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English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Track
EAP classes provide language instruction for academic study in American
universities. Language skills addressed include: listening comprehension,
fluency development, oral intelligibility, reading, grammar, writing,
and vocabulary development. Academic study skills addressed include:
test taking and note taking skills, academic vocabulary usage, critical
reading and writing, comprehending academic lectures, research and library
skills, formal composition forms and development, including research
papers.
Students in the Academic Track may apply for conditional admission to
the University of Delaware and to any of our many partner universities.
See Conditional Admission
English for Academic Purposes Classes
- English for Academic Purposes (Listening/Speaking, Level V
and VI)
The objectives of this course are: to develop effective notetaking skills
by listening to academic lectures; to integrate information from lectures
and readings for purposes of class discussion and exams; to participate in
seminar discussions and to present and defend opinions and solve problems;
to give formal presentations, lead discussions and answer questions; to develop
and use discipline-specific vocabulary; and to improve oral intelligibility.
This course simulates university level classes by featuring academic lectures
and readings across the disciplines. Students conduct original research for
oral presentations making use of library sources. Exams include multiple
choice, true/false, short answer and essay questions. Intelligibility instruction
focuses on the suprasegmentals (intonation, stress, rhythm, linking, volume,
gestures) and fluency development.
Successful completion of these two classes satisfy conditional admission
requirements.
- English for Academic Purposes (Reading/Writing, Level V and
VI)
Class work concentrates on three processes: critical thinking, reading, and
writing. The thinking component provides students with practice in logical
thinking and in the logic of English. Students study and use inductive and
deductive reasoning, identify propaganda devices and learn how to develop
logical arguments. The reading component helps students sharpen their analytical
reading skills, increase their reading comprehension, and intensify their
word power. The writing component of the course gives student practice in
academic assignments: essays, revision work, paraphrasing, summarizing, and
research.
Among the kinds of writing assigned are exposition, argumentation, and description.
Patterns of development practiced include comparison and contrast, definition,
cause and effect, process, an analysis. A typed research paper complete with
abstract, outline, footnotes and bibliography is required of all students.
Successful completion of these two classes satisfy conditional admission
requirements.
- Reading/Writing in Your Field (Reading/Writing, Level V and
VI)
This class is for students who plan to be or are graduate or undergraduate
students, or who have completed the highest level of ELI classes and want
to do academic work in their own field or in a field of interest. The course
will help students improve academic reading, writing, vocabulary, and research
while also giving them the opportunity to stay within one content area for
the duration of the session.
This class does not satisfy conditional admission requirements.
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