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Afternoon Sessions

There are four optional afternoon courses available for AEP students. Typically, two will be offered each term, one meeting on Monday and Wednesday, and the other on Tuesday and Thursday.  These courses are also offered at other times during the day, and are open to all students who meet the necessary qualifications.

Academic Speaking

Qualification: AEP level 4 or above, and/or regular program level 13 or above

Academic speaking provides an analysis of the spoken language used in the Western classroom at both the undergraduate and graduate level. This analysis is coupled with plenty of practice!  The course helps students ‘think on their feet’ and prepares them to be active participants in classroom discussions and informal student debates. Students  learn how to quickly support their spoken opinion with examples from their own experience and from their academic reading.  Students also learn how to incorporate the examples and opinions of their fellow students and their lecturer/seminar leader into their own arguments.

This course complements the materials in the speaking-listening classes of AEP, but provides a wider scope of topic areas, and offers practice with a more diverse group of students.

Writing for TOEFL and IELTS

Qualification placement: AEP level 3+, or General Writing level 3+ and level 11.

This course prepares students for the written portions of the new iBT TOEFL and the IELTS. Students will learn skills for preparing an essay of opinion, explaining materials presented in graph or table form, and in integrating information gained from listening and reading into their writing. Writing for TOEFL and IELTS complements the writing instruction in the general program and AEP.  It differs from both in that the focus is on quick one-draft writing, and on satisfactorily answering the exam question.  This is a companion course to the iBT TOEFL SKILLS, which focuses on the other test-taking skills needed for these exams.

iBT TOEFL SKILLS 

Qualifications: AEP level 3+ and/or regular level 11.

The course explores the test-taking skills that will help students in the speaking, listening and reading sections of the new iBT TOEFL test.  It is a companion course to Writing for TOEFL and IELTS.  The course focuses on key reading and listening strategies, and on the kinds of questions used on the iBT TOEFL.  Students will learn how to speak on any topic with a minimum of preparation, and how to integrate their life experience and previous listening into their speaking and writing. 

Research Writing

Qualifications: AEP level four and/or a minimum of regular level 13 plus a General Writing placement at GW5.

An introduction to research writing at the Master’s and PhD level for non-native speakers. This class draws on the analysis of the structure of research proposals and thesis done by Swales and Feak, and prepares students for the clear outline and support of research questions which is required by all western universities.