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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
In this course, the students will practice listening for a variety of purposes and hear examples of different types of spoken English including casual conversations, instructions, directions, requests, descriptions, apologies and suggestions. The essential listening skills that will be practiced include listening for key words, details and gist; listening and making inferences; listening for attitudes; listening to questions and responding; and recognizing and identifying information. Credits: 3. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
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5.00 Credits
At the beginning level, grammar and American cultural context are connected. Students learn the grammar necessary to communicate verbally and in writing, and learn how American culture plays a role in language, beliefs and everyday situations. In addition to controlled grammar exercises, communicative exercises are crucial so that students can bridge the gap between knowing grammatical structures and using them. Students learn the basic parts of speech focusing on the importance of subjects and verbs. Credits: 6; Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
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5.00 Credits
Although students will be introduced to the concept of the paragraph, they will primarily be writing at the sentence level. Students will write 3-4 sentence descriptive, narrative and chronological paragraphs. Students will work with simple and compound sentences although one or two more complex structures may be introduced. The students will focus on adhering to the various steps in writing process, paragraph format and sentence combining. Credits: 6; Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
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5.00 Credits
Students will use textbooks, computer resources, and communicative activities to learn and utilize correct grammatical structures such as verb tenses, adjectives, articles, and other parts of speech. This course will also involve the increased use of complex sentences and the clauses that are used in such sentences.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will prepare for college level communication through group discussions, listening exercises, and presentations. Students will also work on improving their pronunciation through pair exercises and other pronunciation practice activities.
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6.00 Credits
The intent of this course is to promote reading and vocabulary skill-building. Through paintings, photographs, graphics, examples and short texts, both prose and non-prose, skills are illustrated and practice is provided. Vocabulary building is an integral part of the course.
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6.00 Credits
In this course, students are introduced to the concept of the paragraph and advance to writing simple descriptive, narrative and chronological paragraphs. They continue to work on applying their knowledge to their writing at the sentence level. Students will work primarily with simple and compound sentences although one or two more complex structures will be introduced. The students will focus on adhering to the various steps in writing and sentence combining.
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5.00 Credits
Students will use textbooks, computer resources, and communicative activities to learn and utilize correct grammatical structures such as past and conditional verb tenses, gerunds, infinitives, modals, passive voice, phrasal verbs, and adjective and noun clauses. This course will also involve the increased use of complex sentences in oral and written work.
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3.00 Credits
: In this course, students will prepare for college level communication through group discussions, listening exercises, and presentations. Students will also work on improving their pronunciation through pair exercises and other pronunciation practice activities.
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6.00 Credits
In this course, students will prepare for college level reading assignments through comprehension building exercises and application of reading strategies, important for increasing reading speed and fluency. Students will also work on increasing their vocabulary through practice exercises and the study of roots, affixes, idioms, collocations, and dictionary skills. In addition, students will learn research skills and become more familiar with the library and on-line research tools
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