The following courses are subject to availability. Please visit One Stop to register online. Spring Quarter begins March 30, 2009.

18-ESL-603- 001 Speaking/Listening Skills II (110352)*
3 credit hrs.  T & TH 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
This class will assist students achieving intermediate academic listening and speaking skills. Students will enhance their skills in giving presentations, debates, and class discussion. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills through negotiation, expression of opinions and speech persuasion. Students will broaden their academic vocabulary through the exploration of collocations and idioms. Aspects of American culture, especially university culture, will be covered as well.
Prereq:  18ESL602, OEPT, Placement Test, or Permission of Instructor.

18-ESL-604-901 Oral Presentation Skills (110353)*   
3 credit hrs.   T & TH 7:00 pm-8:15 pm
The goals of this course are to develop the academic presentation skills necessary for teaching and presenting in graduate seminars or professional meetings. Students will learn techniques for audience analysis, selection and organization of materials, developing and supporting arguments, dealing with questions, and effective oral delivery. Several videotaped oral presentations are required.

Prereq:  18ESL603, OEPT, Placement Test, or Permission of Instructor.

18-ESL-605-901 Improving Pronunciation (110354)*
3 credit hrs. T & TH 7:00 pm-8:15 pm
 Improving Pronunciation is a classroom-based course that focuses on comprehensible articulation of vowels and consonants as well as the rhythm, stress and intonation of North American English speech This course should be taken by students who are already fluent in English, but who want to improve their pronunciation skills for more effective communication through practice activities that include speech/sound analysis, dialogue generation, role-play, and simulation and ethnographic assignments.
Prereq:  OEPT, Placement Test, or Permission of Instructor.

18-ESL-608-001 Editing Skills (110355)*                                                          
3 credit hrs. T & TH 2:00 pm-3:15 pm

Prereq:  18ESL603, OEPT, Placement Test, or Permission of Instructor.

18-ESL-609-001 Introduction to Academic Writing (110356)*
3 credit hrs. M & W 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
This course serves as a continuation of 18-ESL-608 and is designed to familiarize students with the basic genres of academic writing seen across the disciplines and the modes of discourse that often characterize the writing in these genres.  Students will be responsible for producing three major writing assignments: an Abstract, a Research Plan, and a Literature Review, all of which will draw on authentic models from the specific disciplines of class members.  Several shorter papers will also be required through which students will become more familiar with some of the modes of discourse which inform various types of academic writing: summary, extended definition, process, critique, and synthesis.  Many class periods will be conducted in a workshop format, and students will be expected to share their own works in progress as well as contribute thoughtfully and constructively on the works of their peers.
Prereq:  18ESL608, Placement Test, or Permission of Instructor.

18-ESL-610-001 Academic Writing for International Students (110357)*
3 credit hrs. M & W 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
This workshop course is designed to assist non-native speakers of English to recognize, analyze, and use academic criticism practices in discipline-specific research articles.  Using texts from the student’s courses, this reading and writing workshop will focus on the analysis of various genres present in their discipline, thus raising awareness of the generic features used by authors in different contexts.  Acquiring this knowledge will enable students to manipulate the language features in their field in order to develop a portfolio of practical approaches to reading and writing.
Prereq:  18ESL609, Placement Test, or Permission of Instructor.

18-ESL-710-901 Communication Skills for International TA's(110358)
3 credit hrs. M & W 7:00 pm-8:15 pm
This course is designed to assist International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) to acquire, improve, and practice the skills they need for success in their instructional duties. The course focuses on the American educational system, teaching skills, and classroom language use from pronunciation to pragmatics.

*Unless indicated otherwise the classes can be taken for graduate or undergraduate credit