In this course, students will focus on low intermediate speaking and listening skills that will help them be more successful in communication with native English speakers. Over the course of the session, they will use authentic academic texts to develop their critical thinking, vocabulary, speaking and listening skills. There is an integration of listening tasks in this course.
200 Grammar builds upon student knowledge concerning the following tenses: simple present, present progressive (stative and action verbs), simple past, past progressive, simple future (will & be going to), and present perfect. Students will be introduced to all forms (positive, negative, and question) of each tense and will be given the opportunity to practice and use these structures in both written and spoken discourse. Students will also use the following functions to describe situations and personal experiences: frequency adverbs, used to, be about to, and time clauses. Students will also be introduced to the following modals: can/could for ability, would/could/will/can for politer requests, have to/must for necessity, do not have to for lack of necessity, and should/ought to for advice.
In this course, students will focus on learning new reading skills and review previous reading skills to help them further develop their vocabulary, reading fluency, and reading skills. The focus will also be to increase reading speed and accuracy. During the course, students will read a variety of texts including stories, journals, graphs, lists, and emails which will provide ample opportunity to practice their skills
In this course, students will follow the writing process, consisting of brainstorming, organizing, writing, editing, and rewriting, to write and format a minimum of 5 paragraphs covering a range of topics listed below. With the direction of the instructor and the textbook, students will, at the end of 8 weeks, be able to use simple, compound, and complex sentences to explain and describe the subject material. Students will also practice using transition signals. There is an integration of activities from both the grammar and writing texts to reinforce how the two skills work in conjunction with each other.