Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study

141 EXAMPLE ROLE-PLAY SCRIPT: Narrator: In Week 9, you find out that you have an IELP final exam at the same time as one of your PSU finals. What do you do? Student A: OMG! I just found out that my BA 101 exam is during my Independent Research Writing exam! What am I going to do? I’m going to fail all of my classes! I have to tell my advisor to fix this! Student B: First of all – calm down. You’re not the first student in college to have two final exams scheduled at the same time. Second, your advisor doesn’t schedule your final exams. Student A: Oh. You’re probably right. Student B: Maybe tell your Pathways advisor, but you should tell both of your professors and see if you can take one of the exams at another time. Or, you could suggest to your professors to take the final exam at the Testing Center at another time. Student A: What’s the Testing Center? Student B: It’s in UCB, third floor. You should look it up on the PSU website, but I know the professor has to arrange it for you – you can’t do this on your own. Student A: Ok, I will. Thanks! Narrator: Did student B give student A good advice? What did student A learn from this incident? What suggestions do you have for student A? What are other scenarios when this same advice would be useful? EXAMPLES OF COMMON CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE: Choose one of the critical incidents below or use one of your own. Then, create a role-play. Share your role-play with the class. a. What do I do if I miss the deadline to complete the IELP-PSU Pre-registration form in Week 7? b. What do I do if I have to be absent from class for a medical appointment?