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In the Monday/Wednesday morning class, you will focus on reading and writing for academic purposes. You will read from news articles, op-eds, essays, and excerpts from textbooks in different areas of study, focusing on how evidence is organized. You will study complex sentence structures and write detailed paragraphs. Also, you will study the essay forms for argumentation, narration, and description. By the end of the course, you will be able to write both summaries and complete essays based on readings. In the Tuesday/Thursday morning class, you will focus on listening and speaking for academic purposes. You will listen to authentic material such as news reports, lectures, interviews and various types of presentations and discuss them. You will work in pairs/groups to prepare speeches and presentations using the listening material to prepare questions that further explore the topics. By the end of the course, you will be able to paraphrase listening material, state an opinion providing concrete reasons, and provide a clear summary. Additionally, you will be an active listening/speaking participant on topics of personal and general interest. (For nonnative speakers of English)
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