New English Language Institute Undergraduate English for Academic Purposes Curriculum

New English Language Institute Undergraduate English for Academic Purposes Curriculum

Academic Year:
2019 - 2020 (June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020)
Funding Requested:
$10,000.00
Project Dates:
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Overview of the Project:
The English Language Institute (ELI), an LSA program which provides English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses and co-curricular learning opportunities to international graduate students, has been charged with developing undergraduate courses and co-curricular offerings. Since 2013, the almost 2000 international undergraduate students at U-M have had no access to EAP instruction. This faculty group has been tasked with designing a cutting-edge undergraduate EAP curriculum that reflects the latest research on EAP instruction to engage diverse international undergraduates across the University of Michigan. These courses will be carefully crafted to meet the specific reading, writing, speaking, and listening needs of international undergraduates on U-M’s Ann Arbor campus. They will be supplemented with co-curricular offerings, including one-to-one language studio consultations, EAP workshops, and an online pre-arrival course. We will also develop concrete plans for coordination and collaboration with stakeholder units. The FDF-funded portion of our work will begin with a Spring 2020 retreat during which the findings from data collected and analyzed in the prior year and outlines for prospective courses will be reviewed. We will then move on to creating detailed syllabi and teaching materials for specific courses and co-curricular offerings. The overarching goal is to provide comprehensive language, academic, and intercultural support that will ensure the success of every international student on campus.
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Source URL: https://crlt.umich.edu/node/113413