Course Description and Aims
WRITING SKILLS
Writing 101 : ( Vocabulary Builder 1 ) Students will be taught the concepts of “things” and “actions” as subjects and verbs in the formation of sentences . A buildup of an acceptable level of functional words will be emphasized. Students will have to prove competence in recognizing ideas and then be capable of responding to them with simple sentences. - Course Code : WT101
Writing 102 : ( Vocabulary Builder 2) This continuation of LEVEL I will focus on the flexibility of the concept of the sentence in practice and its ability to convey vital information to the reader or listener. The student will be urged to be creative with the newly acquired vocabulary and to gain an appreciation of this creative act of communication. - Course Code : WT102
Writing 103 : ( Short Journal Writing with American Idioms 1) This course will build upon the skills taught in WRITING LEVEL I section I and II. It will focus upon the abilities of the students to know how the sentence can be used as the central unit of a “complete expression” , to communicate wants, desires, questions, commands, emotions of surprise, anguish, etc, emphasis will be placed on the use of everyday language and idiomatic expression. Student will be expected to use everyday language and idiomatic expressions in their writing as well. It will be expected they will reflect new skills learned in writing these paragraphs. - Course Code : WT103
Writing 104 : ( Short Journal Writing with American Idioms 2) Building upon lessons learned in previous writing course s , the student will learn to abstract from a given topic or theme to productively respond with appropriate written exercises which would indicate that he, or she had mastered the skills of sentence formation and adequate control of the material. They will, also, be taught the four types of sentence: Declarative, Interrogative, exclamatory and imperative. Students will express themselves in paragraph form. - Course Code : WT104
Writing 105 : ( Writing Better English 1) This advanced course will assess the abilities of students in the process of writing extended composition based on a given topic. They will have to have mastered the concepts and exercises for creating acceptable sentences as represented in composition form. In this class, specific forms for obtaining “unity” in the process of writing essays will be taught and practiced. Vocabulary will have been mastered to the degree that the student will be fluent for ease of the creative writing experience. - Course Code : WT105
Writing 106 : ( Writing Better English 2) Continuation of WRITING 501- The student will have to have a full command of such structures as: adjective & adverb phrases, adjective& adverb clauses, the various types of sentences and how they convey information to influence the reader or listener to understand a particular concept for a desired outcome. - Course Code : WT106
READING SKILLS
Reading 101: ( Aesop's Fables 1) Students will be taught specific skills for word recognition, (morphology). They will be taught how basic ideas conveyed by sentences can be mastered for full comprehension. Reading of simple texts and selective readings which will be orally re produced will be part of the necessary training for verbal skills and listening competence. - Course Code : RD101
Reading 102: ( Aesop's Fables 2) Continuation of READING LEVEL I – This level will include exercises in the reading of simple instructional texts that are of variable difficulty to build student competence and confidence. - Course Code : RD102
Reading 103 : ( American Short Stories 1) Students will be challenged with the reading of selected materials which will enhance their competence and an appreciation of how concepts are presented by others. The material selected will be simple books and other items gotten by the instructor and / or the students for class projects. Class exercises will entail competence in reading isolated details as observed in media advertising, newspapers, etc. - Course Code : RD103
Reading 104 : ( American Short Stories 2) This level will focus on the independent ability of the student to read simple texts as an assignment and to , without much assistance convey an acceptable understanding of the text which has to be communicated, The course will practice oral, as well as silent, reading for comprehension and listening competence. - Course Code : RD104
Reading 105: ( World Literature 1) Students will be capable of reading basic texts such as “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck and other such material of this level of difficulty. They will be capable of experience and explaining the behavior of certain characters . The instructor will challenge the students as to comprehension, etc. - Course Code : RD105
Reading 106 : ( World Literature 1) At this level, students will have the competence and confidence in them to read from texts and explain to the class what he, or she, has understood. Reading out loud to the class will be observed for ongoing listening, articulation, and concept competence. The course will feature still yet more challenging selections of reading material for analysis. - Course Code : RD106
GRAMMAR SKILLS
Grammar 101: Students will be taught the simplest of grammatical forms and their usage in the creation of simple sentences. riority will be placed upon the concepts and usage of the “noun” as subject and the “verb” as the predicate of all sentences, the students will have to show competence with sentence structure in communicating appropriate concepts as directed by the instructor. - Course Code : GR101
Grammar102 : Continuation of GRAMMAR LEVEL 1- This level will improve upon the skills learned at the primary grammar level and require of the student to competently produce intelligible sentences that would be widely understood and acceptable. In addition, this class will correspond with the WRITING 102 class by way of introducing the paragraph as a means of composition. - Course Code : GR102
Grammar 103: At this level, students will be expected to have learned all the eight parts of speech which are the foundation of the English Language. They will learn the productive use of grammatical terminology for flexibility of sentence structure. - Course Code : GR103
