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American Language Program
The Ohio State University
Non-credit Course Offerings
Summer 2008
| Listening & Speaking Practice A: Building Your Listening and Speaking Skills in English |
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Dates: Mondays 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. for ten weeks (June 16 – August 18)
Level: Intermediate
Text: Impact Listening 3, Second Edition with audio CD by Kenton Harsch & Kate Wolfe-Quintero, ISBN 962-00-5803-8 Longman Pub. (Units 1-8)
Description: The goal of the course is to improve the student’s listening and speaking ability in English. The focus of the class will be on listening to authentic language situations, participating in speaking activities for use in everyday life, and developing the vocabulary necessary to understand and express oneself in these tasks. (There will be an optional writing component to this course.)
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| Vocabulary & Speaking Practice B: Everyday Idioms & Phrasal Verbs |
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Dates: Tuesdays 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. for ten weeks (June 17 – August 19)
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Text: Everday Idioms, Book 1 by R. Feare ISBN 0-201-83408-1 (Units 26 -50)
Description: Expand your English vocabulary by hundreds of words and expressions frequently used in everyday life. (For example:to head for/out, to show up, penny pincher, out of this world, dog-earred, to lift a finger, to pop into one’s head, to read up on, busy body) By working with new words and participating in a variety of oral activities, this course will help you improve speaking skills as you develop a broader, more useful English vocabulary. (There will be an optional writing component with this course.)
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| iBT TOEFL Preparation |
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Dates: Thursdays 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. for ten weeks (June 19 – August 21)
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Text: iBT: Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test (with answer key) by Deborah Phillips ISBN 0-13-193290-X (with answer key & student CD) Longman Pub.
Description: The new iBT TOEFL exam includes more challenging reading, writing, and listening tasks. Plus, for the first time, it includes speaking. This course will help you prepare for all four skills by proven strategies and practice under the guidance of a teacher. The text used in the course is based on the most up-to-date information on the iBT.
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| Accent Reduction: Improve Your English Pronunciation |
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Dates: Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. for ten weeks (June 18 – August 20)
Level: High Beginning to Advanced
Text: English Pronunciation Made Simple By Dale & Poms Longman Pub. ISBN 0-13-111596-0
Description: The goal of this course is to improve the participants’ pronunciation of English by learning and practicing the important features of the spoken language. Emphasis will be on oral practice on such points as stress and unstressed syllables and words, phrasing groups, intonation as well as the correct pronunciation of vowel and consonant sounds. In addition, each student will be given the opportunity to work on his “trouble spots.”
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Autumn 2008
| Listening & Speaking Practice B: Building Your Listening and Speaking Skills in English |
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Dates: Mondays 6:00 – 8:30 for ten weeks (Sept. 22 – Nov. 24 )
Level: High Beginning to Intermediate
Text: Impact Listening 3, Second Edition with audio CD by Kenton Harsch & Kate Wolfe-Quintero ISBN 962-00-5803-8 Longman Pub. (Units 9-15)
Description: The goal of the course is to improve your listening and speaking ability in English. You will be listening to authentic language situations, participating in speaking activities for use in everyday life, and developing the vocabulary necessary to understand and express yourself in these tasks. (There will be an optional writing component to this course.)
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| Vocabulary & Speaking Practice A: Everyday Idioms & Phrasal Verbs |
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Dates: Tuesdays 6:00 – 8:30 for ten weeks (Sept. 23- Dec. 2, holiday Nov. 11)
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Text: Everyday Idioms, Book 1 by R. Feare ISBN 0-201-83408-1 (Units 1-25)
Description: Expand your English vocabulary by hundreds of words and expressions frequently used in everyday life. (For example: to sleep in, to fix up, to call it a day, odds and ends, an early bird, to ride shotgun, not see for ages) By working with new words and participating in a variety of oral activities, this course will help you improve your speaking skills as you develop a broader, more useful English vocabulary. (There will be an optional writing component with this course.)
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| Accent Reduction: Improve Your English Pronunciation |
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Dates: Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. for ten weeks (Sept. 24 – Nov. 26)
Level: High Beginning to Advanced
Text: English Pronunciation Made Simple By Dale & Poms Longman Pub. ISBN 0-13-111596-0
Description: The goal of this course is to improve your pronunciation of English by learning and practicing the important features of the spoken language. Emphasis will be on oral practice on such points as stress and unstressed syllables and words, phrasing groups, intonation as well as the correct pronunciation of vowel and consonant sounds. In addition, you will be given the opportunity to work on your “trouble spots.”
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| Grammar Troublespots & Writing Practice |
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Dates: Thursdays 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. for ten weeks (Sept. 25 – Dec. 1, holiday Nov. 27)
Level: Intermediate
Text: Grammar Troublespots: A Guide for Student Writers 3rd Edition by Ann Raimes Cambridge University Press Publisher ISBN 0-521-53286-8
Description: This class will help you with some of the “troublespots” of English grammar that often cause problems for international students. This class is neither intended as a complete review of English grammar nor as a beginning writing course. Rather, it is to help you improve your writing by focusing on problem areas in your current writing. Therefore, the class will focus on two points: selected grammar explanations and writing practice.
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