NCIE 1020 - Business English
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2019
Learn how to write and speak effectively in US business situations. Gain practice in writing clear, concise, accurate, and persuasive texts, emails, memos, and short reports. Learn the art of small talk. Conduct short presentations, conference calls, and simulated meetings. Gain confidence as you develop your ability to target communication for managers, colleagues, direct reports, and clients. Learn how to communicate good, bad, and neutral news.
NCIE 2020 - Grammar-Foundations
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
In this interactive course, you will gain a strong foundation in English language grammar. Through structured exercises and fun activities, you will improve your accuracy and fluency in writing and speaking.
NCIE 2021 - Grammar
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Spring 2018 / Summer 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2021
In this higher-level grammar course, you will learn more complex forms and structures to help you create more sophisticated, nuanced, and effective written and oral communication. You will also have an opportunity to practice your editing skills in order to write more like a native speaker of English.
NCIE 2580 - Intercultural Communications
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Fall 2020
In this course, students gain valuable and necessary intercultural skills for their academic and professional careers. They examine and discuss cultures similar to their own as well as those that are radically different. Students use a variety of English language and critical thinking skills to explore complex relationships between culture and communication.
NCIE 3080 - Pronunciation
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Fall 2020
In this course, students will develop their oral comprehensibility. The course will address individual phonemes, suprasegmentals and sentence stress, focusing on areas of difficulty for native Spanish speakers.
NCIE 3082 - Grammar
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Fall 2020
This course targets grammar points that are a particular problem for Spanish speakers. Topics of focus are subject-verb agreement, collocations with make and do, dropped pronouns, false cognates, and run-on sentences.
