The Academic classes address note taking and test taking skills, academic vocabulary development, critical reading and writing, comprehending academic lectures, library skills, forming compositions, and research papers. It is designed for those students who want to gain a better understanding of grammar, improve their ability to read general, non-technical information, and develop their ability to write clearly. This course simulates university level classes by featuring academic lectures and readings across the disciplines.
Students conduct original research for oral presentations making use of library sources.
The thinking component provides students with practice in logical thinking and in the logic of English. Students study and use inductive and deductive reasoning, identify propaganda devices and learn how to develop logical arguments. The reading component helps students sharpen their analytical reading skills, increase their reading comprehension, and intensify their word power. Among the kinds of writing assigned are exposition, argumentation, and description. Patterns of development practiced include comparison and contrast, definition, cause and effect, process, an analysis.