ESL Course Descriptions
- ESL 011 Reading I
- ESL 012 Grammar I
- ESL 013 Writing I
- ESL 014 Listening/Speaking I
- ESL 015 American Culture I
- ESL 021 Reading II
- ESL 022 Grammar II
- ESL 023 Writing II
- ESL 024 Listening/Speaking II
- ESL 025 American Culture II
ESL Reading I will assist ESL students in improving their reading comprehension. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function in an academic setting. Furthermore, it will expose students to a variety of genres.
ESL Grammar I will assist ESL students in improving their grammar skills through the exploration of several topics such as pets, American holidays, wedding traditions, Thanksgiving, health, immigration, renting an apartment, searching the Web, finding a job, law, money, and others. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting.
ESL Writing I will assist ESL students in improving their writing skills through the exploration of the writing process. Students will be exposed to many kinds of writing styles and genres. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting.
ESL Listening/Speaking I will assist ESL students in improving their listening and speaking skills through the observation and exposure to a variety of authentic listening situations—television programs, academic lectures, radio programs, songs, discussions, debates, and others. Speaking skills will improve through experience and practice in the form of class discussions, debates, and presentations. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting.
ESL American Culture I will assist ESL students in improving their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the exploration and exposure to American culture. This course, while still providing academic skill enhancement, will focus on functional skills for university life in the United States. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting as well as a social setting.
ESL Reading II will assist ESL students in improving their reading comprehension. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function in an academic setting and prepare them for matriculation into regular university courses. Furthermore, it will expose students to a variety of genres
ESL Grammar II will assist ESL students in improving their grammar skills through the exploration of several topics such as jobs, Hollywood, disasters and tragedies, consumer warnings, American history, computers and the Internet, science, and others. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting.
ESL Writing II will assist ESL students in improving their writing skills through the exploration of the writing process. Students will be exposed to many kinds of writing styles and genres. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting.
ESL Listening/Speaking II will assist ESL students in improving their listening and speaking skills through the observation and exposure to a variety of authentic listening situations—television programs, academic lectures, radio programs, songs, discussions, debates, and others. Speaking skills will improve through experience and practice in the form of class discussions, debates, and presentations. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting
ESL American Culture II will assist ESL students in improving their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the exploration and exposure to American culture. This course, while still providing academic skill enhancement, will focus on functional skills for university life in the United States. This course will provide strategies and skills enabling students to function successfully in an academic setting as well as a social setting.
