduate level.
The overarching goal of the course is to help ¼ø»Æʦapp to develop their writing skills with the intended purpose of advancing their abilities to write in their respective disciplines. To ensure ¼ø»Æʦapp’ success, coursework focuses on academic preparation and acculturation, social skills building and adaptation activities, and field experiences that support learning about the context, the rationale being that international ¼ø»Æʦapp need to understand and feel at ease in the surrounding culture in order to be effective academically.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Plan strategies for time management and efficient study.
- Find and evaluate information from a variety of sources.
- Structure and present information for an academic context using appropriate referencing techniques.
- Write in two different academic genres with appropriate structure and language.
- Create a work plan through reflection on skills' development and plan goals for future study.
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