Having trouble with participating in class or interacting with classmates and professors because of your English or cultural differences? Or do you just want to polish your academic conversation skills?
Academic Conversation Skills Workshop Series, taught by seasoned instructors from ESL Services Program, offer tips and strategies to overcome such challenges for international students in an interactive environment. There are 8 sessions on 4 different topics scheduled over 4 weeks and you can sign up for as many sessions as you want at no cost. Sign up in advance since the seats are limited!

 

1. Topics, Dates, and Sign-up

 

Please sign up for the topic(s) you're interested in learning by clicking on the date(s) and time(s) below.

 

• Topic 1: The Big Deal about Small Talk (Sign-up deadline: Feburary 6)

  • Session 1: Feburary 9 (Tuesday), 5:00-6:20 pm

  • Session 2: Feburary 12 (Friday), 4:00-5:20 pm

• Topic 2: Participating in Whole-Class Discussions in the U.S. Classroom (Sign-up deadline: Feburary 12)

  • Session 1: Feburary 15 (Monday), 4:00-5:20 pm

  • Session 2: Feburary 18 (Thursday), 5:00-6:20 pm

• Topic 3: Participating in Small Group Discussions in the U.S. Classroom (Sign-up deadline: Feburary 19)

  • Session 1: Feburary 22 (Monday), 4:00-5:20 pm

  • Session 2: Feburary 25 (Thursday), 5:00-6:20 pm

• Topic 4: Effective Communication with Faculty (Sign-up deadline: Feburary 28)

  • Session 1: March 2 (Wednesday), 5:00-6:20 pm

  • Session 2: March 4 (Friday), 4:00-5:20 pm

 

2. Location

 

All sessions will be held at Lincoln Hall, Room 1066.

Address: 702 South Wright Street (Urbana)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Other Instructions and Cancellation 

 

Since only limited seats are provided for each session (around 40), we highly recommond each registrant sign up online for their individual request (hurry up and see the sign-up deadlines above!). But walk-ins are always welcome as long as there is seat. The two sessions on the same topic may contain the same contents, so do NOT sign up for two sessions on the same topic.

        

Note on Cancellation: Please see the instruction here.