Welcome to Linguistics

This test is limited to students who have been conditionally admitted to UF or have been asked by their departments to attend. The test will begin at 8:30 am. Students who arrive after 8:15 may not be in time to have their fee processed, which may prevent them from taking the test.

Academic Written English, which began in August 1983, was instituted to meet the academic writing needs of regularly enrolled graduate students who need help with writing in English.

• Introduction
• Academic Written English (for international students)
• Research and Technical Writing (for native and non-native speakers)
• Contact Information
• Academic Spoken English (our sister program)
  

Academic Written English

• This program is LABOR INTENSIVE.  

• These classes are small, 8-10 students per section. 

• Additionally, students have scheduled conferences with the instructors every two weeks.  The conferences are essential to the methodology.  

• The course is offered S/U, which means that the grade does not affect the student's GPA.

We offer two courses, EAP 5845 Academic Writing and EAP 5846 Research Writing.

Incoming students who score less than 320 on the GRE verbal or less than 550 of the TOEFL are required to take the screening test, offered the day before drop/add begins.

This test is scored by the English Department.  The scores range from 2 to 8.  Students who receive less than 6 must take EAP 5845; those who score higher may elect to take EAP 5846 in the near future.

EAP 5845 - Academic Writing

EAP 5845 is designed to help new international graduate students improve their academic writing skills.  This course offers students the opportunity to develop, advance, and practice skills in the production of academic prose that they will use later in their graduate studies.  Within a framework of readings, highly coordinated writing workshops, and instructor feedback, students will practice the modes of writing necessary to succeed at the university.  The assignments include, but are not limited to: note taking, commentaries, summaries, abstracts, critiques, literature reviews, resumes, and impromptu essays.  Furthermore, in completing the assignments, students will gain practice in editing and documenting sources appropriately.  One or two oral presentations may be required.  In addition, since students in this course come from many different departments, they will have the opportunity to interact with students outside their specific fields of research.  Individual student/teacher conferences to discuss writing assignments are also required.

EAP 5846 - Research Writing

EAP 5846 includes, but is not limited to, non-native English speakers, most of whom are conducting research for advanced degrees.  Many have passed their qualifying exams while others are developing their writing skills for publication.  In this course we examine larger sections of academic/professional writing, such as literature reviews and abstracts, which are integral in the production of dissertations, journal articles, and conference papers.  We will also closely examine sentence- and paragraph-level writing in order to improve the clarity, cohesion, coherence, and concision of our writing and thereby avoid some weaknesses and pitfalls common in current research writing.  In addition, one or two oral presentations will help students hone their conference presentation skills.  Students will also receive individual editorial help with their current research writing projects.

Contact Information:

Stephen Flocks
Linguistics
University of Florida
PO Box 115454
Gainesville, FL  32611-5454
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