SFU is developing programs - at last! We are instituting/planning a
Foundations in Academic Literacy program which will likely have sections
specifically for entering ESL students who need language attention or
sections that are mixed but enroll students with similar academic language
needs whether nn or n - as determined by a fairly crude placement test.
Enrolment in this course will be up to 500 per year and there will be
additional spaces allocated for entering international students.
We already have a "bridge program" which is all cost recovery and enrolls
about 60 students a semester - not sure of the number but if you're
interested, please contact Sarah Fleming at [log in to unmask]
One of the units on campus tried out course-specific study group support for
NNS in a philosophy course a few semesters ago and while that seemed
effective, it doesn't seem to have been followed up - but that may be
because we are in a state of transition in general! I can check on a contact
for that if you wish.
It's very useful to know what others are doing so thanks for the inquiry and
posted responses.
Best,
Wendy
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Rebecca
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:18 PM
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Subject: ESL support and placement
A belated thank you to everyone who responded to my query a while back
about ESL advising. I'm developing some proposals for placement of
non-native speakers in our first year composition courses, and for
supporting them in our first year content courses. I'd like to get in
touch with people with experience with some specific approaches.
Can anyone point me to institutions with any of the following
programmes/practices?
1. Programmes that place native and non-native speakers (or high-level
non-native speakers) in the same first year compositions course, but
offer the non-native speakers some kind of additional support within
those courses.(e.g., grammar tutorials?)
2. Programmes that offer course-specific support for non-native speakers
within their first year content courses. e.g., ESL study
groups/tutorials/study partners?
3. Programmes that offer an ESL assistant or ESL training for
instructors of content courses.
4. In-house placement testing that requires/encourages students to
follow up with advising, e.g., at the Writing Centre.
5. Programmes that offer "self-placement tools" or advising to help ESL
students select an appropriate composition course?
6. Programmes that offer specialized advising for incoming ESL and/or
foreign students?
Thanks!
Rebecca
Rebecca Smollett
Assistant Coordinator and ESL Specialist, Writing & Learning Centre
Faculty of Liberal Studies
T 416.977.6000 x375
F 416.977.6006
E [log in to unmask]
ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Canada M5T 1W1
www.ocad.ca
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