Level 3 – High Beginners (ESL 103)

This integrated course consisting of Conversation (ESL103-1, 87.75 hours), Grammar (ESL103-2, 87.75 hours), and American Culture (ESL103-4, 58.5 hours), is designed for those who have limited background in the English language and would like to improve their ability to comprehend and respond appropriately to high-beginner spoken English, use spoken English in real world situations, use grammatical structures necessary for expressing the present, the future and the past times, comprehend and analyze high beginner texts. It is an integrated course, combining English grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, speaking, and listening instruction.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc., deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken, produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest, describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. In the language of illustrative descriptors students will be able to recognize, express, communicate, respond appropriately to  simple statements and questions, in the present, past and future time frame (with related signal words), using previously learned phrases, employ simple clarification requests to determine meaning of question or statement, interpret short paragraphs on familiar topics, identify sequence of events in short readings, examine authentic documents to locate specific information, produce a paragraph on a familiar topic.

There are Optional Courses are offered parallel to the above course.