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American English Language
Transitional American English language is important for new students with TOEFL scores of less than 550. Students whose TOEFL scores range from 481 to 550 are required to take the class EI 195 as well as two or three other classes in their first term.

EI 195 American English Language and Culture is a credit-bearing class that is open to all students at Wartburg College. The course provides an overview of American culture and some of its institutions and values. Students are challenged to make sense of American culture through an active process of data collection, group discussion, teamwork, individual writing and speaking. The focus is an understanding of US-Iowa-Wartburg culture using American English language and American educational forms to do so.