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Classrooms and instructors will be assigned on Friday, June 19. Log in to online services and select "View Course Schedule" to get this information for your class.
These courses are open to students at level E.
IEL S-51e
Prof Communication Level E (32482)
(Printable version)
Course tuition: noncredit $725. Limited enrollment.
Mondays, Wednesdays, 6:30-9 pm.
This workshop is designed for those whose jobs or studies require them to present professional papers and lead or participate in academic discussions. This comprehensive course provides a wide-ranging orientation to linguistic, philosophical, and cultural mores that are found in demanding professional and university environments, and emphasizes the importance of effective communication skills and wide cultural knowledge for success in these contexts. Language instruction—in reading, listening and speaking—is aimed at preparing students to exhibit urbanity and aplomb in communications with colleagues and professors on topics as varied as education, politics, and the environment, as well as the common reading. Students reading and discuss theoretical and fictional texts and sophisticated contemporary journalism, view videotapes of professional talks and debates, and attend a plenary lecture by a Harvard professor as they simulate the presentation and critiquing procedures that are relevant in professional contexts and share feedback on their participation in discussions, debates, town meetings, and formal oral presentations.
IEL S-52e
Prof Writing Workshop Level E (32483)
(Printable version)
Course tuition: noncredit $725. Limited enrollment.
Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6:30-9 pm.
This workshop is for students from a wide range of professional and academic disciplines who wish to examine the features that characterize writing in different fields of specialization, appreciate nuances and different registers, and enhance their control of the finer stylistic aspects of contemporary and professional writing across a broad media spectrum. Language instruction in reading and writing prepares students to argue their points of view effectively on topics in education, politics, and the environment as well as an assignment from a Harvard professor and the common reading. Students read and write about theoretical and fictional texts and sophisticated contemporary journalism, and they hone their own writing skills by producing increasingly sophisticated versions of extended formal papers and engaging in quick-writing exercises and peer-review sessions to simulate the presentation and critiquing procedures that are relevant in professional contexts.