High-intermediate academic listening and speaking skills and strategies with an emphasis on accent reduction by improving overall clarity, voice quality, and physical presentation. Oral communication activities, oral presentations, and listening competency with vocabulary and grammatical structures appropriate to the high-intermediate level.
Systematic practice in American English sounds and speech for improved pronunciation, speaking, and listening through the application of intermediate academic listening and speaking skills.
Training and practice in low-advanced academic reading and writing, with emphasis on language structure and vocabulary development for non-native speakers of English. Practice in reading academic texts, synthesizing ideas, and developing and revising text-based assignments at the low-advanced level. Low-advanced language skills integrated on the basis of academic tasks and content.
Short ESL literacy course. Development of basic speaking, pre-reading and pre-writing skills. Orientation to the classroom.
Short ESL literacy course. Development of basic speaking, pre-reading and pre-writing skills. Orientation to the classroom.
Short ESL literacy course. Development of basic speaking, pre-reading and pre-writing skills. Orientation to the classroom.
High beginning speaking and listening skills. Participation in simple conversations about common topics in routine social situations.
High beginning speaking and listening skills. Participation in simple conversations about common topics in routine social situations.
High intermediate speaking and listening skills. Participation in discussions and extended conversations on a variety of current topics.
Low intermediate speaking and listening skills. Participation in conversations and discussions on familiar and some unfamiliar topics.