Oral Communication Skills for International Scholars
This is a six-week, non-credit course offered each FALL to help international graduate students and post-doctoral scholars improve their fluency, pronunciation, and understanding of naturally spoken English in the academic context. The class size is limited to 12 persons and is held in person on campus.
Learning Outcomes:
- Improved pronunciation of sounds challenging to each individual (per needs assessment)
- Improved comprehension of natural, rapid speech
- Use of correct patterns of intonation, word stress, and sentence stress
- Familiarity with strategies to increase comprehension and comprehensibility
Each week’s class includes 3 elements:
- a speech act (e.g. presentation) by you,
- content about language, and
- tools for you to use (expressions, vocab, tricks, online resources)
2025 Course dates will be announced in early September 2025. For support in spring 2025, click on Pronunciation & Fluency Workshops.
For more information or express an interest in the course for fall 2025, email Belinda.
