This course is designed to expand students' reading skills, vocabulary, and command of idioms. Students read and discuss short stories, essays, and news articles on current events. The emphasis of this course is on the conventions of the written language.
Students practice writing in a variety of syntactical structures and rhetorical modes.
It emphasizes oral fluency, pronunciation, accent reduction, and listening comprehension skills. This course is designed for students who need to develop their reading and writing skills in preparation for academic courses. Students read and discuss essays and short stories and learn the conventions of essay writing by writing essays in a variety of rhetorical modes. This course emphasizes stress and intonation, and the appropriate use of idioms. Students learn to use spoken language in social, professional, and academic settings.