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Download full textHilton-Jones, Ursula – 1988
A new approach taken to teach English to visiting West German teenagers in an immersion course in England emphasizes language use for fluency. Although the syllabus is designed to provide practice in all four language skills, it focuses on integrating the four skills, increasing productive skills, sensitizing the students to the value of paired…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Parsons, Adelaide H.; Perdreau, Cornelia – 1983
Designed for faculty who are new to the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE), this handbook is intended as an orientation and basic reference guide. The OPIE is described as a program established at Ohio University in 1967 to offer intensive or semi-intensive English language training for non-native speakers who need English for academic study…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Faculty Handbooks, Foreign Students
Loeher, Larry, Ed; And Others – The TA at UCLA Newsletter, 1987
Four issues of a University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) newsletter by and for teaching assistants (TAs) are presented, with focus on course syllabi, sexism, teacher evaluation, and foreign TAs. Consideration is given to: a positive classroom atmosphere; myths of college instruction; use of classroom tests; lecture methods; the "abused…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions
Jourdenais, Renee – 1994
This paper presents a syllabus for an academic library skills course for college-level English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) students developed by an instructor of reading and writing in an intensive English program for upper level ESL students in a large state university. At the culmination of the 15-week program, each student was required to…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Literacy, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
Wyatt-Brown, Anne M. – 1988
An approach to teaching academic writing to foreign graduate students at the University of Florida is described. The course combines general and technical writing assignments to sharpen students' critical thinking skills while improving their organizational techniques and editing strategies. Assignments are designed to help students discover the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, English for Academic Purposes
Sjogren, Clifford F.; Kerr, Lornie G. – 1985
As part of the Projects for International Education Research, information is provided on Norwegian education and recommendations for admissions and academic placement of Norwegian students studying in U.S. colleges and universities. The overview on Norwegian education includes information on the structure of the system, the 9-year basic school,…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Graduates, College Programs, Comparative Education
Margolis, Alan M.; Monahan, Thomas J. – 1980
Medical laboratory science, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy programs in the United Kingdom (U.K.) are described, and guidelines concerning the academic placement of students from these programs who wish to study in U.S. institutions are provided. For each of the programs, attention is directed to the relevant professional bodies, career…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Programs
