2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

CIE 055 Academic Vocabulary

Designed to build academic vocabulary using the Academic Word List, and supplemtal exercises. Variety of activities will be presented in class, such as listening and pronunciation, computer generated exercises, usage tips, and flash cards.

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CIE 056 High-Intermediate Speaking/Listening

Students will learn note taking skills, incorporate rhetorical cues, use outlining skills to organize lecture notes, make generalizations, recognize new vocabulary from content lectures & practice pronunciation.

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CIE 057 High-Intermediate Writing

Students will learn: writing a complete plan for essays, coordination and subordination, titles, introductions, conclusions, finding & correcting fragments and run-ons, revising, editing, cause/effect & compare/contrast rhetorical styles.

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CIE 058 High-Intermediate Grammar

Students will learn: verb tenses, stative/condition verbs, present perfect progressive and present perfect, infinitives after certain verbs, gerunds and infinitives, and modals.

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CIE 059 High-Intermediate Reading/Vocabulary

Students will be able to: identify chapter headings and subheadings, differentiate between fact and opinion, statement of position, identify main ideas and specific information, make inferences, determine position, & learn new vocabulary.

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