Welcome to English for Academic and Professional Purposes (EAPP) at the Monterey Institute! Please take a few minutes to read about the exciting variety of English language courses we offer, tailored to your particular academic and professional needs and interests.
EAPP offers graduate- and undergraduate-level English language skills courses to international students. Our courses range from beginning academic preparation (e.g., oral communication, research paper writing, and American pronunciation) to advanced academic and professional skills (business communication, public speaking, editing, and policy writing). Our courses are based primarily on the content of students' major fields of study, providing them with the necessary skills to perform successfully in graduate courses and to conduct research in their fields of study.
If you have any questions about EAPP classes, placement, requirements, or teaching methodology, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
EAPP310 Oral Communication for International Students (Fall 2007)
Develops skills and strategies needed for effective participation in English-medium classroom discussions and professional interaction. Enables students to analyze their own speech and international styles for needed improvement. Facilitates accuracy and fluency in spoken English.
EAPP325 English Rhetoric and Composing
Focuses on developing students’ skills in producing expository prose. Provides practice in discovering and delimiting ideas, multiple drafting, revision strategies, basic editing and working effectively with peer and instructor feedback. Includes readings, regular writing assignments (e.g. annotated bibliographies, reaction papers, research papers), conferences and work on rhetorical and grammatical issues as they arise in student writing.
EAPP375 English Content Writing (Fall 2007)
Exposes IPS/IPA/IEP/ITP students to the types of academic prose they will work with in their policy courses. Students draw on knowledge gained from in-depth reading and research to produce papers that are logically, completely and analytically developed. Students learn how to write policy memos, op-ed pieces and press releases.
EAPP380 Business Communication for International Students (Fall 2007)
A course in business communication, EAPP 380 centers around the rhetoric and stylistic conventions of written business prose. Provides process-oriented writing practice. Students write and revise business letters, reusmes, memos, reports, etc.
EAPP428 Writing Workshop (as needed)
EAPP430 Public Speaking for International Students (Fall 2007)
Provides training to enhance students’ formal oral communication skills. Students present speeches and panel discussions, analyzing videotaped versions for critical review.
EAPP 450 Advanced Writing and Research (Fall 2007)
Focuses on developing students' ability to write a well-crafted research paper in their field of study. Students are trained in recognizing rhetorical feature of text in their field of study and modeling these in their writing. Includes readings, regular writing assignments (e.g., critical summaries and annotated bibliographies) conferences, and work on rhetorical and grammatical issues as they arise in student writing.
EAPP490 Standard American Pronunciation (Fall 2007)
Provides training to help students’ develop awareness of their current speech patterns and acquire stronger pronunciation and articulation skills. Students work on all aspects of speech production: intonation, word and sentence stress, rhythm, pitch, reductions, and individual phonemes. Students present short speeches and analyze videotaped versions for critical review.
EAPP491 Editing (Fall 2007)
This course is designed for students who write effectively at the rhetorical level b ut have persistent and/or serious linguistic problems at the sentence level. The class operates as a workshop. Students focus on their individual writing problems as identified in papers they are currently writing for their content courses.
EAPP495 Writing for Applied Linguistics
Open to MA TESOL/TFL students who wish to get more exposure writing academic prose in the field of applied linguistics.
This course introduces students to developing researching skills as well as multiple drafting and revision strategies. Students learn to write a reaction paper, literature review, and a research prospectus. The fundamentals of APA style are also covered.
