Verb tenses are reviewed and expanded. Course focus is on adjective and adverb clauses, infinitives and gerunds, conjunctions, and parallelism. Emphasis on written usage. Additional focus on sentence types, articles, and prepositions. Course work includes main ideas, making inferences, and distinguishing fact and opinion.
Emphasis is on spoken usage.
Students improve their speaking and listening skills through discussions, speeches, idioms practice and focused listening work. Provides an introduction to the American community college system. Students get opportunities to use English, to reflect on their speaking and listening improvement, and to gain exposure to American culture.