Level 6 - Advanced Intermediate (ESL 203)

This integrated course consisting of Conversation (ESL203-1, 87.75 hours), Grammar (ESL203-2, 87.75 hours), and American Culture (ESL203-4, 58.5 hours), prepares students to understand sustained conversations and instructions and to communicate independently in various situations. The course is designed for those who would like to expand their ability to comprehend and respond timely and appropriately to natural, authentic spoken English; to use spoken English in a variety of social, academic and professional settings; comprehend and use grammatical structures in both written and spoken English in social, academic and professional contexts; analyze and synthesize authentic texts; broaden students’ ability to organize information and produce summaries. Students apply reading strategies and critical thinking skills. Students write and edit an organized piece of writing.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to state detailed descriptions of events, activities and experiences, identify main ideas and details of extended conversations, lectures and broadcasts, apply linguistic, socio-cultural and other background knowledge and strategies to understand fully the literal and implied intent of the speaker, employ clarification strategies, respond timely and appropriately using complex grammar structures on social, professional and academic topics, interpret short paragraphs on social, professional and academic topics, speak so others can understand to recall and use sufficient wide-ranging vocabulary as well as control of advanced grammar and a variety of sentence types, predict meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary with contextual clues, identify sequence of events in extensive readings and lectures, examine and analyze authentic documents to locate specific detailed information, convey ideas in an essay, identify and modify written work for structural errors and mechanics, such as spelling, punctuation and capitalization.

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