Career Professionals
Global professionals who use English need to be:
- confident in their communication
- quick to respond to opportunity
- have a high-level of cross-cultural competence
Academic English Studies (AES) has been offering intensive English classes for professionals and students for the past 46 years. We offer classes for people who want to work on:
- verbal communication skills
- presentation skills
- developing clear, succinct professional writing
- vocabulary
- increased understanding of American culture and the cultures of your classmates
Past content course topics at the Advanced level have included:
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Leadership and Organizations
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Sociology
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Test Strategies (IELTS, iBT)
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Service Learning (Volunteerism)
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Civil Rights History of the U.S.
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Movies and American Cultures
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Looking Critically: Images and Art
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Media Studies
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The Language of Math
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Legal Language
Study with AES and be a member of our Lewis & Clark campus community. All students have access to our libraries, award-winning green buildings and athletic facilities. There are computer labs for you to use for research and completing your assignments; the most popular is the Interactive Learning Center, close to the AES office. All students have access to technology support through the Information Technology Department at Lewis & Clark.
Links:
Are you a teaching professional, or are you interested in teaching English and want to develop your English and learn from the best? Professional Development for Multilingual English teachers.
Academic English Studies (AES) is located in Albany Quadrangle on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 125
email aes@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7310
fax 503-768-7320
Director: Laura Shier
Academic English Studies (AES)
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 125
Portland OR 97219