English Language Studies offers English for Multilingual Speakers (EMLS) credit courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. If you are a University of Waterloo degree student whose first language is not English, our courses will help you improve your English language skills.
EMLS Credit courses focus on
- Canadian academic expectations
- clear and effective writing
- accurate and fluent speaking
- enhancement of listening and reading skills
- presentation skills development
- strategies to enhance vocabulary expansion
- summarizing, paraphrasing, and citing practices
Skills gained in undergraduate courses
- report and essay writing
- information presentations and group discussions
Skills gained in graduate courses
- thesis and scholarly article writing
- undergraduate teaching, thesis defense, conference presentations