Welcome to the Academic Written English Program

Please note that many UF policies and procedures regarding Academic Written English have been changed!

Tuition:

Note that UF policy has recently changed regarding the use of tuition waivers for EAP courses. Tuition waivers may no longer be used for Academic Writing courses (formerly EAP 5845 and EAP 5846).

Academic Written English Screening Test:

Academic Written English will be proctoring a writing test through the English Language Institute.  The test will be offered at 8:30am on Wednesday, September 5th. There is no cost for the screening test, although seats are limited. Students who receive a low score on the test are encouraged to enroll in the Fall 2012 Scholarly Writing course. 

To register for the writing test, please visit: http://xms.dce.ufl.edu/reg/groups/eli/registration.aspx

About the AWE Program:

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. In Summer 2008 university-wide budget cuts and policy changes led to significant restructuring of the program and its offerings. Academic Written English (EAP 5845) and Research Writing (EAP 5846) are now being offered as a non-credit course through the English Language Institute. This course, Scholarly Writing, meets for two six-week sessions.

Scholarly Writing

• These classes are small, 11-12 students per section. 

• Students are required to have one-on-one writing conferences with the instructor.

• The course is non-credit which means that the grade does not affect the student's GPA.
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Scholarly Writing--Course Description

Scholarly Writing is designed to help international graduate students improve their academic writing skills. The course offers the opportunity to develop the ability to write an academic paper as well as to improve sentence level vocabulary, grammar, and use of cohesive devices and other features of good quality academic literacy. 

Through a series of lessons at the sentence and paragraph level, students improve clarity, cohesion, coherence, and concision in their writing; and learn to recognize and avoid common pitfalls in academic writing including redundancy, excessive metadiscourse and unnecessary use of passive voice.  Through these lessons, students learn to distinguish and move between everyday English and academic English. Additional lessons may include writing paraphrases, summaries, biostatements, email correspondence, and CVs.  The course also offers an opportunity for practicing presentation skills depending on student need.  A typical day's lesson consists of lecture and practice, followed by a homework exercise.

Individual help with writing assignments students are currently working on, including theses, dissertations, journal articles, and curricula vitae, is also available.

Registration

The Scholarly Writing Course replaces the credit-bearing courses EAP5845 and EAP5846.  The Scholarly Writing Course is offered as non-credit class lasting six weeks. The Summer B class will begin July 2nd and will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 2nd period. The Fall 2012 classes will run from September 10 – October 19 (Fall A) and from October 22 – November 30 (Fall B) 7th period M,W,F. Students who do not make sufficient progress in the Fall A class, may re-enroll in the Fall B class. These classes are not eligible for tuition waivers and are not available as distance courses. The cost of each six-week section is $350. Registration for these classes is not available through ISIS.

To register for the Scholarly Writing class, please visit: http://xms.dce.ufl.edu/reg/groups/eli/registration.aspx

For general questions please contact Megan Forbes, director of the ELI, at mforbes@eli.ufl.edu.

For questions regarding course content, please contact the faculty member teaching the course, Stephen Flocks, at sflocks@eli.ufl.edu.

Change to Policy Related to International Students' Writing
Skills (Spring 2009):

Effective immediately, the new policy requires individual academic units to determine acceptable writing skills, using a holistic evaluation. They will be responsible for creating a plan for student success in academic writing, which may include a requirement to take a course in Academic Written English. This plan must be included in the student's acceptance letter as a condition of admission. Students must still meet the UF required minimums on the admission tests or else be admitted conditionally.*

New Graduate Council Policy effective immediately (Spring 2009):

"Graduate students must have sufficient writing skills to be successful in graduate education. In addition to checking that applicants meet the minimum IELTS, MELAB, TOEFL and/or verbal GRE scores required for graduate admission*, admission committees must assess their applicants' writing skills and make reasonable admission decisions based on a holistic evaluation of the applicants' credentials. In cases where applicants are admitted but lack sufficient writing skills to maximize their education, the graduate coordinator must ensure that sufficient opportunities are available for the student to succeed. These opportunities include tailor-made instruction in the academic unit or courses and workshops offered at UF or elsewhere.

Graduate coordinators should review their students' writing indices (test scores such as the analytic writing portion of the GRE, letter of intent, writing samples, etc.) and, when appropriate, inform them of the need to improve their writing skills. Writing skills courses and screening tests are available through the Academic Written English Program in the English Language Institute."

*Graduate Council policy requires that international students meet a minimum score of 320 on the verbal portion of the GRE, and a minimum score on one of the following English language skills tests: 6 on IELTS, 77 on MELAB, 213 on Computer TOEFL, 80 on internet TOEFL, or 550 on paper TOEFL.

Contact Info

Academic Written English is now being administered by the University of Florida English Language Institute. 

For more information please contact:
Megan Forbes, Director
English Language Institute
University of Florida
315 Norman Hall
PO Box 117051
Phone: 352-392-3354
Fax: 352-392-3744
www.eli.ufl.edu
mforbes@eli.ufl.edu

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