The major focus of the grammatical structures learned should be on adjective clauses and modals. Course emphasis is on practice of these structures orally as well as in writing. Students will discuss selected topics. Students will master the concrete and abstract vocabulary for them to participate in these discussions. They will also learn to monitor their own speech and that of their peers.
Students learn to write one-paragraph summaries.
Students will complete their learning of tenses, both active and passive. They will be introduced to gerunds and infinitives and expand their knowledge of dependent clauses. The focus of this course is on tenses and on adverbial and noun clauses. Course emphasis is on practice of these structures orally as well as in writing. In this course, students will read fairly lengthy paragraphs and essays and be able to distinguish major and minor supports, infer basic information and respond to questions in short answers.