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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Students focus on advanced grammar structures in English at the sentence and paragraph level, including: modals, semi-modals and similar constructions; conditionals and causatives; noun, adverb and relative clauses; gerund, infinitive and participial phrases; prepositions; articles and active/passive voice structure and use. Highly complex sentence construction and paragraph organization are highlighted as well as choice of grammatical structure to communicate specific intentions. ESL 121 is open only to students on international exchange for whom the course can carry transfer credit to their home programs; all other students register for ESL 081.
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3.00 Credits
Students focus on advanced speaking and listening skills appropriate to American higher educational settings, including language production and understanding. The course emphasizes academic lecture discourse and note taking skills; discussion leadership and participation styles; researching, analyzing and expressing opinions on a variety of academic topics. ESL 122 is open only to students on international exchange for whom the course can carry transfer credit to their home programs; all other students register for ESL 082. Both courses require a placement test or approval of the IEP director.
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3.00 Credits
Students focus on reading skills necessary for university academic work, stressing reading strategies and vocabulary development. Primary focuses are understanding difficult texts and vocabularies, increasing reading speed and encouragement of recreational reading in English. Topics include essay and academic texts; careful reading, skimming and scanning skills, and summarizing. ESL 123 is open only to students on international exchange for whom the course can carry transfer credit to their home programs; all other students register for ESL 083. Both courses require a placement test or permission of the IEP director.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help the ESL learner master English syntax at the essay and formal paper level, with introduction to basic citation form. Emphasis is on academic discourse styles in development of the essay and other types of classroom written work. Topics include development of a thesis through essay organization and writing clearly under the pressure of time. ESL 124 is open only to students on international exchange for whom the course can carry transfer credit to their home programs; all other students register for ESL 084. Both courses require a placement test or permission of the IEP director.
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3.00 Credits
This is a multi-skills course which focuses on student language needs for the American university classroom. While the topic under study will change from semester to semester, the primary focus on multiple language skills adequate for university work remains the same. Students will explore an academic topic through extensive reading, writing and research, class discussion, lecture note taking, and examinations at a level expected of first year students. Students will not only practice skills learned from earlier classes, they will learn strategies to deal with the volume of work required in university classes. ESL 125 is open only to students on international exchange for whom the course can carry transfer credit to their home programs; all other students register for ESL 085. Both courses require a placement test or permission of the IEP director.
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3.00 Credits
This course is focused on two advanced language skills: accent reduction and vocabulary development. Advanced learners often find that residual first language accent inhibits understandability and that the vocabulary they learned initially is inadequate for the communication tasks they face. The course will use extensive oral reading and reading for comprehension to address those two difficulties.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the tools good students use to prepare for the TOEFL examinations. English competence and a number of other factors affect student performance, including test anxiety, assessment misunderstanding, unfamiliarity with key vocabulary, poor study habits and poor strategies. The goal of this short course is to introduce the most helpful things to prepare for the TOEFL and, by extension, other language assessments such as the Michigan Test Battery.
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3.00 Credits
The first semester of French language instruction developing proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and providing an introduction to the study of French-speaking cultures.
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3.00 Credits
The second semester of French language instruction developing proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and providing an introduction to the study of French-speaking cultures. Prerequisite: Fren 101 or equivalent level of proficiency.
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3.00 Credits
The third semester of French language instruction developing proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and providing an introduction to the study of French-speaking cultures. Prerequisite: Fren 102 or equivalent level of proficiency.
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