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 Internship category.
Permission Required.
Engage with Jesuit Values - Meet our Adult Neighbors Who Come from Many Cultures
This course offers an excellent opportunity for service learning and practical experience in tutoring neighborhood adults in written and spoken English with the Loyola Community Literacy Center. While our in-person tutoring location and office is Loyola Hall, and we hope to return someday, we will continue tutoring only online in Spring 2026.
No previous tutoring experience is necessary. English 393 can be taken for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours. When taken for 3 credit hours, this course satisfies the Core Engaged Learning-Service Learning Internship requirement. It is open to second-semester freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Incoming freshmen are always welcome to tutor as volunteers and take the course at a later date.
Requirements: Only UCWR 110 or its equivalent ¿ despite what LOCUS says.
The Center is open for tutoring M-Th evenings 7-9:30 pm during the fall and spring semesters when the university is in session. 1 credit hour students tutor one evening per week; 2 and 3 credit hour students tutor two evenings a week. In addition, there are 5 class meetings scheduled at times convenient for all students; 3 credit/Core students meet for a 6th session.
Students who have taken this course have found it to be a challenging and exciting experience, even life-changing, as they help neighborhood adults improve their skills.
More information can be found at www.luc.edu/literacy. Follow the links to "tutoring" and then "course credit tutoring" for a description of English 393 and Honors 290, combined courses.
This class requires department consent. Please contact Mrs. Jacqueline Heckman at jheckma@luc.edu (773) 508-2330 for permission. This class satisfies the Engaged Learning requirement in the Service Learning and Academic Internship category.
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