English as a Second Language

This course focuses on word-level English grammar with an emphasis on verb forms and tenses and on high-frequency sentence structures.

This course focuses on the complex verb forms required in academic English and continues study of syntax, including adverb and adjective clauses.

Develops conversational fluency for a variety of situations, both academic and non-academic. Activities include giving classroom presentations as well as asking and responding to questions.

Improves reading skills through investigation of texts relevant to the academic environment.

This course includes more advanced work on sentence structure and paragraph writing.

This course focuses on the sentence-level grammar, mechanics, and syntax required in academic writing. Topics include conditional sentences; adverb, adjective, and noun clauses; reductions of clauses; and sentence connectors.

This course is designed to further develop conversational skills by incorporating more complicated vocabulary, idioms and phrases, and grammatical structures.

Trains students to write compound and complex sentences, to correct common sentence errors, to incorporate basic research methods into writing, and to write well-organized paragraphs and short essays.   Prepares ESL students for EN 130.