English as a Second Language Program
Director:
Nela Novarro-LaPointe (effective 9/15)
Director:
Eva-Marie Morin
129 Tillett
Livingston Campus
848-445-6675
The English as a Second Language program provides instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL) to graduate students who need to improve their English language proficiency. Placement in all courses is by proficiency test or by subsequent assessment. All courses carry institutional credit toward full-time status. These course credits cannot be applied toward degree requirements.
Graduate Courses Taught by the ESL Program
16:356:531 ESL Academic Writing I (E3) Writing course emphasizing the composing and revising process and addressing selected grammatical problems through error analysis.
16:356:532 ESL Academic Writing II (E3) Advanced writing
course culminating in a coherent and cohesive research paper.
16:356:539 ESL Writing Center (N1) Writing course focusing
on improving writing skills and addressing grammatical errors.
16:356:541 ESL Speech Center (N1) Pronunciation course
focusing on improving listening and speaking skills through classroom and
language laboratory practice.
16:356:560 ESL International TA Phonology (N3) Pronunciation
course focusing on distinguishing essential sounds, developing appropriate
stress and intonation patterns, and improving listening skills.
16:356:561 ESL International TA Language Skills (N3)
Introducing international teaching assistants to teaching methodology, as well
as linguistic and cultural components of effective communication.
Program in American Language Studies (PALS)
Director: Karen Caliciotti Pickering (effective 9/15)
Director: Veena Kumar
107 Tillett
Livingston Campus
848-445-7422
Graduate Courses Taught by PALS for E Credit (revised September 2015)
16:357:501, 502, 503, 504 International Graduate Student Prep I, II, III, IV (BA, BA, BA, BA)
16:357:570 Academic and Professional Writing (BA)
16:357:506, 507 Graduate Writing Lab I, II (BA, BA)
16:357:508 Independent Study (BA)
Graduate Courses Taught by PALS for Credit
16:356:501, 502, 503, 504, 505 PALS Reading and Writing (2.5,2.5,2.5,2.5,2.5)
16:356:506, 507, 508, 509, 510 PALS Discussion (2.5,2.5,2.5,2.5,2.5)
16:356:511, 512, 513, 514, 515 PALS Structure (1,1,1,1,1)
16:356:516, 517, 518, 519, 520 PALS Electives (1,1,1,1,1)
16:356:570 Writing and Presenting Research (4)
