We offer one of the best programs in ESL, TOEFL, GED, and U.S. CITIZENSHIP preparation. The school is a leader in English Education, and our campus is located in one of the safest places in the United States of America. Our program is accredited by CEA (Commission on English Language Program Accreditation).
*Breaks of 30 minutes
*Breaks of 30 minutes
| By the end of each course, students will be able to: | Structure | Reading and Writing | Listening and Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Use words that signal differences between present and future in simple statements related to common activities. Generate simple sentences containing learned vocabulary and using appropriate grammatical structures. | Interpret vocabulary words and phrases in familiar contexts. Write a series of simple sentences on a familiar topic. | Demonstrate comprehension of simple words and phrases through face-to-face conversations used in common everyday contexts. Ask grammatically structured questions related to basic needs and respond appropriately using short phrases and sentences. |
| Basic | Recognize basic constructions such as subject –verb agreement in simple present/ past or present continuous tenses and the appropriate use of pronouns while making careless or inexact pronoun references. | Use chronological order when writing about daily activities or narrative paragraphs. Read and summarize articles or stories in English about habits, experiences, and past events with limited descriptions and be able to pull out the main idea. | Demonstrate through face-to-face conversation understanding of simple questions and answers in standard English. Participate in simple conversations dealing with basic survival needs and using Yes/No questions and Wh-questions, including questions with possessive nouns and possessive adjectives. |
| Intermediate | Use specific modal auxiliaries to express ability, possibility, or suggestion; use the imperative to give orders, advice, or warnings to a limited degree. | Occasionally uses time signatures and descriptive language when writing narrative paragraphs. Identify the order of events in a simple narrative passage. | Describes a sequence of events in the past dealing with personal life with varying degrees of consistency. Demonstrate, through face-to-face conversations, a comfortable ability to talk or ask about personal histories or describe places or people with developing fluency. |
| Advanced | Understand passive and hypothetical structures, refine ability in past and present tenses and utilize them with moderate fluency. | Develop a topic sentence and supporting sentences to write and self-edit a paragraph on a familiar topic containing minimal grammatical and informational errors. Read and understand texts or materials containing familiar and unfamiliar fields of knowledge as well as seek out information from outside sources | Participate in conversations regarding abstract/hypothetical topics though searching for appropriate word choice or grammatical accuracy may inhibit responses and limit fluency. Identify ideas and arguments in listening passages on life experiences and form their own opinions to respond to comprehension questions. |
| Expert 1 | Understand functions of the basic structural pieces of the English language, refine understanding and ability in all English tenses as well as hypothetical structures, and utilize them with near-native fluency. | Identify main ideas and key points to unfamiliar reading passages and use syntactic clues and other context clues to interpret complex sentences and unfamiliar words. | Develop rudimentary introduction and concluding paragraphs to frame multiple organized body paragraphs with limited grammatical and informational errors. Demonstrate understanding of face-to-face speech that slightly deviates from formal grammatical English at a normal pace and with some repetition. |
| Expert 2 | Be competent and confident in basic to advanced English grammar–only should have errors in informal language. | Feel comfortable writing a multiple paragraph essay with regular errors, but recognizing typical English structure patterns and wording. | Use contractions, slang, and expressions/idioms comfortably while speaking fluently with room for minor errors. Comprehend fluid speech without much or any repetition on the part of the speaker on a variety of topics. |
| TOEFL | Express themselves in a variety of forms, such as speaking and writing, with minor and inconsistent grammar and punctuation errors as well as utilize some learned vocabulary comfortably. | Read at an introductory college level and be able to comprehend the material, find ways to understand unfamiliar concepts through context and limited use of outside resources, and answer follow-up questions with minimal wrong answers. Write about any topic using a variety of essay styles and sentence structures with clear explanations and minimal errors in punctuation and grammar. | Listen to audio of any level and topic and be able to comprehend the information, take notes simultaneously, and answer follow-up questions with minimal wrong answers. Speak about any topic with clear organization, structure, reasons, and examples to support their ideas. |