ALI 060: Pronunciation Lab                                                                            Speech diagnostics and tutorial treatment sessions for intermediate and advanced learners who wish to improve their patterns of pronunciation in order to achieve greater intelligibility. Treats both segmental as well as suprasegmental aspects of pronunciation.

ALI 075: Open Lab
Students work voluntarily with individual tutors in a laboratory environment on a drop-in basis.

ALI 080: Introduction to English Grammar                                               This course presents the rudiments of spoken English grammar.

ALI 090: Speaking Out                                                                                    This course emphasizes starting to speak English interpersonally. Class meetings center on spoken activities. Pronunciation will be diagnosed and attention paid to student needs to become fluent as well as accurate with others.

ALI 095: Listen to Me                                                                                This course is for real beginners who are listening to real English for the first time. Emphasis equally on comprehension and form.

ALI 100: Listening for Life
This course helps students with basic listening needs in daily situations. Students develop their listening and speaking skills in order to interact with others in an English-speaking environment. Various life-related topics in English are introduced to students to listen to. Students learn how to recognize different sounds in English and practice their pronunciation.

ALI 103: Reading Stories                                                                            Students learn to read English fluently by reading interesting stories controlled for the vocabulary and forms appropriate to individual levels.

ALI 105: World of Words
This course helps students to explore the rich world of words in English. At the same time, it helps students to develop techniques and strategies for finding, understanding, remembering, and using words and expressions. Students are involved in activities to increase social vocabulary, learn idioms and their usage, as well as practice listening, reading, writing, and pronouncing new words in context.

ALI 108: Introduction to English Literacy                                                        This courses introduces students to the conventions of standard American English as used in print for reading and writing. This includes American English spelling patterns, punctuation, mechanics and textual marks, word derivation, text formats, table, graphs, abbreviations, as well as text parts and types etc.

ALI 109: Start Reading                                                                                    This is a beginning course in reading which focuses on getting meaning by reading connected prose in a variety of everyday formats.

ALI 110: Communicative Grammar
In this course students will practice using English grammar in communicative contexts. The primary emphasis is on spoken language. Students will develop their abilities by participating in activities and completing projects which will explore cultural themes.  

ALI 120: Write From the Start                                                                          This course aims to improve student ability to express ideas in a wide range of written English sentences. The course is linked with readings from ALI 109, 110, and 130.

ALI 135: Academic Vocabulary                                                                      This course focuses on how to learn vocabulary words from context and how to master the meanings, forms, and uses of vocabulary that appear in academic discourses both oral and written.

ALI 140: Basic Writing                                                                                      This course is an introduction to composing the paragraph in English. Students study the purposes, patterns, voice, and lexis of paragraphs. Students use models and learn to write free paragraphs on both self-selected and designated topics.

ALI 145: American Idioms                                                                         This course focuses on learning the 250 most frequently used idioms in American speech through a variety of means.

ALI 150: Exploring American Life                                                                     Learn about American life on campus and in the town and region. Students will learn to use the resources available at IUP and in Indiana. The aim of the course is to help students adjust more quickly and completely to living and studying in America at IUP. Issues to be studied include: culture shock, social life, health, classroom and university culture, race, gender, politics, and technology.

ALI 190: Integrated English                                                                       This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn the basic functions and structures of English used for a variety of purposes in a communicative context. Attention will be paid to speaking, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary.

ALI 200: Stories of Selves
In this course students read and talk about personal experiences or stories. Also, students write in response to these stories and share their meanings with others. The activities provide opportunities for language work on grammar and vocabulary.

ALI 201: Intermediate Reading                                                                      Course emphasizes reading in a variety of content areas for comprehension while acquiring specific reading practices.

ALI 205: Explorations of Culture
Learn about the society around you. In this course, students explore culture through a variety of activities both in and outside the classroom. Through these tasks, students develop a repertoire of listening, speaking, reading, and writing strategies necessary for effective interactions as well as an understanding of the dynamics and values underlying cultural aspects in the United States.

ALI 210: Interactive Listening
This course is designed to help students develop interpersonal communication skills in spoken English. It focuses on a variety of listening comprehension skills and strategies in order for students to become more effective listeners in a variety of English social settings. The course offers students the opportunity to develop their critical thinking by analyzing and synthesizing the information provided through listening in class, class discussion, and outside sources. Explicit instruction in listening comprehension for TOEFL is included.

ALI 214: Reading Academic Themes
Uses a variety of authentic, meaningful, and stimulating readings, the course focuses on developing critical reading strategies, skimming and scanning abilities, increasing reading speed, building academic vocabulary, drawing inferences, previewing, predicting, and finding the main idea. ESL learners will build successful reading strategies to comprehend language and concepts presented in college textbooks.

ALI 215: Book Talk
This course helps students extend their ability to read and communicate about the content of reading. Lessons focus on reading aloud, paired reading, silent reading, and book sharing circles. The course will prepare you to read fluently and accurately, using non-fiction texts.

