INTL 50 High Intermediate ELL

15 credits

In this course, students practice and improve communication skills to function effectively in various life situations and to explore program opportunities.

Prerequisites: INTL 40 or ELL 40 or placement into INTL 50

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

Read

Recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words by breaking words into parts and using contextual clues
Monitor and enhance comprehension by recognizing key words and posing and answering questions
Organize information using some strategies, such as recall, restatement, simple sequencing and simple categorization

Write

Develop a writing process to brainstorm, organize, and revise compositions
Write essays that include a thesis statement, topic sentences, and supporting details
Identify and use fundamental grammar, correct sentence structure, and punctuation principles
Develop proofreading skills

Listen

Respond appropriately to extended explanations and narratives, detailed instructions and complex conversations
Use a wide range of strategies effectively to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback
Apply linguistic, socio-cultural, and other background knowledge and strategies to understand the intent of the speaker

Speak

Use basic grammar and a variety of sentence types in a range of somewhat unfamiliar or unpredictable communication tasks
Elaborate with some detail and examples and select the most important information to relay
Recall and use sufficient oral vocabulary related to personal experience and everyday activities and some idioms

Total Hours: 150 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 150