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ASEP 1: Course Description

ASEP 1 is a non-credit, fee-based, course. This course is NOT eligible for a tuition waiver for students on assistantship.
The course has been modified to better meet the needs of students needing to pass the SPEAK test to teach at UF, or prospective students who will have to take the spoken part of the TOEFL iBT.
  • This course will be offered during the Spring 2013 Semester
  • The Spring A class (6 weeks) runs from 21 January - 01 March
  • The Spring B class (6 weeks) runs from 18 March - 26 April
  • The course meets four days per week.
  • The meeting time is Monday - Thursday 7th Period (13:55 - 14:45)
  • The course meets in Yon Hall, Room 320
  • The fee for this course will be $500 for a 6-week course.
Follow this link to register for this course.
Before registering for this course, please contact Gordon Tapper (gt@ufl.edu) to confirm that there is sufficient demand to offer the class this semester.

All inquires about this course should be directed to the ASE Coordinator or ASE Office Manager.

About ASEP 1 (Formerly EAP 5835)
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  • This course meets four hours per week
  • You will work with a course instructor and a native English-speaking language assistant (i.e. increased native speaker contact!)
  • There are 4 hours per week of classroom instruction. This includes:
    • 2 personalized speech evalutations (beginning & end of the semester).
    • Supervised pronunciation practice in the language laboratory.
    • Oral presentations which will be recorded and reviewed with native speakers.
    • Practice exercises (including worksheets and mp3 files) for pronunciation improvement outside of class.
This course can be especially helpful for international graduate students who need to pass the SPEAK Test in order to secure a graduate assistantship, or perspective students who will have to take the spoken part of the TOEFL iBT.

Benefits Of This Course
  • Improved scores on the SPEAK or TOEFL iBT.
  • More classroom success if you receive a teaching assistantship at UF.
  • Practice for successful oral defense of Master's thesis and/or Ph.D. dissertation.
  • Increased ability to successfully communicate with those outside one's major field (for example, the outside member of a graduate committee).
  • Greater success in the academic environment due to improved spoken English / English pronunciation.

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