ESL 101: Beginning I (270 clock hours)

Prerequisite: Placement Test Score

This course is designed for students who have no or very little experience in speaking English. Students will begin by learning the basics of the language, such as the alphabet, sentence structure, pronunciation and survival vocabulary. Students will learn greetings and to talk in simple terms about family, jobs and interests.

ESL 102: Beginning II (270 clock hours)

Prerequisite: Completion of Beginning I or Placement Test Score

This course is designed for students who have limited experience in speaking English. Students will build upon the foundation of the English language basics; learning additional grammar, vocabulary, and functional English. Students will be equipped with the skills to communicate in routine, everyday situations; discussing and describing objects, people, time, and the weather.

ESL 201: Intermediate I (270 clock hours)

Prerequisite: Completion of Beginning II or Placement Test Score

This course is designed for students who have some experience speaking English and possess a solid foundation of the basics. Students review their previously learned skills, and further develop their abilities by exposure to more complex readings, listening exercises and speaking activities. Students will learn more advanced vocabulary and grammar structures, comparing and contrasting with previously learned structures.

ESL 202: Intermediate II (270 clock hours)

Prerequisite: Completion of Intermediate I or Placement Test Score

This course is designed for students who are upper-intermediate level English speakers. Students will review grammar learned in previous levels, and will continue to strengthen their integrated skills throughout the course with a variety of in-class listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

ESL 301: Advanced I (270 clock hours)

Prerequisite: Completion of Intermediate II or Placement Test Score

This course is designed for students who are advanced level English speakers. Students will review the grammar and vocabulary they learned in previous levels, and learn additional, more complex grammar structures. Students will participate in a variety of activities to build their conversational skills and produce spontaneous speech.

ESL 302: Advanced II (270 clock hours)

Prerequisite: Completion of Advanced I or Placement Test Score

This course is designed for students who are advanced level English speakers. Students will develop their integrated skills through a variety of speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. Students work toward increasing their overall language competence and creating spontaneous and creative speech and written work.

Academic ESL Program

AE 401 and AE 402: Academic English I and II (270 clock hours each / 540 clock hours total)

Prerequisite: Completion of Advanced I or Placement Test Score

This program is designed for students who wish to further develop their integrated English language skills with a special focus on English language used in college and university. Students are additionally taught a variety of necessary skills to prepare for an academic learning environment. Students will learn several essay styles, how to prepare a speech, test-taking strategies, listening comprehension and be equipped with vocabulary relevant to academic study.

Business Communications Program

(270 clock hours each / 540 clock hours total)
Prerequisite: Completion of Advanced I or Placement Test Score

This program is designed to strengthen the written, verbal and digital communication skills of students in order to improve their performance in various business contexts. Through experiential learning, students will hone their abilities in public speaking, presentation design and delivery, business writing, and cross-cultural communication strategies.