This class introduces students to conversation strategies to enable oral communication about familiar topics, introduces listening strategies to understand information presented in dialogues and to follow basic instructions. Strategies to improve pronunciation are also introduced.
This course’s primary focus is the structure of a sentence. Students learn the parts of a sentence and practice writing at that level. Capitalization rules and the rules of end punctuation are also introduced and practiced.
The primary focus of this course is understanding basic English grammar beginning with the verb form of "be" in the present and past tenses. In addition, students will be introduced to the uses of the simple present tense as well as to personal pronouns, possessives and adjectives.
In this course, students are introduced to reading through the study of phonics. In addition, basic strategies for decoding words and recognizing parts of speech are introduced.
This course is a part of a skills based Intensive English program designed to help students prepare for academic success when they enter the university system. The primary focus of this course is to guide students through the complexities of applying both the rhetorical and the technical components of a variety of formats used in a variety of disciplines for both undergraduate and graduate students.
This class continues and expands basic conversation strategies. Students learn strategies for eliciting details and prolonging conversations. The information presented in recorded dialogues becomes more detailed and complex. Strategies to improve specific pronunciation errors are introduced.
This course continues to work at the sentence level, introducing compound sentences to the students. Students are also introduced to paragraph writing and practice producing the components of an academic paragraph: a topic sentence, supporting sentence, and a concluding sentence.
This course has been created to provide additional instruction for students preparing to enter the Business school, with specific focus on the vocabulary and conceptual knowledge necessary to be successful in that field of study.
The primary focus of this class is the introduction of the present simple and progressive tenses, as well as the simple past of regular and irregular verbs, and the introduction of count and non-count nouns. Additionally, this course is designed to reinforce the simple sentence structure for the students to be able to discuss/write about everyday events: school, shopping, leisure etc.
In this course, students will complete their study of phonics and read simple fiction and non-fiction texts. They will be introduced to the reading strategies such as predicting and scanning.
This course is for low-advanced and advanced students in the IEP who would like to improve their phonetic and pronunciational (oral fluency) skills in English. Students will be trained to readjust their speech organs in order to minimize the influence of their native language sound system and improve their ability to distinguish and produce English sounds. Additionally, students will work on their oral fluency in English. Therefore, students will be introduced to articulatory and auditory phonetics in their applied forms.
Focus on primarily on the sentence level of a paragraph. Students will understand and demonstrate the basic structure of a sentence, use capitals letters, end punctuation and know the difference between simple and complex sentences. Students will write sentences to utilize comprehension, learn parts of a paragraph, learn connecting words, primarily the coordinating conjunctions.
Primary focus is the sentence level of a paragraph, which includes the basic structure of a sentence, connecting words, the use of capital letters, end punctuation, and the difference between simple and complex sentences.
Primary focus is understanding basic English grammar beginning with the verb form of 'be' in the present and past tense. In addition, students will study pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and the present tense of verbs.
Primary focus is: learning new vocabulary for academic use and basic reading strategies. Students will learn roots, affixes, and inflected forms of words, collocations, topics, main ideas, and supporting details.
This course introduces the listening and speaking skills needed to succeed at an American university. Areas covered include pronunciation and fluency, critical thinking and listening strategies, in class and lecture note taking, class discussion and presentations, and vocabulary building.
This course focuses on writing effective academic paragraphs. Students learn the distinction between informal and academic writing, academic paragraph format and organization, and essential steps of the writing process. Students also learn to produce paragraphs in the rhetorical styles of narration, description, and process (and possibly opinion or example if time permits). Students will be introduced to the concepts of logical division of ideas, coherence, and transition signals. Students are expected to demonstrate improvement in spelling and vocabulary, punctuation, and grammar.
Students will show competency in the use of the present and past, including progressive forms of these tenses as well as recognize the use of the simple future tense. In addition, basic modal verbs are introduced to practice expressions related to possibility, ability, and asking for permission.
This course introduces the reading skills and vocabulary needed to succeed at an American university. Areas covered include developing vocabulary skills; identifying and using critical thinking, reading and vocabulary strategies; using rapid reading practices; and applying all strategies and vocabulary to reading comprehension and independent reading.
