INTL 27 Beginning Academic Support

5 credits

This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students, builds upon and reinforces the academic skills taught in INTL 15, INTL 16 and INTL 30. This course focuses on developing high-beginning academic grammar, writing, reading, and speaking skills.

Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or instructor permission

Corequisites: INTL 15, INTL 16, or INTL 30 (or ELL 16 or ELL 30)

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Write simple and compound sentences using basic grammar (using be and have, simple present, present progressive, present perfect, simple past, past progressive, nouns and pronouns, count and non-count nouns), transition words and phrases, and punctuation with 75% accuracy
Brainstorm ideas for writing using a graphic organizer
Organize ideas for writing simple paragraphs using an outline
Write simple paragraphs using relevant topic sentences, appropriate support, and concluding sentences
Read high-beginner level texts and identify topic sentences, main ideas, and details
Use context clues and a dictionary to determine meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary
Plan, organize, and give short presentations on familiar topics
Participate in group discussions

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50