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SU23-2-1
This course is primarily for graduate students who are drafting or revising an academic writing project. To enroll in the course, students should have a writing project that they are working on (such as a paper, article, or thesis). Students can repeat the course multiple times to continue work on a large writing project. N.B. Students who want to learn about or practice academic writing but do not currently have a project should enroll in a different course. Students in the AWP are expected to use their own writing project in the course.
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SU23-2-2
This course emphasizes presentation language and skills that will help students with formal presentations in settings like graduate seminars, defenses, and professional conferences and symposia. Course objectives include gaining more confidence speaking in front of a group, fostering a professional demeanor, and practicing organization and language specifically applicable to research presentations. Students will be given opportunities to speak in a classroom setting in front of their classmates and will receive instructor feedback to help them focus on areas for growth.
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SU23-2-3
This course is designed for undergraduate or graduate international students who are ready to work on such professionalization goals such as applying for internships, jobs, graduate school, fellowships, or faculty positions. Students can repeat the course multiple times to build a dossier of professional documents to use during the application or interview process. As a Writing practicum, this course is about working on students’ actual writing: students should be ready to work on at least one type of document during this course.
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SU23-2-5
In this class, students will learn language and communication strategies to improve their interpersonal communication skills. This course is about social interaction and developing the skills required to have a relevant, informative, and productive conversation or discussion. Students will learn commonly practiced language techniques and vocabulary to start, maintain, and end conversations. Students will learn and practice language and communication strategies for active participation in classroom discussions (with a focus on small group and team interactions). Students will practice these skills and strategies in a variety of activities to improve their fluency and confidence. Students will also learn linguistic and cultural knowledge about how conversation and small talk functions in North America, including body language, personal space, and relationship building. Students will have the opportunity to work directly with their instructor 1:1, as well as their peers (in small groups).
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SU23-2-4
This course is designed for graduate students who need to read and/or write research papers, but it could be of interest to undergraduates who are interested in developing their research writing skills or preparing for graduate school.
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SU23-2-6
This course is open to any undergraduate or graduate international student who wants to improve their communication skills so that they can be easy understand and be understood by others. This course is a good option for students who have learned English as a second language and who have noticed issues with intelligibility (i.e., they have some trouble understanding or being understood by others due to issues with pronunciation, stress, rhythm, prosody, or accent).
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SU23-2-7
This class is an opportunity to experience modern gaming culture while learning English at the same time. The culture of board games will be introduced as part of a process of inquiry of experiencing and reflecting on American culture. Through the medium of games, students will practice defining, persuading, planning, predicting, giving commands, describing and creatively solving problems, and telling stories using English. An emphasis will be placed on group discussion about the cultural aspects of gaming, as we learn to interact in English while solving game-based problems. No prior experience with gaming is necessary, as we will be using a variety of games that are fun and easy to learn. We will also take field trips to local gaming areas, to experience different aspects of gaming culture first hand.
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SU23-2+-8
Having a large vocabulary is important for all language skills. This short course is designed to help you: (1) Understand vocabulary in a systematic framework, including different types of vocabulary for different types of communication; (2) identify effective techniques to learn vocabulary; and (3) set personalized learning goals that will enable you to use vocabulary more effectively in your academic and professional communication.
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SU23-2+-9
Purdue has a large and multifaceted campus, which means there are many ways to connect, new places to visit and new things to talk about. The goal of this class is to provide a forum for students to form new and deeper connections with campus and with peers through weekly explorations. In this course, we will learn about and visit a different location or event on or near campus each week (such as galleries, presentations, public displays, and outdoor settings). The first session each week will be in class, to discuss and reflect on the previous site visit and to learn relevant background knowledge and vocabulary for the next visit. The second session each week will be a field trip or site visit, where the class visits a new place, in person, to learn and discuss.
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