pre-observation for EAP class

Jingwen Li
EAP1850
01/29/13
Project One
Project Pre-observation to EAP class
I have taken EAP class for about four weeks. Compared with other language courses I took before, no matter the difficulty level or the teaching tempo of EAP course has a significant increase for me. In the process I try to fit in with this class, I have a deep feeling to this course, and I also hope to summary my feeling and experience about this class so that I can achieve more skills and expectation of improvement in the following classes. In term of my hope, I certainly expect I can learn something I lack or something I don’t know, especially some techniques on my weak point, like how to make a nice presentation, how to write a professional paper and how to comprehend articles and lectures. I will access to professional courses formally soon, in fact, education pattern in my country is different form that in America, I have no sense of learning model here and no confidence to catch up with the native students, so, in my view, EAP class, working as a transition process, offers me opportunities to adapt to the educational environment. It is really an excellent preparation for me to receive an academic guidance on skills, models and method of American education.
The purpose of EAP class is to help students to master efficient skills to understand, extract and analyze the information in the academic articles and lectures. Through different class activities and programs, students develop abilities to think critically, work in group and make an appropriate presentation. To reach the target, students are expected to follow the teacher’s requirement, such as attending all class meetings and individual meetings, making good
preparation before classes, speaking English in class, and completing assignments on time. Moreover, students are responsible for their study so that they should solve problem actively with the help of teacher. During the EAP study, expect for completing the homework assigned by teacher, students need to finish five critical thinking papers and three projects. The grade of team projects and that of critical thinking papers separately occupy 30 percent of total score , the grade of homework and in-class activities occupies 25 percent. In addition, we have three exams which is in 15 percent. According to the syllabus, I learn that if I want to gain improvement, I should do enough experiences and participate in class activities actively. Also, study is the matter of our business, so with the teacher’s help, we must make enough effort on the base of thinking independently and critically.。