English Language Learning
English Language Learning at the Weinstein Learning Center provides curricular and co-curricular support for international students, exchange students, and students for whom English is not their first language. Support includes courses, one-on-one or group consultations, and resources that enhance students’ academic and intercultural growth. In addition to student support, English Language Learning provides training and resources for faculty and staff regarding effective engagement with multi-lingual students. See available appointment times in your WLC student portal.
Services
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Courses for International Students
LLC 135 All About America (15 students) 1 unit
- This course is designed to lead international students in a better understanding of broad, national, and personal culture so that they may adjust and thrive on the UR campus. We explore the foundations, worldviews, and values that shape U.S. culture and culture in general. The course utilizes an experiential learning approach both in and out of the classroom.
- Language skills focus: oral communication (speaking, listening, classroom discourse).
- Academic skills strengthened: intercultural communication, critical thinking, intercultural competence.
LLC 140 How to Write Everything (15 students) 1 unit
- This course is designed for international, non-native English-speaking students to strengthen their skills in informal and formal university academic writing. Assignments reflect skills needed for the kinds of academic writing University of Richmond students must master.
- Language skills focus: academic writing with a focus on style, grammar, and culture.
- Academic skills strengthened: research writing and skills, critical analysis, academic reflection, timed writing, and student choice.
Students may register for these courses via Banner during the University registration period.
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One-on-one or Group Consultations
Individual tutoring for international students throughout the academic year. Tutoring may include English language (writing support, citation workshops), academic (academic expectations, classroom discourse, reading strategies), or intercultural topics (social communication, cultural adjustment, cross-cultural communications), among other topics. Appointments are available via Slate.
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Workshops for Academic and Intercultural Success
Workshops each semester conducted to help international students with academic skills or intercultural learning: Mastering Citations, Cross-Cultural Communication in English, Cultural Adjustment. Students can register for these courses via Slate.
Surviving Exam Season
All the Academic Tips & Tricks You Need to Know!
Do you need inspiration and
Date: November 19, 2024
Time: 8:30-9:00 PM
Location: Westhampton College Deanery Living Room
Registration is not required, but you can pre-register here.
Scrabble Tournament
The highest scoring scrabble word ever played was beauxite (an archaic but valid spelling of the aluminum ore bauxite). Set down by then undergraduate Toh Weibin, this word earned the young player a monstrous 275 points and a World Record Title. Undergraduates of UR, can you set the next World Record? Find out at the English Language and Intercultural Learning center’s first ever Scrabble Tournament on Friday, November 22nd in THC 305.
Test your skills and enter for the chance to win a FREE swag item from the UR Spider Shop. Tournament runs from 5:30-8:00 PM.
Date: November 22, 2024
Time: 5:30-8:00 PM
Location: THC 305
Registration is not required, but you can pre-register here.
About the Director
Leslie Bohon, Ph.D
Leslie Bohon, Ph.D, has broad experience of over 30 years in international education at the university and secondary levels as an ESL/EFL professional, cross-cultural researcher, administrator, teacher and professor, program start-up and developer, curriculum developer, and professional development trainer. She currently serves as Director of English Language Learning at the Weinstein Learning Center. Her research interests are international student development; language, cultural, and academic needs of international students; intercultural competence, and intercultural learning. Dr. Bohon’s Ph.D. is in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership with a focus on international education from the College of William & Mary. She completed her B.A. and M.Ed. degrees at the University of Virginia in French language and Second Language Curriculum and Instruction.