ESL 30 Level 3
This core course emphasizes accuracy in communication. Students move from simply being understood to speaking with correct grammar and more specific vocabulary. The writing assignments adhere to academic models and standards. Students who successfully complete this course are able to write and talk about certain conditions of the present time; discuss action in progress; make schedules; make suggestions with let’s; discuss events that happened once in the past; communicate recurring past events; tell stories from childhood; demonstrate academic writing ability; determine and measure amounts and quantities; use objects and pronouns with ease; relay actions that began in the past and are true or continuing in the present; describe people, places, things, ideas in detail; contrast how different people perform actions; explain frequency of actions; give directions; and explain locations in detail. Prerequisites: ESL020, Oxford Online Placement Test score of 30-39, TOEFL iBT score of 35-54, or IELTS Band 0-3.5.
Prerequisite
(( ESL020 D- O ESL020 TC ) O ( ESL021 D- O ESL021 TC ) O