printer friendly pageEFSLANG 687Y: American Language and Culture: Silicon Valley, Second Session
Closed enrollment. Intensive English language and U.S. culture program. Enrollment limited to 14. Course may be repeated once.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
Instructors:
Lockwood, R. (PI)
EFSLANG 688: Intensive English and Academic Orientation for Foreign Graduate Students
Goal is to prepare incoming international graduate students for full-time study. Academic orientation and instruction in academic writing, listening, discussion, oral presentation, and spoken usage. Enrollment limited to 14. Course may be repeated once.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 6
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 12 units total)
Instructors:
Rylance, C. (PI)
EFSLANG 688A: Intensive Spoken English
For current graduate students. Includes work on listening, oral presentation, discussion, and conversational interaction. May fulfill any two of the following EFS requirements, subject to approval by the EFS Director:
EFSLANG 690A, 690B, 691, 693B.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Rylance, C. (PI)
EFSLANG 688B: Intensive Academic Writing
For current graduate students. Focus on academic writing, with some work in reading and vocabulary development. Engineering, science, humanities, and social science students prepare a research paper; business students write one or more case studies. Fulfills requirement for
EFSLANG 697 or 698A, subject to approval by the EFSLANG Director.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Rylance, C. (PI)
EFSLANG 688V: Intensive English and Academic Orientation for Stanford Visiting Scholars
Goal is to improve English proficiency and introduce the university environment. Writing, pronunciation, listening, discussion, oral presentation, and spoken usage. Enrollment limited to 14.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 5
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
Instructors:
Rylance, C. (PI)
EFSLANG 689A: Exploring the Language and Culture of Sports in the USA
Develops familiarity with three of the most popular sports in the United States: football, baseball, and basketball. Beginning with an overview of the rules of each game and its history, students are introduced to the patterns of language that surround sports culture and pervade American communication even outside sports-related interactions. Students examine academic and popular sources on sports, focusing on the language of sports culture, metaphors, and idioms that occur in daily English language use through practice of the language forms both inside and outside the classroom. Intended for current graduate students and graduate summer visitors.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Geda, K. (PI)
EFSLANG 689B: Building Communication Skills through Improvisation
Focus on building a range of English communication skills through improvisation activities. Participants explore theatrical techniques that teach collaboration, spontaneity, team building, storytelling, and confident public speaking with connections to academic, professional, and personal situations. Course is co-taught by an improvisation expert and an ESL instructor. No previous improvisation or theater experience necessary.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Rylance, C. (PI)
EFSLANG 689E: Learning English on Your Own
Independent English language learning. Learning strategies and objectives, setting and maintaining practice schedules, and evaluating progress. Focus is on exploiting web-based resources. Individual meetings.
Last offered: Summer 2012
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
EFSLANG 689H: American Humor
Analysis of jokes, humorous stories, and situations through modern media. Practice in advanced listening comprehension and English idioms.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Streichler, S. (PI)
EFSLANG 689L: Living in the USA
Life and relationships outside the University classroom. Goal is to familiarize international students with the cultural expectations and forms of language use in a variety of situations in the University community and in other social situations. Enrollment limited to 14.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Streichler, S. (PI)
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