In Italy, an Italian airplane pilot on an international flight talks to the air traffic controller in Rome in English. In Shanghai, the German and Chinese managers of a Volkswagen plant discuss production plans in English. Worldwide, more than 80 percent of the data stored on computers is in English.
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The English language has grown well beyond the borders of monolingual English-speaking countries. Users of English as a second or additional language currently far outnumber those who speak English as their first or primary language. To accommodate both those who study English as a second language, such as matriculated international and immigrant students at UT or those who wish to teach English as a second/foreign language, the Department of English offers classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
For questions about the ESL Writing Program, please send an email to: esl@utk.edu.