Intermediate English Language Skills
Semi-intensive intermediate ESL course focusing on reading, writing, and communication skills for academic settings.
Summary
Past student reviews · Adam Pergament
One student rated the difficulty as moderate, describing it as a nice course for developing English skills.
What you’ll be able to do
Heighten their awareness of correct usage of English grammar in writing and speaking
Improve their speaking ability in English both in terms of fluency and comprehensibility
Improve oral presentation skills.
Increase their reading speed and comprehension of academic articles
Develop efficient note-taking skills
Improve their reading fluency skills through extensive reading
Enlarge their vocabulary by keeping a vocabulary journal
Strengthen their ability to write academic papers, essays and summaries using the process approach.
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Prerequisites
Course mapPlacement into ESL 114
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- Placement into ESL 114
Professors
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ADAM PERGAMENT is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Adam Pergament
Students found the course engaging and noted that Adam Pergament was an interesting and extremely helpful professor.
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Adam Pergament
One student rated the difficulty as moderate, describing it as a nice course for developing English skills.
Past student reviews · Adam Pergament
A student appreciated the helpfulness of the instructor, finding the class to be a great experience overall.
Topics
- Intermediate English language skills
- English grammar usage
- Academic reading comprehension
- Academic writing process
Skills
- Correct usage of English grammar in writing and speaking
- Speaking fluency and comprehensibility
- Oral presentation skills
- Reading speed and comprehension of academic articles
- Efficient note-taking skills
- Reading fluency through extensive reading
- Vocabulary enlargement via journaling
- Writing academic papers, essays, and summaries using the process approach
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