ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

The English and French Language Centre of the Faculty of Arts offers one ESL three credit course:

• ESLN 299 ESL: Academic English Seminar

Students newly admitted (into Year 0 or Year 1) at McGill to a Bachelor program in the following fall will receive a subsidy upon completion of the course (only students who have not previously been enrolled in a Bachelor program at McGill are eligible). The students are expected to pay for the course and those eligible will automatically receive a credit to their student account in the fall.

Cost and subsidy: ESLN 299: $238.08*

*2007 Quebec tuition and administration fees. Fees are subject to change without notice.

ESLN 299

Restriction: Open only to students whose first language is not English entering the university (into Year 0 or Year 1).

Course description
With materials from across the curriculum the course prepares students to meet the expectations of the university classroom: note taking and summary of lectures; paraphrase and summary of written and multimedia materials; oral and seminar presentations. Development of critical thinking, reading, writing, listening and speaking skills and strategies.