ANNOUNCEMENT
Date: 24 November 2008
To: All UF Graduate Coordinators, Staff and Students
From: Mr. Gordon Tapper, Coordinator, UF Academic Spoken English
RE: SPEAK Test Dates and EAP Course Offerings for Spring 2009
All international graduate students whose first language is not English (official first language of home country) and who may be appointed as teaching assistants (with lecturing/lab responsibilities) need to have a passing score (45 or higher) on either a TSE (Test of Spoken English -- administered by ETS) or a SPEAK test (administered on the UF campus.) In addition, any international graduate teaching assistant whose first language is not English who scores a 45 or 50 on a SPEAK or TSE test and who is appointed to teach (with lecturing/lab responsibilities) must enroll, during their first semester teaching, in a 3-credit EAP 5836 course. International graduate students appointed as TA-G (grading and office hour responsibilities only) are neither required to pass a SPEAK test nor eligible to enroll in EAP 5836. SPEAK test dates, times and locations for the Spring 2009 semester are as follows:
SPEAK test dates - Fall 2008/Spring 2009
03 December 2008, 6:00 pm, 1317 Turlington Hall
05 January 2009, 12:00 pm, 1317 Turlington Hall*
10 February 2009, 6:00 pm, 1317 Turlington Hall
18 March 2009, 6:00 pm, 1317 Turlington Hall
14 April 2009, 6:00 pm, 1317 Turlington Hall
13 May 2009, 6:00 p.m., 1317 Turlington Hall
*Priority given to new students admitted Spring 2009 for this test session.
Information about SPEAK test registration as well as our oral communications in English courses can be accessed through our program website (http://ase.ufl.edu) or by telephone (392-3286). Please note that course time information about our ASE courses is available in ISIS listed under Linguistics.
PLEASE NOTE, Starting Summer 2008, EAP 5836 (supervised teaching for ITAs) will no longer be eligible for a graduate tuition waiver. All other EAP courses/Oral English courses offered through ASE/ELI will be non-credit, self-funded, fee-based courses. For fee and registration information for these courses, please contact the ASE office -- (http://ase.ufl.edu) or by telephone (392-3286.)
Spring 2009 Non-Credit Oral Communications in English courses offered through ASE/ELI at UF
ASEP 1 (Formerly ASE 1/EAP 5835)-- $935 tuition. This class is not eligible for a graduate tuition waiver.
http://ase.ufl.edu/syllabi.html
-- This course meets four hours per week during a 15-week Spring 2009 semester. Mondays 6th &7th periods, Wednesdays 6th period, Fridays 6th period.
-- You will work with a course instructor and two native English-speaking language assistants (i.e. increased native speaker contact!)
-- There are 4 hours per week of classroom instruction, which includes:
-- 2 personalized speech evaluations (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.
ASEP 3 (Formerly ASE 3/EAP 5837) -- $935 tuition. This class is not eligible for a graduate tuition waiver.
http://ase.ufl.edu/syllabi3.html
-- This is an Advanced oral communication skills in English course
-- This course meets 3.5 hours per week during a 15-week Spring 2009 semester. Tuesdays 7th periods, Thursdays 7th&8th periods.
-- You will work with a course instructor and two native English-speaking language assistants (i.e. increased native speaker contact!)
-- There are 3 hours per week of classroom instruction, and a one hour biweekly conference with the course instructor:
-- Oral Academic presentations which will be recorded and reviewed with native speakers.
-- Practice job interviews
-- One-on-one Prosody work/Accent reduction with the course instructor.
This course can be especially helpful for international students who are getting ready to graduate from the university or from a language institute and are seeking academic or industry employment.
For more information and registration information about these course visit the ASE website - http://test.ase.ufl.edu/newsyllabi.html , call the ASE office - 392-3286, or email Gordon Tapper - [log in to unmask]
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