INTENSIVE ENGLISH STUDIES
This program offers students intensive,
focused instruction for 20 hours every week. And Includes...
Listening Comprehension - Reading - Writing - Conversation

INTENSIVE ENGLISH STUDIES AT AMERSTATE OFFERS
focused instruction for 20 hours every week. This program includes work in listening comprehension, conversation, reading and writing. An advanced level combines all of these for more in-depth academically oriented training. All classes are non-credit.

ESL 30 Beginning English as a Second Language Literacy - 45 hrs.
This course is intended for students with no proficiency in English and/or very low literacy skills in their native language.

ESL 31 Beginning English as a Second Language II - 45 hrs.
It is intended for students with no proficiency in English to enable them to master "Survival" English.

ESL 40 Beginning English as a Second Language III - 45 hrs.
Students will learn to speak, read and write using present progressive, future and imperative verbs; to use singular and plural nouns, pronouns, prepositions, adverbs and adjectives

ESL 41 Beginning English as a Second Language IV - 45 hrs.
Students will learn to ask questions, practice using "be" and action verbs. They will increase vocabulary, read short passages and writing simple sentences.

ESL 42 Beginning English as a Second Language V - 45 hrs.
Students will learn to speak, read and write using negative statements in present and future tenses, auxiliary verbs "can" and "have to", and will work on reading and writing.

ESL 43 Beginning English as a Second Language VI - 45 hrs.
This course is intended to strengthen the use of present and future tense verbs and learn past tense. Students will learn vocabulary for body parts and will continue to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities.

ESL 44 English as a Second Language – Writing Improvement I - 45 hrs.
This class is intended for students who are "upper beginning level" to continue to improve on their English writing skills.

ESL 45 English as a Second Language Conversation - 45 hrs.
This course is focused on improving the student's ability to speak and understand English in social and business situations as well as become familiar with American slang.

ESL 46 ESL Academic Purposes: Level IV: Speaking & Grammar - 45 hrs.
Students will practice speaking in and listening to English to help prepare them for oral academic work.

ESL 47 ESL Academic Purpose: Level IV: Grammar - 45 hrs.
Students will learn English grammar and syntactic structures to help them in academic speaking, reading and writing.

ESL 49 ESL Academic Purpose: Level IV: Writing - 45 hrs.
Students will practice narrative and expository forms, journal, personal essays and summaries.

ESL 50 Intermediate English as a Second Language I - 45 hrs.
Students will learn to use regular and irregular, past and present perfect verbs and will practice communicating using infinitives.

ESL 51 Intermediate English as a Second Language II - 45
Students will use direct and indirect objects and use quantity words with nouns. Students will also continue to build their vocabulary.

ESL 52 Intermediate English as a Second Language III - 45 hrs.
Students will learn the future tense of auxiliary verbs and gain vocabulary knowledge about accidents, emergencies, polite excuses and customer complaints.

ESL 53 Intermediate English as a Second Language IV - 45 hrs.
In this course, students will learn the superlative form of common adjectives. They will also learn vocabulary for giving information at a medical check-up.

ESL 54 English as a Second Language – Conversation II - 45 hrs.
Students will continue to improve their ability to speak and understand English in various social and business situations and will gain a more in depth understanding of American slang.

TOTAL OF 16 COURSES FOR 720 HOURS = 20hrs/36 weeks