Teaching English to Adults: Internship
Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing or above.
This course offers training and practical experience in tutoring adults in written and spoken English in a volunteer literacy program at Loyola University. Students examine literacy issues and write a research paper.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of societal and cultural factors affecting literacy, and will develop communication and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing or above.
This course offers training and practical experience in tutoring adults in written and spoken English in a volunteer literacy program at Loyola University. Students examine literacy issues and write a research paper.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of societal and cultural factors affecting literacy, and will develop communication and critical thinking skills.
Department Consent Required
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110 and one 200-level English course.
Service Learning / Internship
This class satisfies the Engaged Learning requirement in the Service Learning category.
This class satisfies the Engaged Learning requirement in the Internship category.
Restricted to second-semester freshman standing or above. Instructor permission required, please contact Jacqueline Heckman at jheckma@luc.edu.
Students practice Jesuit values by tutoring neighborhood adults in English - reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Instruction is provided through regularly scheduled meetings, classes and assignments.
Students enrolled for 3 credit hours satisfy the Engaged Learning Service Learning/Internship requirement.
Requirements for students:
For 1 credit hour, students tutor one evening a week with the Loyola Community Literacy Center, MTW or Th, 7 pm to 9:30 pm; beginning the 3rd week of the semester; either online or on campus;
For 2 or 3 credit hours, students tutor two evenings a week with the Loyola Community Literacy Center, MTW or Th 7 pm to 9:30 pm; beginning the 3rd week of the semester; either online or on campus;
All students attend one orientation evening during the 2nd week of the semester, and five class meetings with classroom and times arranged according to student schedules; 3 credit hour students attend one extra session.
There is no formally scheduled final examination.
Further information can be found at www.luc.edu/literacy.
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