Instruct students in a variety of strategies that will help them achieve academic goals and be successful university students. Strategies will include: learning how they learn best, maximizing available resources, learning self-management and personal responsibility, and learning academic honesty.
Primary focus is: learning to differentiate between statements and questions, fact and opinion, identifying main ideas, listening for a speaker's point of view, and note-taking techniques for academic classes.
Primary focus is: the paragraph level of writing. This includes the steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, and revising, organizational patterns, such as chronological and spatial order, transition signals and description.
Primary focus is: the present tense of verbs, past tense, future tense, pronouns, including demonstratives, regular and irregular verbs, count and non-count nouns and prepositions.
Primary focus is: learning new vocabulary, focusing on contextual clues, reading skills like previewing, predicting, skimming, and scanning, sequencing ideas and demonstrating ability to differentiate between fact and opinion.
In this class, students continue to develop the skills and strategies needed for academic success. Students prepare several presentations and practice their discussion skills. Development of note-taking strategies remains a focus of this course. Proper intonation and stress skills when speaking are practiced.
This course focuses on writing effective academic paragraphs. Students learn the distinction between informal and academic writing, academic paragraph format and organization, and essential steps of the writing process. Students also learn to produce paragraphs in the rhetorical styles of narration, description, and process (and possibly opinion or example if time permits). Students will be introduced to the concepts of logical division of ideas, coherence, and transition signals. Students are expected to demonstrate improvement in spelling and vocabulary, punctuation, and grammar.
This class introduces the uses of the present perfect as well as the more advanced comparative aspects of adjectives and adverbs. Gerunds and infinitives as well as nouns, quantifiers and articles are also studied.
This course builds and increases academic reading skills that are most useful for university students. It includes significant amounts of reading, and increasing variety of text types, academic vocabulary, and academic subject matter.
Build basic computer skills in Microsoft Word and in PowerPoint. Students will learn basic functions of the most important toolbars, to navigate throughout programs, to create, format, save, revise and organize documents, and create, modify and present to the class a PowerPoint presentation.
Students will be able to define and use new vocabulary, discuss main ideas, details and examples related lectures, and identify chronology, process, and classify/define. Also, students will take notes, work on pronunciation and presentation skills.
Students will learn: the writing process, finding and narrowing topic, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, narration, support, order, description, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and compare/contrast.
Students will show competency with: nouns and quantifiers, articles, prepositional phrases, 'Wh' questions, gerunds, linking verbs, adjectives, adverbs, independent & dependent clauses, future time clauses, simple, compound, & complex sentences.
Students will learn: new vocabulary, main ideas, specific information & facts using outside resources & direct quotes, identification of author's position or opinion, drawing conclusions and making comparisons.
In this class, students will continue to develop the skills to succeed in academic settings. Formal and informal presentations, discussion participation and leadership, and offering and defending opinions on relevant topics form the core of this course. Note-taking skills are further polished while pronunciation skills continue to be developed.
This course’s primary focus is continued practice writing an academic five-paragraph essay. It is also an introduction to writing academic research summaries and employing paraphrasing and quotations within the summary.
The primary focus of this course is to review and expand present and past and future tense forms. In addition students will be introduced to indirect speech and embedded questions.
In this course, students will improve their ability to effectively comprehend academic texts. They will demonstrate a variety of predicting and reading strategies.
This course is designed to improve academic vocabulary using the Academic Word List through reading, writing, listening and speaking exercises. It was developed to help college level students learn the vocabulary and the learning strategies needed to succeed in university level coursework.
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.
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.
Students will learn: verb tenses, stative/condition verbs, present perfect progressive and present perfect, infinitives after certain verbs, gerunds and infinitives, and modals.
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, and learn new vocabulary.
This course introduces students to authentic speech from professional presentations and formal debates. Students will learn the pragmatic strategies to communicate effectively in class discussions while differentiation between neutral formal and informal registers. Furthermore, students will learn to approach their study of English vocabulary through a multitude of strategies that include: manipulating morphemes to form various forms of vocabulary words, studying grammatical and syntactic structures which are used to form sentences with the target vocabulary words, and finally using the Corpus of Contemporary American English to use target vocabulary words in natural spoken and written text. Lastly, students will build presentation skills by delivering both impromptu and formal researched presentations in collaboration with their peers.
