English Learning Resources @UMich

Pei-Yao Hung (洪培堯)School of Information, University of Michigan

Me

• Taichung, NTU CSIE

• UMich SI PhD candidate

• TOEFL: 10X

• GRE:?

Outline

• University Resources

• English Language Institute (ELI)

University

Sweetland Writing Center

• http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/

• Location: North Quad Basement

• Provide writing consultation from ideation to editing

• Available appointment: 60 mins, 7 times per term

• Tips

Rackham

• https://secure.rackham.umich.edu/Events/wssel.php

• Location: Rackham Graduate School (Next to North Quad)

• Provide career related training (some are language related)

• Tips

International Center

• https://internationalcenter.umich.edu/events

• Location: Student Activities Building

• Host informational and social events

Clubs

• https://maizepages.umich.edu/organizations

• Location: Everywhere

• Provide social environments for people with shared interest (e.g., language exchange)

Language Resources Center

• https://lsa.umich.edu/lrc/language-learning/conversation-partners.html

• Location: North Quad basement

• Provide platform to find conversation partners

• LRC Language Exchange Partners program

University Resources

• Sweetland Writing Center

• Rackham

• International Center

• Club

English Language Institute (ELI)

ELI

• http://lsa.umich.edu/eli/

• Location: Weiser Hall @ Central Campus, next to Dana (this building)

• Provide reading, writing, listening, speaking courses, workshops, and resources, mostly for international students (including GSI training)

• Tips

ELI Courses

• Writing

• Speaking/Listening

• Reading

ELI Courses (Selective)• Writing (from grammar to structure to rhetoric)

• Speak& Writing Grammar, Academic Writing, Research Paper Writing, Dissertation/Publication Writing

• Speaking/Listening (from grammar to discussion to social)

• Pronunciation, Discussion & Oral Argumentation, Academic Presentations, Speaking in Research/Any Context

• Reading

• Academic Readings & Vocabulary

ELI Workshops• Writing Clinics

• Speaking Clinics

• English for Academic Purposes Workshops

• Creating Your Elevator Pitch, Job Interviewing in English

• Writing Effective Email, Self-Editing Your Academic Writing

• Power Up Your English With Great Self-Study App, Academic Small Talk

ELI Conversation Circles

• http://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/eli/

• Location: anywhere

• Host weekly discussion on different topics of interest

• Tips

ELI e-Resources

• https://eresources.eli.lsa.umich.edu/

ELI

• Course

• Clinics

• Workshops

• Conversation Circles

Other Resources

Apps & Tools• Writing

• Grammarly: https://app.grammarly.com/

• Reading

• Newsela: https://newsela.com/

• Exactly: https://app.exactlyapp.com/dictionary

• Speaking & Listening

• Podcast (iPhone: http://rssrad.io/#/rssradio)

FB: Pei-Yao Hung @peiyaoh

Thanks