English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

TSoM offers quality English instruction in the heart of downtown Toronto. TSoM’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is a comprehensive program which integrates reading, writing, listening and speaking skills with an academic focus to build strong English language skills. The program is taught by experienced Languages Canada certified instructors.

Fees & Facts

Fees:

$250 per week*

*Material fees are not included. $10/week. 30 lessons/week – 40 min per lesson

Levels:

TSoM EAP 1
TSoM EAP 2
TSoM EAP 3
TSoM EAP 4

Completion of TSoM EAP 4 level meets the language proficiency requirements for admission.

Start Date:

September 8, 2020
October 5, 2020
November 2, 2020
November 30, 2020
January 5, 2021
February 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
April 5, 2021
May 3, 2021
May 31, 2021
July 5, 2021
August 3, 2021
September 7, 2021
October 4, 2021
November 1, 2021
November 29, 2021

Duration:

Course duration varies based on your starting English level and each student’s unique progress through the levels

The TSoM EAP is designed especially for non-native speakers of English who want to improve their writing, communication and critical thinking skills to excel academically and professionally.

Students will be placed in one of four EAP levels depending on the results of a placement test. Each level will last 8 weeks. The duration of the EAP program will depend on the student’s English level, and overall progress throughout their program of choice.

Why study EAP with TSoM?

Direct pathway into TSoM programs without taking the IELTS or TOEFL

Students will be assessed and placed in the correct level via the TSoM online placement test

The program is taught by experienced teachers certified by Languages Canada

Competitive fees and diversity scholarships

Program Highlights:

Develop a solid foundation of academic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills
Develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Communicate effectively and confidently
Deliver presentations and actively participate in class discussions
Learn about time management and study skills for success

Level progression and duration breakdown

EAP 1 - Course Modules

Read

Students will be able to apply strategies to read, comprehend, analyze and respond critically to academic texts as well as:

Read main ideas and details
Use footnotes and glossaries
Recognize different text types

Write

Students will be able to write in a variety of styles and apply different writing strategies in order to:

Give written feedback
Compose descriptive paragraphs and essays
Revise, edit and rewrite

Listen

Students will be able to demonstrate strategies for effective listening to:

Identify main ideas, reasons, explanations and specific information
Understand cause and effect
Recognize a speaker’s attitude
Predict
Recognize facts and opinions

Speak

Students will be able to use speaking techniques to participate effectively during group discussions, state opinions and lead a conversation including:

Express opinions
Ask for clarification as well as give examples
Give advice, instructions and make recommendations
Participate in group discussions

EAP 2 - Course Modules

Read

Students will be able to apply strategies to read, comprehend, analyze and respond critically to a variety of different academic text types as well as:

Locate specific information through skimming and scanning
Create an outline to organize text
Preview text through a variety of strategies
Use prior knowledge to predict content
Distinguish fact from opinion to be a critical reader
Sequence ideas to show text structure

Write

Students will be able to write in a variety of styles and apply different writing strategies in order to:

Write paragraphs of different genres
Analyze features of good and poor summaries
Write summaries
Write paragraphs with reasons and examples
Write introductory, body and conclusion paragraphs
Write essays of different types

Listen

Students will be able to demonstrate strategies for effective listening to:

Understand main ideas and details
Use prior knowledge and personal experience to predict the content and structure of a speaker’s speech
Understand the speaker’s idioms, tone and intention
Match people with ideas to understand their attitudes
Listen for modal verbs to understand obligations, prohibitions and recommendations

Speak

Students will be able to use speaking techniques to participate in meaningful conversation including:

Make notes on presentations or group discussions
Describe situations using details so a listener can make an inference about an event
Use reasons to explain personal beliefs
Answer tag questions using proper grammar and intonation to accurately express what you think
Use summary or recap techniques to end a presentation
Ask questions to confirm your understanding of definitions

EAP 3 - Course Modules

Read

Students will be able to apply strategies to read, comprehend, analyze and respond critically to a variety of different academic text types, in order to:

Preview text and what a text is about using a variety of strategies
Annotate and highlight a text to identify important ideas
Locate specific information in a text to understand context better
Understand purpose and types of organization patterns to read more critically
Use and compare organization to examine similarities and differences between two subjects
Recognize a writer’s bias to better evaluate his or her ideas
Use outline to understand how a text is organized and to aid study

