1. ESL/EAP Program Saint Louis University

2.  EAP 110 content class  4 hours per week  Topics of global issues, social justice, and cultural studies  4 mandatory service projects for the whole class, accompanied by instructors  Reflective blogs, required readings, presentations, response papers, and final reflection paper

3. Since 2008…  Approximately 400 students…  More than 30 teachers…  Over 1,000 hours of service.

4.  Students engage in community service activities with intentional academic and learning goals and opportunities for reflection that connect to their academic disciplines (Cress, 7).  Not common in ESL programs because requires content-based instruction.

5.  Promote critical thinking skills, connection between class content, ESL skill building, and life experience;  Improve motivation to learn and adapt to the culture;  Create opportunities to improve reading and writing fluency; and  Teach the ideals of social justice within cultural contexts.

6.  Connections between class topics and life outside the university,  Students more positive in every area of the class, especially seeing peers as resources, but  Still need explicit instruction for continued language acquisition, especially reading and writing, and  Formation of concept(s) of social justice still in nascent stages.

7. Relationships inside…  ESL Program Team of instructors Sustained content  Institutional Support Finances Mission  Preparation for students Rationale Scaffolding And outside…  Community Network Practical Sustainable

9.  Crandall, J., & Kaufman, D. (Eds.). (2002). Content-Based Instruction in Higher Education Settings. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.  Cress, C., Collier, P., & Reitenauer, V. (2005). Learning Through Service: A Student Guidebook for Service- Learning Across the Disciplines. Sterling: Stylus Publishing.  Pally, M. (Ed.). (2000). Sustained Content Teaching in Academic ESL/EFL: A Practical Approach. New York: Houghton Mifflin.  VOICES. (2007). Retrieved April 22, 2008, from http://voices.slu.edu