English for International Program concentrates on the student's ability to use English at an upper-intermediate level after the course. They should be able to communicate using English either as a first, second, or even third language. The level of understanding should help them to use the language at work, travel, and socializing, and also to create critical thinking skills, that will help them to work with others, at all levels in society.
The course has been re-designed to accommodate more non-natives of English to be seen using the language via videos, with worksheets, also audios to enhance listening skills, reading aloud assignments to help the students with their delivery of the speech, and some paragraph analysis to understand the text. All in all, the course should promote a more active-learning environment, by means of presentations, where the students will get the chance to use critical thinking skills to put together a presentation showing differences in cultures, and how we differ from each other. This is to promote cultural awareness and to help them have a greater understanding of different people from around the world, and to build a sense of intercultural communication competence, (ICC).
- Teacher: Dr. Philip J. Galloway