ALI 224: America at Work
This course is designed to expose international students to everyday American culture through readings from Studs Terkel's Working. He examined working America through extensive interviews and conversations with those at the very center of their jobs and professions. We, in turn, by using his book, will come to know a segment of 'real' American culture. Through the readings, writings, discussions, group work assignments and presentations, this course hopes to present a meaningful experience to the students in terms of their own preparation for living in America, at least for the next few years.

ALI 225: Writing for Academic Purposes
This course continues the learning to write process in English. Students will learn to write the short academic theme as well as journal responses to readings. In these writings, students will evaluate and revise drafts, use appropriate language and rhetoric, and communicate to a reader. Themes are drawn from the content of various academic disciplines—business, science, technology, history--students will encounter as undergraduates.

ALI 228: Intermediate English Grammar                                                       Students will learn and practice the uses of structures common to educated American speech and writing.

ALI 280: Listening Academic English                                                          This course studies how to listen to instructors in different disciplines and to students and faculty who use a variety of speech patterns in class lectures and discussion.

ALI 290: Multi-Media Society                                                                          This course offers a view of American society through multi-media--images, music, film, and speech. The course also provides instruction in a wide-range of tools for creating visual and verbal semiotic texts.

ALI 300 Conversation Practice
This course is designed primarily to give students practice in conversation. Students will practice engaging in everyday activities, learning idioms, responding to stories they will read in class, and speaking with native speakers of English both in and out of class.

ALI 301 Conversation Partners
Learn to talk easily with native speakers. In this course, each student meets with an IUP student each week and practices speaking and listening skills. These meetings are the homework. Also during class, ALI students practice conversation and learn common English expressions and vocabulary.

ALI 305: Community Participation
In this course, ALI students meet and learn to communicate regularly with people in this region and participate in community events. Class will be devoted to preparing to meet people in the community. Insights into the working with Americans and American civic and social life will develop.

ALI 308: Improving Speaking                                                                           This course will teach students to improve their communication in speaking through a study of word and sentence level stress difficulties that are unique to each home language. It will also address phoneme pronunciation through both listening and speaking instruction. The goals are to improve pronunciation accuracy, assist students in improving their voice, to increase student awareness of techniques of breath support and vocal projection in order to be heard more clearly.

ALI 310: Intercultural Communication
This course helps students to explore the dynamic of communication between and among different cultures. It sensitizes students to issues such as cultural values, culture shock, cultural adjustment, and strategies to communicate with people from different cultures. Students are involved in activities to develop their speaking and listening skills while also working on their reading and writing skills. The topics for this course include non-verbal communication (gestures and proxemics), concept of family, and so on. The activities include video analyses, role plays, discussions, and cultural games.

ALI 315: Advanced Oral Communication
This course prepares students to be participating actively in sustained conversation on a variety of topics in formal and informal situations. Students learn strategies to deliver oral presentation, to hold a debate, and other day-to-day conversation. This course focuses on speaking and listening skills; however, reading and writing skills will also be incorporated. The activities in this course include delivering impromptu speeches, role-plays, mini presentation, and debates.

ALI 320: Advanced Written Communication
This course will help students write for a variety of purposes. Topics include developing an appropriate writing style, organizing information for different types of written communications and audiences, learning to revise documents, peer review, avoiding plagiarism in using sources.

ALI 321: Editing American English                                                          This course teaches how to edit written English (both process and product). Students will use their own writing as well as that of others' to produce grammatically correct and appropriate written English.

ALI 325: Self-Directed Reading
Students learn to become independent readers by choosing their own reading materials--newspapers, stories, magazine articles, book chapters, etc. Class meetings require students to explain their reading choices, interpret their readings, express opinions about readings and respond to the opinions of other readers.

ALI 330: The Reading Club
This course encourages students to read extensively in order to develop the ability to read English fluently and to enjoy the process. Students will read whole pieces of fiction, non-fiction, and autobiography, including magazines and other materials. Students will choose their own reading materials. Some emphasis will be placed on talking about and writing about the things which are read.

ALI 335: Advanced English Grammar
This course is designed to develop the abilities needed to use a variety of grammatical structures effectively and efficiently. The emphasis is on standard English in oral and written communication.

ALI 340: English in Business
This course offers prospective business majors opportunities to study how English is used for business interactions, both written and oral. The language of business, including vocabulary, grammar, and patterns of discourse are studied in business texts. How oral interactions in business differ in American culture is also discussed.

ALI 350: Using English with Computers                                                   This course is designed to introduce a wide range of technology tools that can be used to produce oral, written and on-line texts in English. Student needs will be assessed at the start of the course and a developmental plan will be created for each student. Students will learn basic and advanced functions of all Office programs (e.g., Word, Front Page, Excel, etc.).

ALI 360: Critical Reading:  American News                                                  The goal of this course is to help students develop and maintain practices of critical reading such as identifying bias, irony; recognizing and isolating themes or main points; questioning the quality and credibility of information, locating underlying assumptions; following the structure of a text and being able to identify its arguments. Current American newspapers and magazines will be used as the major texts. Students will also learn the skills of critical reading on the Web: credible vs. non-credible information presented on the Web.

