ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Intensive Summer English Program
Dates: July 28-August 22
The intensive English course has students at all levels (beginning, intermediate and advanced) working five days a week, six hours a day, for four weeks, to improve their English skills. Instructors teach pronunciation and conversation, reading comprehension, composition, structure, and vocabulary. Class size is limited, ensuring excellent teacher-student interaction and individual attention. Activities (tours to local agencies, businesses, and museums) expose students to American culture and provide opportunities to practice spoken English with native speakers.
Students from all walks of life (undergraduates, graduates, professionals, etc), representing a wide variety of countries, make the course very exciting and require that English become the common language during the program.
A Certificate of Completion is awarded to all students who successfully complete the Intensive English Program.
CAS 089—0 credits
No audits
English as a Second Language: General Skills
July 28-August 22
MTWRF 9 a.m.-3 p.m.;
General Public, $1,590: CRN 10640
UR , $625: CRN 10652; J. O’Neil
This course provides instruction in pronunciation and conversation, reading comprehension, composition, structures, and vocabulary. Methods of instruction include oral class participation, written homework, and taped listening exercises.
CAS 090—0 credits
No audits
English as a Second Language: Teaching Assistants
July 28-August 22
MTWRF 9 a.m.-3 p.m.;
General Public, $1,590; CRN 10669
UR, $625; CRN 10674; Staff
Open to all current or future University of Rochester teaching assistants with advanced English skills, this special section of instruction of the intensive summer program explores the linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical components of teaching in an American university. Each student is responsible for several classroom presentations, which are used to analyze teaching strategies.
FALL 2008 and SPRING 2009
Sample Course Offerings:
- CAS 082 ESL: U.S. Culture and Society I—Conversation and Grammar Review for Beginning and Intermediate Students
- CAS 083 ESL: U.S. Culture and Society II—Conversation, Grammar, and Reading
- CAS 084 ESL: Teaching in American Universities—Issues and Techniques for Graduate Teaching Assistants
- CAS 085 ESL: Pronunciation and Accent Reduction
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