Students read texts independently and collaboratively.
Focus is on active reading, i.e., making use of background knowledge, predicting, and critically assessing reading passages. Sources A beginning course which focuses on sentence and paragraph level writing. Students gather information, then transform and organize it in their writing to describe objects and places, narrate a story, and use other rhetorical devises common in academic writing. Low Intermediate A multi-level course designed to improve oral communication through one on one conversation, small group work, and short presentations. Emphasis is on interactive language fluency.