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Institute aids English skills I
International students
also learn culture
By Joan Herman
Of the Emerald
Imagine studying in a foreign university where
you couldn't understand the language - and worse
yet — no one could understand you.
Although prospects for academic success in such
a situation seem grim at best, many international
students do just that - with a little help from the
University's American English Institute.
Located on PLC's second floor, the AEI is literally
a college within a college. Most of the AEI s students
— about 70 each term from all over the world — have
not been admitted to the University, primarily
because their English language skills do not meet
University admission standards.
Enter the AEI.
"Our interest is in preparing people with the
English skills needed to perform well in an academic
setting," says Russell Tomlin, the AEl's new director.
Those skills include reading, writing, speaking and
listening in academic settings.
The AEI is one of many English institutes nation
wide designed to teach international students the
English language. Although most students studying
at English institutes hope to enter American univer
sities, some do so simply to live in the United States
and learn its customs. Depending on the institute,
language classes may center around learning 'sur
vival' English, which is used in social settings, or ac
quiring academic English, which the AEI teaches.
Through an intensive class schedule that would
leave many Americans exhausted — a minimum 20
hours weekly for at least four hours daily — interna
tional students acquire the English language — ho
easy task say their instructors.
"It's really amazing when you think about what
they're doing and what they've accomplished," says
Jackie Uhler, an AEI student counselor.
Although many students coming to the United
States for the first time already speak English well —
Japanese students are required to take six years of
English to graduate from high school — some are
complete beginners. Advanced students may require
only a term at the AEI; beginners might stay as long
as a year.
To enter an American university, international
students must take the TOEFL (Test of English as a
Foreign Language) exam. This University requires a
score of 500 for undergraduates and 550 for graduate
students. The average TOEFL score of students enter
ing the AEI would be about 400, Tomlin says.
Last spring the AEI offered its first course to inter
national students who were already admitted to the
University, yet were having language difficulties.
Although Tomlin says the 500 TOEFL score needed to
enter the University is adequate, a score of 600
"seems to match up with what is needed (in terms of
language proficiency) for academic success."
In the future, the AEI may offer workshops and
courses for potential CTFs from other countries. In
the past, many American students have complained
This father and daughter celebrate graduation
from the American English Institute.
they often could not understand GTF instructors
from non-English speaking nations. Tomlin admits
the problem is a "pretty sensitive one." So if there is
enough interest, the AEI will provide the workshops
for CTFs.
Besides English language courses, the AEI has
many support services for its students, including
academic counseling and 'survival' counseling,
which covers finding housing, buying medical in
surance and handling other basic needs.
One common problem of international students
is learning the ropes of the American "system".
Many AEI students wish to go on to other American
universities, yet often they don't know how to apply.
So AEI instructors teach international students the
American 'ropes.'
Another common problem for international
students is meeting Americans. Often it is difficult
for them to make the contacts, Uhler says, because
they don't know where to start. "Our students want
to meet American students, but they don't know how
to do that. Sometimes they feel sad about that. Some
even want to date Americans," she says.
So the AEI developed the Friendship Program, in
which American students meet weekly on a social
basis to chat one-to-one with AEI students. Both
American and international students benefit from
the opportunity to learn about a different lifestyle,
Uhler says.
The AEI has also taken its students on field trips
to the Oregon Coast, Crater Lake and even to a
typical American rodeo.
So whether they remain at the AEI a term or a
year, international students not only learn academic
English, they get a thick slice of Americana, as well.
Rebels attack Nicaraguan cities
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) —
U.S.-backed rebels announced a
2,000-man offensive Monday
against cities throughout northern
Nicaragua in an effort to over
throw the leftist Sandinista
government.
"The war in the mountains has
ended, we have launched an ur
ban war," said the rebels' Radio
September 15. It claimed attacks
were made on Esteli, Nueva
Segovia, jinotega, Madriz and
Zelaya provinces, but government
military sources confirmed attacks
in only two provinces, Nueva
Segovia and Zelaya.
Elsewhere in Central America,
leftist Salvadoran rebels claimed
the capture of a badly wounded
army battalion commander and
seven towns in eastern and nor
thern El Salvador.
In Guatemala City, police
reported the arrest of 2,600 people
in an anti-terrorist sweep. But they
said most of them were pulled in
for not having identity cards and
would be released as soon as
friends or relatives vouched for
them.
Although confirmation of the
Nicaragua rebels’ claim of a large
scale offensive was not available,
military sources who asked not to
be identified for security reasons
said a heavily armed rebel force
surrounded Ocotal, a city in
Nueva Segovia 148 miles north of
Managua, but were not able to
overrun it.
The sources said there was
heavy fighting in which at least
three government troops were
killed, and the rebels blew up a
bridge on a major highway on the
outskirts of the city.
"They attacked from all four
sides," one source in the town
reported by telephone. "Around S
a.m., during intense firing, we
heard a tremendous dynamite ex
plosion and afterwards found out
they had blown up the bridge."
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