College Preparation and ESL (480 hours at each level)
(400 Lecture Hours + 80 Lab Hours at each level)

The College preparation/intensive ESL course is designed for students whose native tongue is not English. This program is offered to local and foreign residents and taught by certified instructors who offer a vast array of experience in language and culture teaching. The students will learn and practice American pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, basic conversation, and the fundamentals of advanced writing skills as well as getting familiar with the basic information of General Education topics that are required for higher education. The course is taught from the perspective of assisting students in adjusting to American cultural sensibilities in order to enhance their opportunities in American higher education.

ESL Level I. Beginning English

This is an intensive multi skills course introducing simple grammatical structures, vocabulary, simplified reading materials, conversational sentences, spelling and punctuation. Guidance and practice in compound sentences and personal letter writing are also introduced.

ESL Level II. Intermediate English

Students here are introduced to academic reading by using text previews, finding main ideas, scanning information and making simple inferences.  Topics include:

• Short questions and answers as well as simple sentences.
• Practice in writing techniques, full form paragraphs and short compositions.
• Summarizing, rewriting and editing.
• Identifying, understanding and differentiating English spoken by various voices.

ESL Level III. Advanced English 

This course provides practice and guidance in how to organize writing in order to compose well-developed paragraphs and essays including introductions and conclusions.  Topics of this course include:

• Drafting, note taking, editing, outlining and finishing compositions.
• Using a library for academic reference a well as learning how to skim, infer from facts and opinions.
• Daily communication.
• Appropriately correct grammatical structures.

College Preparation I – Introduction to Academic Writing

This is a course designed for students who have finished all levels of ESL courses satisfactorily. The purpose of this course is to teach an entry level of academic writing skills and give a basic introduction to General Education classes such as American History and Business Communication Skills. Topics include:

• Writing organizational patterns.
• Grammatical structures.
• Sentence structure and paragraph formation.
• The basic steps in the writing process.
• Thesis sentences.
• Basic Vocabulary and general introduction to American History and Business Communication Skills.

College Preparation II – Advanced Academic Writing

This is a course designed for students who have finished all levels of ESL and Introduction to Academic Writing satisfactorily. The purpose of this course is to teach advanced academic writing skills and give a basic introduction to General Education classes such as Sociology and Psychology, including:

• Identifying audience, tone purpose, topic sentences, unity and coherence.
• Logical order: chronology, division of ideas and order of importance.
• Concrete support: facts versus opinions.
• Essay writing: outlining, drafting, revising and finalizing.
• Basic Vocabulary and general introduction to Sociology and Psychology.