ESL - English as a Second Language

Provides listening and speaking activities that help students recognize and produce English vowel and consonant sounds and common stress and intonation patterns.

Provides listening, speaking and reading activities that help students recognize and produce a variety of stress and intonation patterns in English. Helps students to produce problematic English sounds.

Develops competency in basic grammatical structures through oral and written practice.

Builds on basic grammar structures. This course develops competency in intermediate grammar structures with continued emphasis on oral and written communication.

Builds on intermediate level grammar structures. This course develops competency in advanced grammatical structures with increased emphasis on written communication.

Focuses on listening and speaking activities that help the student communicate more competently. Provides practice with pronunciation, vocabulary, and basic grammatical patterns.ESL 0032 - Intermediate Conversation (3-4)

Teaches listening, pronunciation, and conversation skills. Increases speed and accuracy in speaking through free and guided conversational practice.

Provides students with opportunities to increase the listening and speaking skills required in academic and work situations. Emphasizes vocabulary building, listening and notetaking strategies, as well as questioning, discussion, and presentation skills.

Improves comprehension of simple written texts through vocabulary building and reading strategies.

Helps the student read more quickly and accurately and understand a variety of intermediate level reading material.