How to Improve Fluency in English
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Improving
Oral Fluency allows those with advanced English language skills to
enhance their speaking and listening through group practice as well
as through individualized feedback. For business people, students
preparing for American universities and colleges, teachers or anyone
wishing to improve his or her spoken English.
All participants
must take a placement test on Registration Day in order to demonstrate
the required advanced English proficiency. If your test results show
high intermediate or lower proficiency, we will advise you to take
the Intensive English Program instead.
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ORAL
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Learn techniques and practice working on advanced-level functions such as explaining
and describing. Students will also practice unprepared speaking and answering
questions before a group. |
PRONUNCIATION
The pronunciation course will focus primarily on improving production of the
correct stress, rhythm and intonation of spoken English, but problems with
individual sounds will also receive attention. Class activities range from
teacher-controlled exercises to less controlled communicative activities. |
GRAMMAR
FOR ORAL FLUENCY
The goal of this class is to improve grammatical accuracy in spoken English.
Verb tenses, articles, word forms and complex structures will be emphasized.
Students will be able to work on individual problems in grammar and will receive
feedback and correction as they practice individually, in pairs, and in groups. |
ELECTIVE
CLASS
You have a choice of ONE of the elective classes except Pronunciation or Oral
Skills Development.
For
description of these classes, see the Electives page. |
UNIVERSITY
CLASS (Optional)
Students may choose to take one undergraduate or graduate level class on the
UCR main campus. |
•• Advanced
level (500/600) students |
| ELECTIVES |
Academic:
 Advanced
Vocabulary
Public
Speaking
GRE/GMAT
Preparation
IOF Course
Descriptions |
Conversation
and Culture:
American
Idioms
Creative
Writing
English
Through Drama
English
Through Film
Student
Newspaper
English
Through Music
Global
Issues |
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Length:
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10-,
6- and 4-week |
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Hours
per week:
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24-32 |
| Total
class hours per session: |
240+
(10-week)
144+ (6-week)
96+
(4-week) |
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Days
per week:
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5 |
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Average
class size:
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15 |
| When
is it offered? |
10-week
program: Year-round
4-week program: January, April, August, October
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Required
proficiency:
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Advanced |
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Minimum
Age:
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15 |
Also check our Conversation Program
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I
am amazed by how much my speaking and listening skills have improved
through the Improving Oral Fluency program. I
strongly recommend that anybody who wishes to improve his or her spoken
English ability take this program.”
—Kyoung-Gyo
Son
Korea
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"IOF
is a great program for everyone who wants to improve oral skills. I
had a lot of experiences and wonderful memories here, and I really
improved my oral skills. Thanks to all of the teachers and IEP staff.
They are so nice and I will never forget them.”
—Amporn Sae-Lim
Thailand
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INTERNATIONAL
