Full Time English Program - L2

Course Description

Morning Course:

This course will help you develop and use all the basic language skills you need to live in an English speaking country. We will continue focusing on building your confidence when speaking, and will help you gain skills in understanding oral English. You will have lots of opportunities to practice these skills in class, and will be directed to use them outside the class to test your proficiency with native English speakers.

Afternoon Course:

This course is for high beginning/low-intermediate students who want to practice and solidify their listening, speaking and pronunciation skills. This course will focus on helping you develop better skills to communicate your feelings and ideas to others and to discuss common issues in our society. The purpose of the course is to encourage you to express yourself naturally in real-life contexts, and to help you understand some cultural aspects of North American society.

TEXTBOOK: TOP NOTCH 1

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Communicate in short routine conversations about needs and familiar day-to-day topics. 2. Ask and respond to simple and familiar questions. 3. Describe a situation, tell a simple story, and describe the process of obtaining basic goods and/or services using a variety of short sentences. 4. Read a simple 2-3 paragraph passage about daily life and experience. 5. Write simple descriptions of events, stories, future plans, or other familiar topics. 6. Effectively communicate in writing ideas and information about personal experience and everyday needs.

TEXTBOOK: Firsthand 1

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Communicate in short routine conversations about needs and familiar topics of personal relevance. 2. Ask and respond to simple and familiar questions. 3. Describe situations of personal relevance in simple terms (e.g. a situation, living conditions, obtaining goods and services, etc.) 4. Recognize and follow many common everyday instructions and directions. 5. Develop an adequate vocabulary for routine everyday communication.