51吃瓜

ACADEMICS

听

NGA ACADEMIC CALENDAR听

Click the current Academic Calendar.

听

听

English for Academic Purposes (reading and writing)

This course is intended to prepare non-native English speakers for life in the academic world. The aim of this course is to assist students in developing their reading and writing skills in the English language. The course enables students to delve into written texts, learn to read for both main ideas and details, participate in text-based discussions, develop a strong vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure and flow, and improve their ability to write both academically and creatively. Working both alone and in groups, students will perform various creative and active tasks to allow them to increasingly refine their language and communication skills, developing the ability to comprehend and interpret texts on various topics and aspects of life, as well as to express their own ideas in writing in increasingly complex and sophisticated language.

听

English for Academic Purposes (listening and speaking)

This course is intended to prepare non-native English speakers for life in the academic world. The aim of this course is to assist students in developing their listening & speaking skills in the English language. The course focuses on the use of listening texts, video, class discussion, and speaking tasks to build students' vocabulary and grammar as used in speech, improve discursive fluency and ability to discuss and comment on new material, and comfort with speaking publically in front of the class.听 Working both alone and in groups, students will perform various creative and active tasks to allow them to increasingly refine their language and communication skills, developing the ability to comprehend and interpret listening texts on various topics and aspects of life, as well as to express their own ideas verbally in increasingly complex and sophisticated language.

听

Test Preparation (TOEFL/IELTS/SAT)听听

This course introduces the one-year program in Test Preparation and is intended to build the skills necessary for successfully passing the pBT TOEFL test-based 51吃瓜Entrance Exam with your desired score. The course will familiarize you with the overall structure of the test as well as test-taking strategies so that you can feel comfortable and confident in your knowledge and find the test-taking approach that is right for you, allowing you to succeed not only at the TOEFL test but all exams. This course will be based around the core components of the Paper-Based TOEFL Test: Structure and Written Expression, Reading Comprehension, and the Test of Written Expression, with some attention, also paid to the Listening Comprehension component. As this course is meant to help you gain knowledge and confidence, supplementary work on vocabulary and grammar will also be included should the professor deem it necessary or should students require extra practice.听 The Test Preparation course may be extended to the TOEFL iBT, IELTS, and SAT tests and their components based upon student abilities and requirements. The course also includes work on the vocabulary component essential for understanding information of any kind, as well as abilities needed for more effective test-taking and academic activity in any language.

College Mathematics

The course is aimed at preparing the students for the university admission exams.听 It includes an in-depth set of complex comprehensive topics covering the general high school program as well as SAT and GMAT tasks.听 Mastering the skills, principles, and strategies in the framework of the course the students are able to solve problems and tests of various levels of complexity being limited in time during the test.听听

Academic Reading, Writing, and Presentation Skills听

This course is designed to prepare students for the academic writing and research skills necessary to succeed in university-level classes. Students will learn about the purposes of research, how to conduct a literature review, different styles of academic writing, and how to decipher writing prompts in assignments. They will use the research skills they learn to develop their own research question and annotated bibliography in MLA style. Techniques to improve students' writing skills will include students learning paragraph structure, writing essay drafts and giving each other feedback via peer editing processes in class. After completing their final research paper, they will practice translating their research into an academic presentation format, learning and practicing basic presentation skills in order to share their work with a university-level audience.

Oral Expressions for Academic Contexts

This course is designed to prepare students for active oral participation in university-level classes. Students will learn key phrases for expressing opinions and contributing to discussions. The course will increasingly expect students to structure questions and responses to controversial topics as they learn language and mechanisms for best doing this in a learning environment. The course will cover basic structures of public speaking, focusing on speaking with the intent to inform and/or persuade. Students will also learn to listen actively in order to ask thoughtful follow-up questions. Lastly, the course seeks to develop skills in students so that they feel comfortable drawing connections between disciplines and articulating their thoughts with confidence in academic conversations.

听

The Practice of Speech Communication

袛邪薪薪褘泄 泻褍褉褋 锌褉械写薪邪蟹薪邪褔械薪 写谢褟 褋褌褍写械薪褌芯胁 胁褋械褏 褋锌械褑懈邪谢褜薪芯褋褌械泄.听 袟邪写邪褔邪 泻褍褉褋邪 蟹邪泻谢褞褔邪械褌褋褟 胁 锌芯胁褘褕械薪懈懈 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉褘 褋芯褑懈邪谢褜薪褘褏 懈 屑械卸谢懈褔薪芯褋褌薪褘褏 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈泄. 袙 褉邪屑泻邪褏 泻褍褉褋邪听 褋褌褍写械薪褌褘 芯褋胁邪懈胁邪褞褌 薪芯褉屑褘 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪芯谐芯 褟蟹褘泻邪, 胁懈写褘 芯斜褖械薪懈褟, 械谐芯 锌褉懈薪褑懈锌褘 懈 锌褉邪胁懈谢邪, 褝褌懈褔械褋泻懈械 薪芯褉屑褘 芯斜褖械薪懈褟, 褎褍薪泻褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘械 褋褌懈谢懈 褉械褔懈, 芯褋薪芯胁褘 懈褋泻褍褋褋褌胁邪 褉械褔懈, 邪 褌邪泻卸械 褌褉褍写薪芯褋褌懈 锌褉懈屑械薪械薪懈褟 褉械褔械胁褘褏 薪芯褉屑 懈 锌褉芯斜谢械屑褘 褋芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯谐芯 褋芯褋褌芯褟薪懈褟 褉械褔械胁芯泄 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉褘 芯斜褖械褋褌胁邪.