PELS PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
PELS will help multilingual and multidialectical students to:
- Enrich reading, writing, and speaking abilities to meet their academic goals and professional expectations in their fields
- Enhance confidence in their communication abilities
- Develop a sense of community and collegiality with other students and faculty
- Enrich university practices through their knowledge and diverse experiences
- Enhance their awareness of resources available to them to achieve their goals
PELS will help faculty to:
- Support students to advance their professional communication abilities
- Gain cross-cultural insights to help them better engage diverse students in the classroom
- Expand their knowledge of global English
PELS will help FAU to:
- Better prepare multilingual and multidialectical students for professional work in their fields
- Meet and exceed key performance indicators (KPI) and other metrics
- Enhance resources and support to help grow its multilingual student body
- Increase growth funding
- Expand the university’s recruiting potential
- Further the impact of student publications and grants