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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language study with a focus on development of listening and speaking skills. Designed to complement other AES courses at the 100 level. Topics of conversation and sources of new vocabulary, idioms, and sentence patterns are taken from texts, newspapers, magazines, audio-visual materials. Prerequisite: Placement exam. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits. May be taken twice for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language instruction topics, which vary from semester to semester. Topics include the English of math, the English of the social sciences, the English of sociology and anthropology, the English of science: biology or ecology (global warming), the English of economics, the English of international affairs (globalization). Duration: half-semester. Students take two modular courses each term. Prerequisite: Placement exam. Taught: Annually, each half-semester, 2 semester credits. May be taken twice for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language study with a focus on reading strategies, vocabularybuilding skills, and critical thinking through intensive and some extensive reading. Analysis of grammatical and rhetorical patterns encountered in adapted and unadapted texts. Prerequisite: Placement exam. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language study with a focus on paragraph and essay structure, developing grammatical competence and idiomatic usage, and appropriate writing and formatting conventions. Introduction to library research skills, including databases, reference materials, and the Internet; documentation and issues of academic integrity. Formal research paper and oral presentation required. Prerequisite: Placement exam. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language study with a focus on development of academic note-taking and listening skills, vocabulary, and extensive oral work. Structured undergraduate academic class observations. Community contact through service-learning projects required. Prerequisite: Placement exam. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language instruction topics, which vary from semester to semester. Topics include computer applications, environmental issues, U.S. culture, current events. Duration: half-semester. Students take two modular courses each term. Prerequisite: Placement exam. Taught: Annually, each half-semester, 2 semester credits. May be taken twice for credit with change of topic.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language study based on unadapted readings of cultural and academic interest, fiction, and nonfiction. Focus on reading strategies, critical reading and thinking skills, as well as vocabulary acquisition skills and increased reading speed. Prerequisite: Completion of Academic English Studies 110 or placement exam. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: English language study with extensive practice in academic writing. Emphasis is on developing a wide variety of sentence types and rhetorical patterns; appropriate writing and formatting conventions, particularly as they relate to research (i.e., citations, documentation, databases, Internet resources, other reference materials); issues of academic integrity. Includes a comprehensive review of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling. Prerequisite: Completion of Academic English Studies 120 or placement exam. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits. May be taken twice for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: Advanced English language study with a focus on the development of small-group and public speaking skills. Introduction of practical speech communication principles, rhetorical styles, and critical listening requirements for successful interaction in the classroom. Prerequisite: Completion of Academic English Studies 130 or placement exam. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Anholt, Geddes, Vorholt-Alcorn, Wallin, Yoshida Content: Advanced English language study with a focus on a specific academic subject. Seminar format drawing upon all language skills through lectures, small-group discussions, presentations, projects, and research, culminating in a formal paper and oral presentation. Prerequisite: Completion of Academic English Studies 130 or placement exam. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits. May be taken twice for credit with change of topic.
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