Artspeak 1: English for the Arts

The Artspeak course series provides instruction
for multilingual students in the linguistic and
cultural conventions of art school. As students
studying in the United States, English use is part
of your overall development as
artists/designers/practitioners. Therefore,
Artspeak classes have two purposes: 1) to work
with the English you already know to develop
focused strategies so that you can work
efficiently and effectively with in
art/design/performance contexts and 2) to add new
knowledge to your English language use. Artspeak 1
is an integrated, four-skill, (reading, writing,
listening, speaking) English for Academic Purposes
course designed for students with at least an
intermediate proficiency level in English. The
content of the course focuses on conventions of
North American academic reading/writing and
classroom oral/aural language: understanding and
producing spontaneous speech in the classroom,
understanding and creating metaphor in academic
contexts, and defining terms, genres, and
communities of practice. Artspeak 1 provides
Critical Studies units for graduation.