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In this course, students learn to write more fluently and accurately in English. Activities focus on sentence and paragraph development through writing simple narrative and descriptive essays, email, and personal correspondence. Emphasis is also placed on the writing process, including prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. Readings serve as a basis for developing vocabulary, ideas, and writing models. Students need to be in levels 1-4 to take this course.
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This course helps intermediate level students develop their academic writing. The focus is on essay writing skills, including organizing, developing, and supporting ideas. The writing process is also emphasized: prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. Authentic readings serve as a basis for compare/contrast and cause/effect essays. Students need to be in levels 5-6 to take this course.
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This advanced writing course helps students polish their writing skills while concentrating on more sophisticated writing tasks, such as summary writing, paraphrasing, quoting, and synthesis. Students gain practice in writing argumentative essays, mini-research papers, and critiques. Students need to be in levels 7-10 to take this course.
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Grammar doesn’t have to be boring! In this course, students explore different elements of English structure through readings, digital media, dialogs, songs, games, and student writing. The focus is on learning grammar that is relevant to students’ lives, including form, meaning, and use of structures. By the end of the course, students should have a solid grasp of verb tense, prepositional phrases, articles, and sentence varieties. Students need to be levels in 1-4 to take this course.
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In this higher-level grammar course, students improve their English fluency and accuracy through engaging activities. Focusing on sophisticated forms such as, gerunds and infinitives, complex sentences types, reduced clauses, and appropriate word selection, students enhance their speaking and writing skills. Activities incorporate a combination of readings, digital media, dialogs, and student writing. Students need to be in levels 5-10 to take this course.
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In this course, students will not only expand their vocabulary, but will also learn strategies for understanding the meaning of new words. Using film, TV shows, songs, readings, and digital media, students focus on comprehension, recognition, and the application of new words and phrases. Students learn how to make their speech clearer, more varied, and more native-like. Students need to be in levels 1-4 to take this course.
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This course is designed for those preparing for university, graduate school, and standardized exams, such as the iBT TOEFL and GMAT. In this course, students learn new academic vocabulary related to business, economics, psychology, the US education system, science, history, and more. Practice exercises are challenging and interactive, providing students with strategies for enhancing their English reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students need to be in levels 5-10 to take this course.
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Students learn to participate in real-life situations, such as communicating over the phone, making small talk, giving and following directions, and expressing problems. Role-plays, dialogs, discussions, vocabulary-building exercises, and the language lab are used to help students develop their listening comprehension, speaking, and pronunciation skills. Students need to be in levels 1-4 to take this course.
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In this course, students further develop their oral communication skills in real-life situations, such as interviews, meetings, and social events. Role-plays, dialogs, discussions, vocabulary-building exercises, and the language lab are used to help students develop their listening comprehension, speaking, and pronunciation skills. Students need to be in levels 5-6 to take this course.
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Students perfect their listening and speaking skills in this advanced level course. Students increase their confidence as they develop more sophisticated vocabulary and expression to communicate with native speakers in discussions, negotiations, and meetings. Complex role-plays, real-life simulations, oral presentations, and other interactive exercises provide students with many opportunities for practice and improvement. Students need to be in levels 7-10 to take this course.
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This course is designed to help students improve their pronunciation of American English. Students explore the vowel, consonant, stress, and intonation rules of American English. Using various techniques and fun activities, students learn how to sound more natural when speaking English. Students need to be in levels 1-4 to take this course.
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This higher-level pronunciation course is designed to help students sound more like native speakers of American English. Techniques include physical and vocal warm-up and breathing exercises, along with work on pronunciation, articulation, intonation, stress and vocal projection. Students develop short oral presentations to enhance their speech. Students need to be in levels 5-10 to take this course.
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This course provides students with the skills needed to deliver formal and informal presentations. Students learn how to research, organize, and prepare presentations that will inform and persuade an audience. Students develop their platform skills (body language, eye contact, voice projection) as they deliver clear, concise, and relevant messages. They also learn to design effective PowerPoint slides and visuals. Students need to be in levels 7-10 to take this course.
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In this exciting course, students explore American popular culture while learning English. The course incorporates contemporary and classic TV shows, films, and music videos to help students understand and use English expressions and idioms. Weekly readings of magazine and newspaper articles about famous US stars and personalities help students to improve their reading skills and build vocabulary. Students have many opportunities to engage in lively discussions about life and culture in the US today. This class will also take a field trip to see a Broadway show. Students need to be in levels 5-10 to take this course.
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