At the completion of this course, students will be able to identify the steps of the writing process and specific skills used to produce academic essays, which include supporting information in the form of quotations, summary, response, and paraphrase. Students will also become acquainted with integrating this information to construct a college level paper. Students will become familiar with the rules of in-text citation and correct citation of sources, and basic APA format requirements. As part of this course, students will develop awareness about academic journal articles, locating them in the library, and becoming familiar with the separate sections of these kinds of articles. They will continue to expand their academic vocabulary as well as to improve their revision and editing skills. This course's primary focus is to produce as academic essay using the rhetorical pattern of argumentation, including planning, researching, writing and revising.
This course is a part of a skills based Intensive English program designed to help students prepare for academic success when they enter the university system. The primary focus of this course is the use of conditionals and adjective clauses. The use of modal verbs and the passive is reviewed.
This course actively involves students, through a combination of group work and individual assignments, in their continued development of the reading and vocabulary skills needed to succeed at an American university. The reading material includes a variety of academic and journalistic materials, utilizing a variety of strategies for further comprehension. The texts include academic, fiction and non-fiction.
Assist students in transitioning fromIntensive English to classes in their major field. Providing additional practice in using English in applied settings to help students be more successful as they begin studies in their major field. Strengthen grammar and punctuation skills in applied tasks for business situations.
Students will continue to better understand academic lectures, give oral presentations, demonstrate the ability to speak spontaneously, use PowerPoint, participate in a group presentation based on interviews and improve pronunciation.
Students will produce well-organized paragraphs and essays using academic vocabulary, unity, & coherence. They will write an analytical process-analysis essay as well as several summaries of academic journal articles.
Students will prove competency with present perfect, past perfect, present perfect progressive, avoiding sentence fragments, negative Yes/No Questions and Tag questions, Too, Neither, Not either, avoiding repetition with addition connectors.
Students will improve their ability to effectively comprehend academic texts, understand vocabulary from context and expand their knowledge of academic vocabulary, and use reading strategies such as previewing and predicting.
This course is for advanced students of English who need to work on using academic vocabulary, pronunciation and high-level presentation skills. Students will demonstrate competency in their ability to compile and present research-based information in oral presentations. Students will identify and improve pronunciation errors, thing critically, and use high-level academic vocabulary.
This course focuses upon writing an effective academic research paper. Students will learn to follow appropriate research format and will produce a final paper containing convincing academic research. Students will also be introduced to the specificity of the language used in scientific studies/ research papers.
Teach international students the cultural content and the language skills necessary to successfully communicate with students, faculty and other campus personnel.
Students will recognize lecture cues, use context and prediction to understand main ideas, synthesize and summarize information from listening selections, give a summary/analysis presentation & debate and work on pronunciation.
Students will learn to use supporting information in the form of quotations,statistics, summary, paraphrase and intext citation. They will use consistent point-of-view and number agreement in extended definition and argumentation essays.
Students will demonstrate competency with: adjective clauses, modals and similar expressions, speculations and conclusions about the past, nouns and articles, direct and indirect speech, and sentence connectors.
Students will be able to demonstrate point of view, effective summaries, critical evaluation of online sources. They will continue to expand their knowledge of academic vocabulary in their specific disciplines.
In this course students will be able to familiarize themselves with the question types on the TOEFL iBT and practice skills designed to increase their test scores in all sections of the test.
Students will demonstrate competency in their ability to compile and present research-based information in oral presentations. They will identify and improve pronunciation errors, think critically, and use high-level academic vocabulary.
Students will demonstrate competency in: ability to compose a problem-solution research paper with title page, headings, in-text citation, end-of-text citation, paraphrases, direct quotes, reporting verbs, and relevant & convincing academic research.
This course is for Advanced level Intensive English students and its purpose is to give international students exposure and explicit instruction with high-level academic vocabulary from a variety of subject areas including Education, Computer Information Systems, and Psychology.
Study topics relevant to new international students’ transition into the academic community of critical thinking and problem solving skills. Emphasis on learning groups, communication skills, campus culture and overall personal and academic integration.