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Development of academic listening and speaking skills and strategies at the low-advanced level with an emphasis on accent reduction by improving overall clarity, voice quality, and physical presentation. Oral communication activities, oral presentations, and listening competency with vocabulary and grammatical structures appropriate to the low advanced level.

Development of listening and speaking skills and strategies at the high-intermediate academic ESL level. Emphasis on accent reduction, oral communication activities and presentations, and listening competency with high-intermediate vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Development of academic listening and speaking skills and strategies at the low-advanced level with an emphasis on accent reduction by improving overall clarity, voice quality, and physical presentation. Oral communication activities, oral presentations, and listening competency with vocabulary and grammatical structures appropriate to the low advanced level.

Development of listening and speaking skills and strategies at the high-intermediate academic ESL level. Emphasis on accent reduction, oral communication activities and presentations, and listening competency with high-intermediate vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Development of listening, speaking and American English pronunciation skills at the intermediate academic ESL level. Focus on American English sounds, word stress, and intonation patterns.

Pre-collegiate training and practice in critical reading and analytical writing, with emphasis on language structure and vocabulary development for non-native speakers of English. Research, synthesis, and documentation skills. High-advanced language skills integrated on the basis of academic tasks and content.

Training and practice in low-advanced academic reading and writing, with emphasis on language structure and vocabulary development for non-native speakers of English. Practice in reading academic texts, synthesizing ideas, and developing and revising text-based assignments at the low-advanced level. Low-advanced language skills integrated on the basis of academic tasks and content.

Training and practice in high-intermediate reading and writing with emphasis on language structure and vocabulary development for non-native speakers of English. Practice in reading passages from a variety of academic genres used to support written work. Practice in a variety of writing tasks at the high intermediate level. High-intermediate language skills integrated on the basis of academic tasks and content.

Training and practice in intermediate reading and writing, with emphasis on language structure and vocabulary development for non-native speakers of English. Practice in reading passages from informational and literary texts to support written work. Practice in a variety of writing tasks. Intermediate language skills integrated on the basis of academic tasks and content.

Support for non-native speakers of English; advanced grammar for high level texts and composition; editing/proofreading skills to improve quality and accuracy of written pre-college work at the advanced level. Meets requirements for the Certificate of Accomplishment in Advanced Academic English as a Second Language.