● HELP 111LS Listening and Speaking In this class you will improve your speaking and listening skills and build your English vocabulary as you learn American culture and the language necessary to live in the USA. You will develop your ability to maintain conversations in English, talk about yourself and your interests, and ask questions of others. ● HELP 131R Reading Foundations This course provides a strong foundation in basic reading skills for new or beginning-level learners of English. Your reading fluency and comprehension will increase as you study and practice effective strategies, develop your vocabulary, and read many interesting stories and articles. ● HELP 141W Writing Foundations In this class you will learn the basics or foundations of writing. You will begin with writing simple, compound, and complex sentences. Then, you will use these kinds of sentences to write different kinds of paragraphs. ● HELP 151G Basic Grammar This course will help you to communicate in English by focusing on many of the most useful language and grammar points. You will learn and practice these grammar points by using all four skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. English Course Descriptions. English I: This course emphasizes the fundamental language skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, thinking, viewing and presenting. ... The course includes studies of various literary genres: short story, poetry, novel, drama, and non-fiction. HELP 451G Grammar through Fiction: Holes Instead of just focusing on grammar as it is presented in charts in grammar books, this class looks at grammar as it is actually used in American writing and speaking to communicate ideas. In this course, you will learn advanced grammar by reading the novel Holes and watching the Holes movie. You will analyze the grammar from these real-life sources and then apply this knowledge to improve your own English skills. Here is an outline of common concepts taught in English language courses: Researching Tools Organizing and Stylizing Writing Practice and Improvement Pronunciation for Spoken Language Grammar and Vocabulary Skills Reading Comprehension Analytical Interpretation.