Full Time English Program - L4

Course Description

Morning Course:

This course will help you expand and extend your knowledge of English to more complex situations. You will be learning more complex English constructions. Instructors will direct you to rely less on body language and to incorporate all the knowledge you have learned in previous courses when speaking, listening, reading and writing in English and/or with English speakers. There is a focus on fluency and accuracy at this level as well.

Afternoon Course:

This course is designed to help you connect with the real English speaking world and to involve you in real language situations. You will be given lots of opportunities to practice your listening comprehension and speaking skills. You will integrate your language skills to increase your ability to communicate effectively to native speakers of English. The purpose of the course is to broaden your knowledge and use of speaking and listening abilities in real-life contexts in the context of North America especially, and to help you speak English in a culturally and linguistic acceptable way.

TEXTBOOK: TOP NOTCH 3

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Communicate with some confidence in casual social conversations and in some less routine situations on familiar topics. 2. Communicate facts and ideas in some detail. 3. Follow the main ideas and identify key words and important details in verbal communication and in other contexts (such as audio tapes, radio broadcasts, and face to face conversations). 4. Follow main ideas, key words, and important details in a one-page plain-language authentic text. 5. Get new information about familiar topics by reading factual texts. 6. Write 1-2 paragraph letters and compositions. 7. Use and understand a range of common everyday vocabulary, some common phrases, and idioms.

TEXTBOOK: NorthStar 4

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Communicate in unprepared casual social conversations and in some less routine situations with some confidence. 2. Communicate facts and ideas in some detail. 3. Give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. 4. Narrate a story or relate a plot, and describe your own reactions. 5. Participate in informal conversations involving problem solving and decision making. 6. Understand the main ideas and identify key words and important details in a moderately demanding conversation. 7. Demonstrate and understand a range of common everyday vocabulary, some common phrases, and idioms. 8. Understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes.