printer friendly pageEFSLANG 683W: Workshop in Written Communication for International Students
Provides support in the development of English writing skills for non-natives. Writing assignments are negotiated with the instructor and may include practice in composition, SAT or TOEFL writing, and writing university application essays and statements of purpose. Students taking the course for 2 units will have additional individual assignments and a 50-minute tutorial each week. Limited to visiting undergraduates and students in the High School Summer College program.
Last offered: Summer 2019
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.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 12 units total)
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 Coordinator:
EFSLANG 690A, 690B, 691, 693B.
Last offered: Summer 2019
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 coordinator.
Last offered: Summer 2019
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. No previous improvisation or theater experience necessary.
Last offered: Summer 2019
EFSLANG 689P: Pronunciation
The sounds of English, and stress, intonation, and rhythm patterns important to natural-sounding speech.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
EFSLANG 689V: Vocabulary and Idiom
Building vocabulary for academic success. Idiomatic language, and what idioms and metaphors reflect about American culture. Enrollment limited to 14.
Last offered: Summer 2018
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
EFSLANG 690A: Interacting in English
Strategies for communicating effectively in social and academic settings. Informal and formal language used in campus settings, including starting and maintaining conversations, asking questions, making complaints, and contributing ideas and opinions. Simulations and discussions, with feedback on pronunciation, grammar, and usage.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
Instructors:
Lockwood, R. (PI)
EFSLANG 690B: Academic Discussion
Skills for effective participation in classroom settings, seminars, and research group meetings. Pronunciation, grammar, and appropriateness for specific tasks. Feedback on language and communication style. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite:
EFSLANG 690A or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
EFSLANG 690C: Advanced Interacting in English
Communication skills for extended discourse such as storytelling and presenting supported arguments. Development of interactive listening facility and overall intelligibility and accuracy. Goal is advanced fluency in classroom, professional and social settings. Identification of and attention to individual patterned errors. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite:
EFSLANG 690B or consent of instructor. Enrollment limited to 14.n
https://language.stanford.edu/programs/efs/l
Last offered: Spring 2022
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
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