Siena Heights University
ESL 082 INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR 2 Students in this course continue to learn English grammar as a means of speaking and writing better . Course content includes work with the simple past and simple future tenses , count and non-count nouns , subject-verb agreement , and basic modal auxiliaries
ESL 083 INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR 2 Students will incorporate concepts learned in their grammar class into their daily compositions , such as the simple past tense to describe sequential actions , the future tense to describe what will occur after class , the coming week , and in the coming years , and modals to describe possibilities and conjecture . Most assignments will be short , descriptive or narrative compositions . Students will write every day and keep a log of their daily activities ( a diary ). The instructor will correct student compositions , hand them back , and students will rewrite them with the corrections in an individual copybook meant for polished work . Students will also work with concepts of brainstorming and peer editing .
ESL 084 INTERMEDIATE SPEAKING 2 Students in this course will learn to employ grammar as a speaking tool while learning essential vocabulary for their daily speaking needs . As always , the course is based on the communicative approach to teaching and learning English . Students will join in many small group activities where they will have the opportunity to develop their speaking and listening comprehension skills .
ESL 091 HIGH INTERMEDIATE READING 2 The course focuses on reading strategies that enhance the reader ' s ability to understand written texts with increasing efficiency and retention . Students continue to work and develop skimming , scanning , and anticipation strategies . Students also continue to learn how to understand new words in the contexts in which they appear . As in all of the reading courses , students will hone their paraphrase and discussion skills .
ESL 092 HIGH INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR 2 The primary goal of this course is assimilation of grammatical concepts . The course teaches students already familiar with verb tenses , parts of speech , and primary syntax to employ these concepts in more fluent communications , spoken and written . The course begins with a thorough review of verb tenses , proper spelling and pronunciation . Students then proceed to explore adverb clauses of time and detailed noun and pronoun usage .
ESL 093 HIGH INTERMEDIATE WRITING 2 This course teaches students how to organize written communications that go beyond the sentence and paragraph level . In addition to practicing previously learned forms of expression , such as simple description and narratives , students begin to organize paragraphs in the larger context of complete compositions . Students will learn to create outlines for their compositions and in doing so will begin to work with the essential components of essays : introduction , body , and conclusion . It is at this point that students study and begin to employ topic sentences at both the paragraph and larger essay level ( introduction ) and learn to develop their ideas as parts of a cohesive whole .
ESL 094 HIGH INTERMEDIATE SPEAKING 2 Students in this course will learn to employ grammar as a speaking tool while learning essential vocabulary for their daily speaking needs . As always , the course is based on the communicative approach to language teaching and learning .
ESL 110 BUSINESS ENGLISH 3 Students may learn the specialized vocabulary and jargon of any business . Prerequisite : Students must be enrolled at the ESL 150 level ( High Advanced ).
ESL 141 ADVANCED READING 2 The course focuses on reading strategies that enhance the reader ' s ability to understand written texts with increasing efficiency and retention . Students continue to work and develop skimming , scanning , and anticipation strategies . Students also continue to learn how to understand new words in the contexts in which they appear . As in all of the reading courses , students will hone their paraphrase and discussion skills .
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