ICAPE offers two types of workshops. We offer workshops for educators to help them improve their teaching skills. And, we offer workshops for multilingual students to help them improve their English language skills and achieve their academic goals.
Email Us at icape@lehigh.edu for Questions!
Academic Literacies Workshops FOR ALL
The International Center for Academic and Professional English offers workshops on communication skills, cultural awareness and intercultural communication for students, faculty and staff. Workshops are free for members for Lehigh University Students, Faculty, and Staff. For Bethlehem community members there is a $25 registration fee per workshop. See graduate and professional workshops below.
-Thursday, September 14th, 2023 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm (EST) - Maginnes 101
*Do you avoid small talk because you worry about making mistakes and broaching topics inappropriately? Do you wonder how long small talk should be or how to transition from small talk to academic or professional communication? Do you want to create friendly relationships with peers and professors in both spoken and written English interactions? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, this workshop is for you. This interactive workshop will help you feel more confident about getting involved on campus and expanding your Lehigh network.
-Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EST) - Maginnes 101
*Language is a powerful tool for advocating for yourself. This workshop identifies critical communication skills for basic self-advocacy. Topics will include learning how to speak up for yourself, using concise language, and how to be assertive without being aggressive. The language you choose can be the difference between being heard and being ignored.
Facilitators: Teresa Cusumano & Jessica Harbaum *Qualifies as a 5x10
-Thursday, September 28th, 2023 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EST) - STEPS 101
*Lehigh students can gain international education experience right from the convenience of their English 2 or English 5 classroom. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is a virtual international exchange first-year composition course partnered with Universidad de San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador. Learn about this experiential learning, composition course with the option to travel to Quito, Ecuador during spring break. Collaborate with international classmates to build intercultural awareness and improve your communication and composition skills while researching and writing about health and wellness issues with a focus on global perspectives.
-Monday, October 2nd, 2023 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (EST) - via Zoom
* Learn the four key principles which guide formal email writing in American academic and professional contexts. Topics will include how to write an apology or excuse email, as well as how to write a formal email to someone who you do not know on campus, such as a professor whose class you would like to take. Additional topics will include how to write appropriate email subject headings, greetings, and closings. Please bring any questions you may have about email etiquette, so that we can have a robust discussion!
-Thursday, October 12th, 2023 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EST) - STEPS 101
*Lehigh students can gain international education experience right from the convenience of their English 2 or English 5 classroom. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is a virtual international exchange first-year composition course partnered with Universidad de San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador. Learn about this experiential learning, composition course with the option to travel to Quito, Ecuador during spring break. Collaborate with international classmates to build intercultural awareness and improve your communication and composition skills while researching and writing about health and wellness issues with a focus on global perspectives.
-Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm (EST) - Maginnes Hall, Suite 500
*Want to enhance your interviewing skills? Join this mock interview event to learn interviewing tips including language strategies and nonverbal cues for the U.S. job market. You will gain insider insights as you will have the chance to practice common interview questions as an interviewer and an interviewee, and also be an observer in the process. Plus, you will find out about interviewing tools and enjoy a candy bar.
-Monday, October 30th, 2023 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EST) - EWFM 520
This workshop will focus on the Lehigh supported technologies that have made it easier than ever for students to improve their writing and presentation skills and engage with course content. Discover new Lehigh technology resources, like experiential learning through virtual reality, to digital recording studios or utilizing grammar checkers and plagiarism detectors.
-Monday, November 13th, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST) - Maginnes 475
*This interactive workshop introduces strategies for using the words and ideas in scholarly sources to avoid plagiarism and effectively support your main points in writing. Bring the papers you are working on and questions you have.
-Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 4:30 pm - 5:30pm (EST) - Maginnes 101
*Develop an effective approach to reading challenging academic articles and other academic texts. This workshop will provide reading strategies that can be adapted to students’ unique learning styles and needs. Discover how to improve comprehension and save time. Plan to be a successful reader—equipped with reading survival skills!
-Thursday, November 30th, 2023 11:00 am-12:30 pm (EST) - Maginnes 113
*Do you wonder why you seem to make the same consistent errors when speaking or writing in English? This workshop will introduce the fundamentals of how languages are learned, and allow you practice an innovative technique you can use anytime, anywhere to improve your language skills!
Other Workshops
ITA Workshops
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