Space is still available in our post-spring break sections, and we’d appreciate your forwarding this information to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
These free, non-credit offerings are designed to give international graduate students additional language support in both written and oral communication. Courses are targeted toward new students but are appropriate for anyone who would benefit from an extra layer of English language support in their academic interactions.
- Academic Writing for Graduate Students
Newly condensed into a three-week format, this course will provide an overview of the major rhetorical and stylistic features of academic writing at the graduate level. It will focus on important linguistic features and on common strategies for organizing information. Emphasis will be placed on students developing familiarity with the writing style of their own academic disciplines.
Textbook
required.
Tuesdays/Thursdays, April 9-26, 12 PM – 2 PM
Location: SASB North 0127
- Research Presentation Skills
This course will help non-native English speaking scholars prepare a presentation of their research for a conference, a class, or other presentation occasion. The course will focus on the language of effective presentations, with tips for engaging the audience, for keeping their attention, for managing questions and discussion periods, and general pronunciation feedback.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 9 – April 25, 9:30 AM – 11 AM
Location: SASB North 0127
Speaking Group welcomes American and international participants from the campus and the community. Groups meet for an hour every week to discuss topics of culture, university life, or language learning strategies and resources.
Fridays, 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Graduate Student Center
This weekly workshop series focuses on high-frequency grammatical structures in scholarly publication
, local dialect features, and culturally appropriate language for potentially sensitive topics. Emphasis will be placed on discourse analysis in participants’ own disciplines. No registration required.
Wednesdays, January 16 – April 24, 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Carrington Hall 217
No registration required
