Teaching

Graduate level course for non-native speakers of English to develop academic writing skills necessary for graduate-level research. The course culminates in an 8-10 page literature review related to each student's area of research. Topics include identifying and documenting sources, plagiarism, summarizing, review writing, and grammar-based language use.

Fall 2022

Graduate-level course designed for non-native speakers of English admitted to the Pathway program of the law school. The course targets speaking, listening, writing, and reading development through topics related to current events at the local, national, and international levels. Primary focus is on developing grammatical competence in speech and writing.

Fall 2021, Fall 2022

Course continues from the end of English for Law II with the same overarching goals. Primary focus shifts to argument structure and logic in extended monologic speaking and writing events.

Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Continuation from English for Law III. Overarching goals remain the same. Primary focus of the course shifts to recognizing and comprehending (un)familiar vocabulary in extended reading and listening events.

Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Designed to help non-native speakers of English critically listen in academic settings. Focus is on commonly used language in lectures and academic discussions. Students are also introduced to various listening strategies.

Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019

Designed to help non-native speakers of English communicate effectively. Focus of the course is on consonants, vowels, stress, rhythm, and intonation. Curriculum is individualized to the needs of each student.

Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020

Designed to help non-native speakers of English communicate effectively. Focus of the course is on speech rate, pause times, connected speech, and utterance length. Students learn to identify and produce speech with more fluent qualities.

Fall 2018

Course designed for non-native speakers of English with TOEFL scores between 420 and 450. Students learn to comprehend texts at the 800-950 lexile level, summarize texts, and write essays of at least 5 paragraphs.

Summer 2019

Course designed for non-native speakers of English with TOEFL scores between 450 and 500. Students learn to comprehend texts at the 950-1100 lexile level, analyze persuasive texts, and write multi-sourced essays with appropriate conventions (e.g., citations).

Summer 2019