Grammar
Levels
1-6:
Our focus is on communicative
grammar: learning to use grammar as a tool for correcting writing and
speaking skills.
Writing
Levels
1-4:
- Sentence structure
- Punctuation
- Paragraph development
- Multi-paragraph compositions
Level
5:
Academic Writing
Level
6:
- Academic writing
- Researching
- Developing and writing a research paper
Reading
- Expanded Vocabulary
- Learn how to find the main idea
- Learn to understand inference
- Increase your comprehension
- Learn skimming and scanning techniques
- Reading topics help to integrate
information about the U.S.A. and different aspects of the American
Culture
Listening, Speaking, Communication
Levels
1-5:
- Conversation
- Learning new vocabulary
- Listening to pre-recorded tapes
- Listening to lectures
- Practicing comprehension skills
Level
2:
Pronunciation of vowel sounds
Level
3:
Pronunciation of consonant
sounds
Level
4:
The study of idioms and cultural aspects of speaking
Level
6:
- Oral communication
- Developing and making speeches
- Participating in debates and
discussion groups
Listening/Vocabulary
Level
1:
Level 1 has a Speaking/Vocabulary class to learn
new words
and survival skills related to these new words.
TOEFL
Offered for levels 4+
on Saturdays or as an extra level if 3+ students request it. Visit the
TOEFL Class website for more information.
Level 6
The courses in this
final level are designed to expose students to American university
classes. These coureses are also useful in further developing the
students' overall English skills. Courses include Applied Grammar,
Advanced Writing, Issues and Perspectives (reading and listening),
American History, and Oral
Communication.
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