Write

Students will be able to write in a variety of styles and apply different writing strategies to:

Develop a paragraph: topic, supporting and concluding sentences
Write an analysis paragraph
Construct an outline
Use adjectives, sensory language and details to create descriptive language
Use time words and clauses to express the order of events
Write a narrative essay with an introduction, body and conclusion
Identify patterns of organization in various essay types
Compare two summaries
Summarize information from various types of essays

Listen

Students will be able to demonstrate strategies for effective listening to:

Listen for expression that announces a topic to anticipate what you will hear
Distinguish stressed and unstressed syllables to better identify words in speech
Decide which information to take notes on so notetaking is efficient
Listen to key words to understand who is performing an action
Recognize the meaning of speed, pitch and tone
Understand speaker’s bias to put information into perspective

Speak

Students will be able to use speaking techniques to participate in meaningful conversation including:

Ask open-ended and follow up questions to get information and to keep a conversation going
Avoid answering questions to keep certain information out of the conversation
Express interest during the conversation to encourage the speaker to continue
Change a topic to move a conversation into a comfortable area
Use various questions to maintain a listener’s interest
Use direct and indirect quotations to report information from sources
Discuss reading with group members to analyze an author’s point
Give individual and small group presentations to define a term and explain it

EAP 4 - Course Modules

Read

Students will be able to apply strategies to read, comprehend, analyze, and respond critically to a variety of different academic text types, in order to:

Read subheadings to anticipate content of reading
Read for main ideas and details
Use glosses and footnotes to aid comprehension
Read and recognize different text types
Preview text using variety of strategies
Locate specific information in a text to understand main ideas and context better
Understand purpose and types of organization patterns to read more critically
Recognize a writer’s bias to better evaluate his or her ideas
Understand purpose of quoted speech
Distinguish fact from opinion
Identify sources of information, counterarguments, and refutations to better evaluate ideas in text

Write

Students will be able to write in a variety of styles and apply different writing strategies to:

Develop a paragraph: topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentence
Write an analysis paragraph, a descriptive essay, and a narrative essay
Plan before writing
Make an outline
Revise, edit, rewrite
Give feedback to peers and self-assess
Use adjectives, sensory language, and details to create descriptive language
Use time word and clauses to express the order of events
Identify hooks thesis statements and topic sentences
Identify patterns of organization in various essay types
Write, compare and summarize essays of various types

Listen

Students will be able to demonstrate strategies for effective listening to:

Listen for expressions that announce a topic to anticipate what you will hear
Listen to results of a study in order to understand evidence
Distinguish stressed and unstressed syllables to better identify word in speech
Predict content
Listen to main ideas
Listen for details
Identify new and previously known information to focus on important details
Decide which information to take notes on so note-taking is efficient
Listen to key word to understand who is performing the action
Listen for reasons to better understand the view and actions of other
Make inferences to understand more fully what someone says
Understand speaker’s bias to put information into perspective
Listen for contrast to understand relationship of ideas
Listen to phrases to understand the structure of a listening passage
Listen for reasons and methods to understand a narrative
Recognize vocabulary patterns in a listening passage
Listen for cause and effects to understand relationships among ideas

Speak

Students will be able to use speaking techniques to participate in meaningful conversation including:

Use repetition and signal words to draw attention to main ideas
Discuss a reading with members to analyze the author’s points
Take notes to prepare for presentation or group discussion
Confirm that you understand what another person has said
Give another person advice to help handle difficult situation
Give individual and small-group presentations to define a term and explain it
Stress important words in speech to communicate important information
Brainstorm ideas and to prepare for presentations
Ask open-ended and follow-up questions to get information and to keep conversation going
Avoid answering questions to keep certain information out of conversation
Express interest during a conversation to encourage the speaker to continue
Talk about real and unreal conditions to speculate about choices
Use questions to maintain listener interest
Use persuasive language to encourage positive attitudes toward your positions
Add to a speaker’s comments to become an active conversation partner

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English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

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Why study EAP with TSoM?

Program Highlights:

EAP 1 - Course Modules

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Write

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Speak

EAP 2 - Course Modules

Read

Write

Listen

Speak

EAP 3 - Course Modules

Read

Write

Listen

Speak

EAP 4 - Course Modules

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Listen

Speak

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