Level

Course Name:

Hours/week

ESLA 010 - Beginner

Speaking / Listening / Pronunciation

10

Reading / Writing / Vocabulary

6

Grammar

6

Total

22

This course focuses on everyday listening, speaking and comprehension skills to prepare students for an interactive learning approach. Through various interactive activities, students are able to gain beginning level vocabulary and communication skills. Contextualized vocabulary and pronunciation practices reinforce content and enhance expression. Step-by-step grammar development also enables students to build on their beginning level grammar knowledge.

ESLA 020 - Elementary

Speaking / Listening / Pronunciation

10

Reading / Writing / Vocabulary

6

Grammar

6

Total

22

This course focuses on everyday listening, speaking and comprehension skills to prepare students for an interactive learning approach. Through the listening and reading activities, students are able to gain elementary level vocabulary comprehension and will practice reading skills. Additionally, students are able to participate in communicative activities and be able to ask and answer questions within dialogues. Step-by-step grammar development also enables the students to build on their beginning level grammar knowledge through integrated reading and listening activities.

ESLA 030 - Pre-Intermediate

Speaking / Listening / Pronunciation

10

Reading / Writing / Vocabulary

6

Grammar

6

Total

22

This course focuses on everyday listening, speaking, reading and grammar skills to prepare students for an interactive learning approach. Through the development of these skills, students are able to gain pre-intermediate level language fluency. This highly interactive level encourages students to sustain face-to-face interaction. The students explore new concepts in guided and open-ended discussions.  Step-by-step grammar development also enables students to build on their elementary level grammar knowledge through integrated reading and listening activities.

ESLA 040 - Intermediate

Speaking / Listening / Pronunciation

10

Reading / Writing / Vocabulary

6

Grammar

6

Total

22

In this level, students are engaged in meaningful communication skills. Students are able to build on their listening, reading, comprehension, and grammar skills.  Integrated grammar instruction enables students to grasp intermediate level grammatical concepts and to put the concepts into practice. This level further builds on the highly interactive communicative approach and encourages students the use of intensive vocabulary in social interactions.

ESLA 050 - Upper-Intermediate

Speaking / Listening / Pronunciation

10

Writing

5

Reading / Vocabulary

4

Grammar

3

Total

22

In this level, students will develop the ability to express themselves fluently and accurately both in written and spoken activities. This course focuses mainly on conversation skills and enables students to improve their comprehension and critical thinking skills. It further builds on the highly interactive communicative approach and continues to encourage students to sustain a highly interactive face-to-face communication.
Grammar is taught in a highly intensive manner within authentic contexts and is integrated with speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. The speaking activities guide the learners from controlled practice to communicative interaction.

ESLA 060 - Advanced

Speaking / Listening / Pronunciation

10

Writing

5

Reading / Vocabulary

4

Grammar

3

Total

22

This level covers all language skills with a comprehensive approach. At this level, students are given the opportunity to think critically and to further practice their vocabulary, grammar, writing and comprehension skills.  At the advanced level, students are expected to be at a high level of accuracy and fluency both in communicative and writing skills. Students are provided a controlled and communicative practice which integrates critical thinking skills.