English for Academic Purpose

This EAP, Level 3 course is designed for four-week term, meeting 20 hours per week. Total duration 80 hours. The goal of this course is to measurably build on students’ academic English language skills by engaging them in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar learning activities that are relevant to real-­­world encounters in college and professional workplace environments.

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Use academic listening strategies; including prediction, identification of main ideas and specific details, and note–­taking.
2.  Respond appropriately to spoken instructions.
3.  Recognize formal and informal spoken English.
4.  Identify phonetic differences in spoken

American English. Speaking
At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Speak with appropriate accuracy and fluency using basic and moderately complex sentence structures.
2.  Verbally connect ideas in paragraph–­like discourse.
3.  Use appropriate verbal intonation and rhythm.
4.  Engage in verbal role playing in formal and informal situations.
5.  Express advice and personal opinions with supporting information.
6. Paraphrase stories and information.
7.  Make formal and informal

oral presentations. Reading
At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Read and comprehend authentic English language publications relating to university life; including print and online newspapers, brochures, course catalogues, campus maps, and internet–­based communication platforms.
2.  Demonstrate a working knowledge of appropriate reading and pre–­reading strategies; including scanning, annotating, predicting outcomes, making inferences, and identifying stated or implied main ideas and supporting details.
3.  Use strategies to ascertain meaning from unfamiliar vocabulary encountered in context.
4.  Increase reading rate.
5.  Understand

a writer’s purpose.
Writing and
Grammar

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an at–­level understanding and application of grammar rules; including the appropriate use of verb tenses, subject–­verb agreement, modals, personal pronouns, and articles.
2.  Use adverbs and adjective clauses.
3.  Use comparative and superlative forms.
4.  Use gerund and infinitive phrases.
5.  Apply capitalization and comma use rules.
6.  Compose simple, complex, compound, and compound–­complex sentences.
7.  Use structural conventions of written English to compose paragraphs and essays.
8.  Practice peer editing, self–­editing,

and revising skills. Across Multiple
Language Domains
At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Acquire and use new academic vocabulary.
2. Demonstrate at–­level understanding of grammar in speaking and writing.
3.  Understand inconsistencies between pronunciation and spelling.
4.  Accurately compose moderately complex sentences with basic transitions to connect ideas in spoken and written discourse.
5.  Identify written and spoken language patterns; including sequential events, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem/solution narratives.

Method(s) of Evaluation*

Refer to the course outlines.

Completion Requirements*

In order to successfully graduate, students are required to:

• Complete each course/module in the program with a 70% or higher marks;
• Have paid all dues (money owed) in full to the College;

Program Duration

80 hours.

Homework Hours

3-4 hours per week.

Delivery Method(s)

• In-class instruction
• Combined delivery (both in-class and distance)

Latham-Koenig, Christina, and Clive Oxenden. American English File Level 2
Student Book. 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2013.

Supplementary Resources

1. A-Z Discussions by Adrian Wallwork
2.  English Grammar in Use Series
3.  Oxford Word Skills
4.  English Vocabulary in Use Series

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