(EIL 201) The International Student in the University
Focuses on the cultural and language needs of international students. Addresses university policies, academic skills, and social and cultural adjustment.
Credit Hours | 2.0 Lecture |
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Prerequisite | None |
Offered | Fall, Winter, Spring |
Programs | - |
Course Outcomes
1. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: reading at an adequate rate; using effective reading strategies; learning key vocabulary in the text; focusing on important information; text marking and highlighting; passing quizzes and tests on the content; participating in class in ways that demonstrate understanding.
2. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: listening to extended academic discourse; using effective listening strategies; using effective note-taking skills; asking questions and making comments in whole-class settings; passing quizzes and tests on the content using lecture notes; participating in class in ways that demonstrate understanding
3. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: participating in whole-class and group interactions both during class and outside of class in culturally and academically appropriate ways; speaking with adequate fluency; using an intelligible accent.
4. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: writing academic texts that are sensitive to the audience and purpose of the assignment; writing both with support and independently; using correct grammar and academic vocabulary; writing papers of varying types and lengths that clearly communicate their learning
5. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: expressing one’s learning through extended oral discourse; organizing information in a logical manner; using correct grammar and academic vocabulary; speaking with a sufficient degree of fluency; speaking with an intelligible accent; giving an oral presentation
6. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: using the words accurately in their speech and writing; recognizing AWL words in reading texts and lectures; passing vocabulary tests.
7. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: passing tests of various formats with a variety of purposes.
8. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: taking either the Institutional TOEFL test or the SLEP test.
9. Other indicators may include, future voluntary enrollment in EIL electives; completing their responses on the university exit survey. Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: Actively tracking a custom-made Language action plan specific to each individual.