July 10, 2008
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, July 17, at 3 p.m. in the Petersen Room on the 4th floor of the Allen Library.
Blood Drives
Friday, July 11 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby
Monday, July 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 106B HUB
Language Exchange Program with UW English Language Program Students
The UW ELP teaches English to students from a variety of nations. We have created the Language Exchange Program to allow our students to work with native English speakers to improve their English skills. Many of our students are looking for conversation partners for summer quarter. Our program is also in need of volunteer facilitators in the classroom to assist teachers during English language classes. Volunteering for ELP is a great way to practice your own foreign language skills as well as learn about other cultures. If interested, call 206-543-6242, submit an application at http://www.outreach.washington.edu/elp/exchange/, or email langex@u.washington.edu.
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Online English courses offered
Convenient online courses are available for UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business, or technical writing. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.
Evening on-site courses focus on improving conversational skills and preparation for the iBT TOEFL. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.
UWELP customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.
For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.
