ASEP 3 (Formerly EAP 5837): Course Description
| ASEP 3 is a non-credit, fee-based, course. This
course is NOT eligible for a tuition waiver for students on
assistantship. |
- This course will be offered during the Fall 2011
Semester
- The Fall A class (6 weeks) runs from 29 August - 07
October
- The Fall B class (6 weeks) runs from 17 October - 25
November
- The course meets four days per week.
- The meeting time is Monday - Thursday 8th Period (15:00 -
15:50)
- The course meets in Yon Hall, Room 320
- The fee for this course will be $500 for a 6-week course
(either Fall A or Fall B).
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| Follow this link to register for this course. The
Spring A & B courses are listed on the registration page by date.
Make sure you have chosen the correct course before clicking on the
"Register" button!
NB Before registering for this course contact
ASE to confirm that there is sufficient registration to offer this
course -- gt@ufl.edu
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| All inquires about this course should be directed to the
ASE Coordinator or ASE Office Manager. |
About ASEP 3 (Formerly EAP 5837)
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| The purpose of this course is to work on the aspects of
your spoken English which are most likely to cause communication
problems during interactions with American English speakers,
particularly in an academic setting. The content of this course will
for the most part be determined by the students' needs. You will
participate in academic discussions, give brief presentations and learn
pronunciation skills. In addition, you will practice language functions
such as explaining, requesting, narrating, and giving instructions.
These skills are tested on the SPEAK test, but passing the course does
not automatically certify you for a teaching assistantship. This course
has three (3) basic components: |
- Classroom interaction.
The class will meet four hours per week. Much of the work will be
in small groups, often with a native English speaker. Examples of
these types of small group activities can include the following:
- Practice initiating, and maintaining, a successful informal
conversation with a native speaker.
- Discussions of specific cultural issues of relevance to the
students in the class (politics, race, gender, class,
technology, student life, etc.)
- Practice becoming more persuasive (for example, with your
advisor, or apartment manager) and the appropriate (polite or
forceful) use of disagreement strategies useful in an American
English Academic context.
- Discussions, moderated by one of the students, on a variety
of topics.
- Several opportunities to practice, and get feedback on,
conference presentations, oral defenses, etc.
- Language/pronunciation practice with several different native
speakers.
- One-on-one interaction with native speakers.
You will arrange three meetings with native speakers of English,
preferably every other week beginning the second week of class and
videotape the sessions. The purpose is to test and improve your
ability to exchange complex ideas and information in English with a
native speaker.
- Conferences:
Bi-weekly individual conferences with the instructor to work on
individual communication needs. At this time you will review the
tutoring videotapes.
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Course Requirements
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| The course instructor will provide a detailed list of
requirements at the beginning of the semester. These will include: |
- Attendance: Most of the work for the course will be done
in class; therefore, attendance is vital.
- Videotaped language interaction: 3-4 hours of videotape
during the semester
- Other requirements may include:
- Leading a discussion
- Weekly recorded pronunciation assignment.
- Language Learning Journal: your observations on the usage of
American English, your progress in learning the language,
etc.
- Pronunciation exercises, presentations, transcription, or
other individual work assigned during conferences
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