Course Information

Low-Intermediate Listening and Speaking, Level 2 

This section of the course focuses on listening and speaking skills. Students will work on basic academic styles of presentation, vocabulary development, pronunciation, note-taking skills, and topics that will engage critical thinking. There will be a variety of listening and speaking activities using authentic materials, such as TED Talks. Course topics will range from technology, business, environmental studies, social studies, education, career readiness, human geography, and sociology.  

Low-Intermediate Reading and Writing, Level 2 

This section of the course focuses on reading and writing skills. Students will work on developing reading and critical thinking skills to understand main ideas and details of passages with authentic visuals and infographics. Students will also begin writing an academic paragraph with a structured topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence. Reading and writing topics for this course include a variety of real-world topics.  

Intermediate Listening and Speaking, Level 3 

This section of the course further develops students’ listening and speaking skills. Students will practice different rhetorical modes of academic presentations, enhance subject-specific vocabulary, and improve pronunciation and note-taking skills. There will be a variety of listening and speaking activities using materials such as TED Talks. Course topics will range from sociology, business, public policy, health, environmental studies, technology, and psychology.  

Intermediate Reading and Writing, Level 3 

This section of the course further develops students’ reading and writing skills. Students will enhance their reading comprehension with more advanced essays and selections and will work on comprehension of text through various assessments such as questions about main ideas, inferences, and details. Academic writing skills will be developed through practice with advanced paragraphs, basic essays, and compound and complex sentence structure. Course topics will range from health science, sociology, technology, natural science, psychology, education, architecture, and business.   

High-Intermediate Listening and Speaking, Level 4 

This section of the course focuses on listening and speaking skills. Students work on various academic styles of presentation, vocabulary enhancement, pronunciation, note-taking skills, and topics that will engage critical thinking. There will be a variety of listening and speaking activities using authentic materials, such as TED Talks.  Course topics will range from psychology, social studies, linguistics, business, and health. 

High-Intermediate Reading and Writing, Level 4 

This section of the course focuses on reading and writing skills. Students will work on enhancing their vocabulary, critical-thinking skills, and will develop reading strategies to understand main ideas, details, and structure. Students will also focus on developing academic writing by working on organizational structure, rhetorical patterns, sentence types and revision exercises. Reading and writing topics for this course range from behavioral science, technology, sociology, earth science, economics, and design.  

Advanced Listening and Speaking, Level 5 

This section of the course gives students a chance to expand their vocabulary, discussion, note-taking, and presentation skills. There will be a variety of speaking and listening activities using authentic lectures, reports, conversations, and TED Talks. They will have the opportunity to engage with abstract concepts and theories through a variety of topics ranging from media, health, sustainability, psychology, technology, and sociology.  

Advanced Reading and Writing, Level 5 

This section of the course will cover reading and writing skills. The focus is on reading strategies, critical reading and thinking skills, and vocabulary acquisition. There will also be extensive practice in academic writing: developing a wide variety of sentence types and rhetorical patterns and using appropriate writing and formatting conventions. Course topics will range from career studies, urban studies, sociology, global studies, sociology, anthropology, and economics.