Grammar104: This continuation course of Grammar 303 will enhance the logic of the sentence through the variation drills and complexities of the grammatical system of English. Students should be capable of writing sentences without many grammatical problems of comprehension. - Course Code : GR104
Grammar 105 : The grammatical forms at this level will entail the variations of the basic tenses learned in previous classes. Here, the students will have exercises in the “continuous,” the “perfect” and the “perfect-continuous” modifications of the basic past, present, and future tenses. They will have to produce their writing samples showing their mastery of the tenses, along with their competence of the mechanics of written communication, (punctuation). - Course Code : GR105
Grammar 106: This final level for grammar will enhance the level of competence learned in previous classes. At this level, the student should not show any of the common grammatical errors observed in the writings of students in the primary courses of ESL, The grammatical skills should exhibit strong command of written expression which is necessary for clear communication - Course Code : GR106
ORAL/AURAL DEVELOPMENT
Oral/Aural 101: ( Movie Appreciation 1) Pronunciation skills, (phonetic exercises) along with listening comprehension skills will be an essential part of the course. Students will learn the consonant and vowel systems of the language in addition to the 46 sounds by which it is represented. It will be expected the students will have occasion to utilize the vocabulary learned in previous classes, presenting them in intelligible sentences among, and between, fellow classmates during class exercises. - Course Code : LT101
Oral/Aural 102: ( Movie Appreciation 2 ) The use of prepared texts for analysis and comprehension will be focused upon then discussed to a limited degree depending upon level of competence of class. Discussion will take place featuring the learned text. Instructor will present challenges to the students for verbal competence and comprehension. - Course Code : LT102
Oral/Aural 103 : ( Movie Appreciation 3 ) This course will instruct the students to use everyday, common, expressions which are traditional to the culture of American English. Idiomatic expressions, synonymous expressions, etc. will be part of the drills and lesson practices of this class. - Course Code : LT103
Oral/Aural 104: ( Movie Appreciation 4 ) This course is structured for conversational competence using the vast amount of idiomatic expressions of the English language. The students will, also, have to know the tense structures of “time” for the appropriate use of communications being orally produced for the past, present, and the future. Those in this class will have to interact-exhibiting their competence of idiom, vocabulary, sentence structure and tense. - Course Code : LT104
Oral/Aural 105 : ( Movie Appreciation 5 ) The object of this course is to have the student exercise the concepts of communication in such clear fashion that there would be a free flow of communication from person to person. In this course, as in all other levels, articulation, voice, phonetic exercises, etc, will work hand-in hand to increase the awareness of the student for the specific rules and order of sounds and forms of the language. - Course Code : LT105
Oral/Aural 106: ( Movie Appreciation 6 ) This course will challenge the students by way of intercommunication among themselves, as well as, individually, (class presentation-public speaking) for the discipline and control of the production of the speech mechanism. Students will both initiate and respond to verbal clues for productive use of the English Language. - Course Code : LT106
STANDARD OF CONVERSATION
Standards of Conversation 101: ( Everyday English 1) Pronunciation skills (phonics exercises) along with listening comprehension skills will be an essential part of this course. Verbal competence drill repetition of the sound system of the English language will be the focus of this course. Students will learn the consonant and vowel systems of the language, in addition to the 46 sounds through which they are represented. It will be expected that the students will have the occasion to utilize the vocabulary learned in previous classes in their exercises in conversation. - Course Code : CN101
Standards of Conversation 102: ( Everyday English 2) The use of prepared texts for analysis and comprehension will be focused upon and then discussed to a degree (depending on the level of proficiency of the class).Discussion will take place using new vocabulary and sentence forms learned in other classes. Students will be tested in speaking and listening comprehension skills in their dialogue with the instructor and among their fellow classmates. - Course Code : CN102
Standard of Conversation 103: ( Everyday Dialog 1) This course wil l instruct the students to everyday, common expressions that are traditional in the culture of American English. Idiomatic expressions, synonyms, expressions, etc. will be part of the drills and lesson practices of this class. - Course Code : CN103
Standard of Conversation 104: ( Everyday Dialog 2) This course is strutted for conversational competence using the vast amount of idiomatic expressions of the English language. The students will have to know the tense structures of “time” as regards the appropriate use of communications being orally products for the past present and future. Students in this class will be required to interact, exhibiting their competence of idiom, vocabulary, sentence structure and tense. - Course Code : CN104
Standard of Conversation 105: ( Public Speaking 1) The object of this course is to have the student exercise the concepts of communication in a clear fashion which would produce free-flowing communication. In this course, voice, articulation, and phonetic exercises are used to increase awareness of rules and the order of sounds and forms. - Course Code : CN105
Standard of Conversation 106: ( Public Speaking 2) This course will challenge the students by way of intercommunication amongst themselves to focus on the discipline and control of producing speech . Students will both initiate and respond to verbal clues for productive use of the English Language. - Course Code : CN106
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