ALCP 016C - ALCP English for Engineering
Course Description
ALCP English for Engineering
This course develops academic and real-world speaking skills through interactive online activities, guided practice, and performance-based assessments. First-year, non-native English-speaking engineering students engage with engineering texts, lectures, diagrams, data visualizations, and problem-solving scenarios while developing academic reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills in this 8-week, 2-hour per week, non-credit, asynchronous EAP course. Through weekly integrated tasks, students learn to communicate technical information clearly and effectively in academic and professional contexts.
Who Should Take This Course
- First-year, non-native English-speaking engineering students: Open to all STEM students, although the curriculum is targeting engineering students.
- Students Seeking Fluency: Individuals who want to develop better pacing, clarity, and confidence in real-time online speaking environments.
- Academic-Bound Students: Those needing to master structured oral presentations, small-group academic discussions, and formal interaction strategies (like paraphrasing and summarizing).
- Collaborative Learners: Students who enjoy interactive environments, as the course requires active participation in group problem-solving and peer feedback.
- Student do not need to be enrolled at the University of Idaho. Everyone is welcome!
What You’ll Gain
By the end of this 8-week course, students will:
- Develop increased fluency and confidence in real-time online speaking contexts.
- Demonstrate effective participation in academic and real-world communicative tasks.
- Apply appropriate language structures and vocabulary to express ideas clearly at their proficiency level.
- Use interaction strategies to initiate, sustain, and conclude discussions.
- Organize and deliver structured oral presentations with increasing complexity and independence.
- Adapt speaking performance to audience, purpose, and task expectations.
- Demonstrate measurable growth from diagnostic to final performance assessment.
Required Materials
Instructor-provided materials including readings, videos, and speaking prompts.
Questions?
Email Beth Wiens (bwiens@uidaho.edu)