Intermediate Conversation

Students will develop the conversational abilities that go beyond simple question and answer responses. Students will speak clearly and confidently in English in front of a group, use previously acquired information and language patterns in an oral context, organize thoughts and be able to produce fluent responses. Students will ask and respond to verbal questions with competence, conduct oral interviews and surveys with native speakers, role play, discuss in a group an assortment of topics, and use a variety of common verb phrases and idioms.

Intermediate Grammar

Students will develop a practical understanding and knowledge of commonly used grammar structures and be able to competently use the following grammar points in coherent, complete sentences within a paragraph: the perfect tenses, passive voice, basic gerunds and infinitives, modals, articles, conditionals and a variety of clauses.

Intermediate Reading

Students will build vocabulary, language decoding skills, and develop an understanding of the story elements: plot, character, setting, theme and conflict. Students will also be able to summarize and find the main points of a story, as well as identify setting, character, climax and theme of a story, increase reading speed and comprehension, skim and scan passages effectively, and read and understand a variety of passages such as short stories, essays and newspaper articles.

Intermediate Writing

Students will develop an understanding of the writing process and use it to generate clear, descriptive and narrative paragraphs. This includes writing grammatically correct compound and complex sentences that combine a variety of interesting and logical ideas which express ideas and thoughts clearly.