ALI 390: Reading for Pleasure                                                                   This course addresses the need for students to understand what they read and then explain what they read. When books are self chosen, students are better motivated to talk about reading. The emphasis is on becoming confident with your speaking about reading, not with errors.

ALI 400: TOEFL Preparation
This course helps students who want to develop the language skills and test-taking strategies they need to increase their scores on the new computer-based TOEFL test. Four areas of the TOEFL are addressed: listening, reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary. This class meets in the ALI lab.

ALI 401: Writing for TOEFL                                                                      This course aims to introduce the appropriate way to write an essay for the TOEFL test. Instruction includes analysis of various topic prompts and topic types, introduction to the scoring rubric, and practice with previously offered test topics under timed conditions.

ALI 405: Test Preparation
This course is for the student who needs both general and specific development with language skills and test-taking strategies to improve his performance on standardized tests for admission to university and professional schools (e.g., GMAT, GRE, TSE, etc.). In addition, students will be prepared to evaluate and perform on classroom type tests offered in different disciplines at IUP.

ALI 408: Advanced English Pronunciation                                                     This course is designed for the non-native English speaker who has
basic fluency in the English language but who wants professional
guidance to improve pronunciation accuracy. Its emphasis is on
realistic and meaningful contexts that show learners how idioms are
used and allow them to perceive nuances between and among them. It
focuses on appropriate rhythm, stress, intonation, and systematic
pronunciation practice that help learners master the productive side
of using idioms.

ALI 410: American Culture                                                                       This course exposes students to a combination of American history and American culture. Students will explore a variety of cultural topics and historical facts using a multimedia approach. Such topics as: myth versus reality, assumed stereotypes, and the cultural roles of men and women will be explored in depth. Students will also engage in open communication concerning the consciousness of their assumptions. Students will participate in a group based cultural/historical assessment and multimedia project and presentation. Students will actively develop their own specific cultural awareness.

ALI 420: English Through Film
Students will improve their English language ability by viewing films and TV programs in class. Discussions will emphasize cultural themes. Class activities will include pair work, group work, role plays, interviews, vocabulary building, pronunciation activities, story telling, and games. Written reviews are read before viewing a film. Although some reading and writing are necessary, the emphasis of the class will be on listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.

ALI 421: Film & Society

ALI 425: Electronic Literacy
This course exposes students to the potential of the personal computer as one of the most important tools in today's world of education. In this class, students see, learn, practice and apply important skills such as emailing, touch-typing, internet searches, list-servs and e-group discussions and as part of your preparation into a technologically-wired academic world of the new millennium. More and more professors are turning to the Internet as part of their teaching strategy in widening the horizons and their reach. This course is no exception.

ALI 430: Writing Across the Curriculum                                                  This course prepares advanced students for university studies by providing guidance and information to develop the necessary skill to write for a variety of purposes in various disciplines. Topics include developing an appropriate academic writing style, analyzing audience, establishing a writer’s stance, using strategies for organizing information, summarizing, finding sources, integrating and interacting with source material, and reading critically. Students will complete authentic college assignments while practicing reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Independent thinking is encouraged as students analyze competing ideas and theories while using English language to communicate these ideas.

ALI 435: Reading in The Discipline                                                        This course assists students learning advanced strategies for reading professional and technical information in specific fields in English. Students select their own materials, learn to apply strategies for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition, and report their learning in group work.

ALI 440: Reading Across the Curriculum                                                   This course prepares advanced students for university undergraduate studies by providing guidance and information to develop the necessary skills to read and discuss texts in a variety of disciplines as is required by a liberal studies curriculum.

ALI 445: Academic Research Writing Writing                                       This course enables students to write short library research papers for academic audiences. Students will learn how to use adequate information and sound argumentation, to create and maintain a clear focus, to create effective organization and coherence, and to use appropriate style and diction. In addition, the course focuses on the processes of managing library and electronic sources, such quoting, paraphrasing, and citing. Students will learn to generate topics, and citing primary and secondary sources to produce academically accepted essays and papers. In addition, students will revise and edit their papers.

ALI 450: Researching Your Discipline
This course provides the students with guidance, information, and skills necessary to do research in their disciplines. It empowers the students by guiding them in the contexts of research. It helps students acquire skills such as, narrowing a topic, finding sources, paraphrasing, summarizing, integrating source material, and documenting a research paper. Furthermore, the course will provide opportunities for the students to discover their own identity and style as researcher. To achieve these, students will carry out individual and group projects related to their fields, such as making case studies and doing presentations. They will also be involved in activities and tasks that will improve their speaking and reading skills.

ALI 500: Academic Literacy
This course attempts to enrich your understanding of the communities of practice within your chosen field of study. To this end, you will engage in an in-depth analysis of your specific discipline throughout the semester. For example, you will learn important vocabulary terms and genres, the professional organizations and journals, as well as the course and their materials. You will also experiment with a variety of skills needed to succeed in university courses as well as in your professional field: interviewing, time and stress management techniques, note-taking strategies, conferencing, journal usage, presentation skills, etc. You will observe classes, study syllabi and handouts, as well as interview faculty in your discipline in order to draw closer to involvement.