Course Title: English as a Second Language

Course Objectives

Upon successful Completion of this course, the student will be familiar and comfortable answers, sentences, and polite requests in English.

This course also contains aspects of English reading and vocabulary; writing; listening and speaking.

Course Outline

Module 1: ESL Level 1 - Beginners

• The Verb To Be

a. Introduction

b. + Location

c. Short Answers

d. Yes/No Questions

• Present Continuous Tense

· Prepositions

a. Of Location

b. Using There is, There are

c. Using This, That, These, Those

· Nouns

a. Vocabulary

b. Singular/Plural

c. Possessive Pronouns

d. Demonstrative Pronouns

e. Object Pronouns

• Adjectives

a. Possessive Adjectives

b. Other Adjectives

• Adverbs

a. Adverbs of Frequency

b. Other Adverbs

• Simple Present Tense

a. Yes/No Questions

b. Negatives

c. Short Answers

d. -s, vs. non-s Endings

e. Have/Has

f. Can/Have to

• Future

a. Going to

b. Time Expressions

c. Want to

• Past Tense

a. Regular Verbs

b. Irregular Verbs

c. Yes/No Questions

d. Short Answers

e. Time Expressions

• Count Non-count Nouns
• Partitives

• Future Tense

a. Will

b. Time Expression

c. Might

• Comparatives

a. Should

b. Possessive Pronouns

• Superlatives
• Directions
• Adverbs

a. Comparative of Adverbs

b. Agent Nouns

c. If-Clauses

• Past Continuous Tense

a. Reflexive Pronouns

b. While-Clauses

• Future Continuous Tense

a. Time Expression

Module 2. ESL Level 2 - Intermediate

· Review Basic Tense

a. Simple Present Tense

b. Present Continuous Tense

c. Simple Past Tense

d. Past Continuous Tense

e. Future Tense

• Present Perfect Tense
• Present Perfect Continuous Tense
• Gerunds

a. Use of Gerunds

b. Infinitives

• Past Perfect Tense
• Past Perfect Continuous Tense
• Two-word Verbs

a. Separable

b. Inseparable

• Connectors

a. Use of And… Too

b. Use of And…Either

c. Use of So, But, and Neither

· Passive Voice

• Perfect Modals

a. Should Have

b. Must Have

c. Might Have

d. May Have

e. Could Have

• Conditional

a. Use of Present Real (if…will)

b. Use of Present Unreal (if…will)

c. Hope Clauses

d. Wish Clauses

• Reported Speech
• Tag Questions

Module. ESL Level 3 - Upper Intermediate

• Connecting Ideas

a. Connecting Ideas Using: And, But, Or, So, Either, Neither, Because, Even

though, Although

b. Phrasal Verbs: Separated and non-Separate

• Gerunds and Infinitives

a. Verb+Gerund

b. Go+ -ing

c. Verb+Infinitive

d. Uncompleted Infinitives

e. Preposition+Gerund

f. Using Gerunds as Subjects

· Passive Sentences

a. Active & Passive Sentences

b. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

c. Passive Modal Auxiliaries

• Adjectives Clauses

a. Singular and Plural Verbs in Adjective Clauses

b. Using Prepositions in Adjective Clauses

c. Phrasal Verbs: Separable and Nonseparable

• Comparisons

a. Making Comparison Using As…As

b. Comparative and Superlative

c. Using More with Nouns

d. Using Double Comparatives

· Noun Clauses

a. Noun Clauses That Begin with a Question Word

b. Using Who, What, Whose + Be

c. Using If or Whether

d. Using That

· Quoted Speech and Reported Speech

a. Verb Form Usage In Reported Speech: Formal Sequence of Tenses

b. Using Verb + Infinitive to Report Speech

· Using Wish and If

a. Expressing Wishes About the Present, Future, or Past

b. Using If: Contrary –to- Fact in the Present or Future

Module 4. ESL Level 4 - Advanced

· Review of All Tenses

a. Simple/Progressive/Perfect/Perfect Progressive

b. Past Perfect/Past Perfect Progressive/Simple Future/Expressing the Future

in Time Clauses

c. Future Progressive/Future Perfect/Future Perfect Progressive

· Modal Auxiliaries and Similar Expressions

a. Polite Requests With I, You, and Would You Mind

b. Advisability: Should, Ought To, Had Better

c. Expectations: Be Supposed To and Be To

d. Making Suggestions: Let’s, Why Don’t, Shall I/We, and Could

d. Degrees of Certainty: Present Time, Present Time Negative, Past Time, and Future Time

· The Passive

a. Forming and Using the Passive

b. Indirect Objects Used As Passive Subjects

c. Stative Passive

d. The Passive With Get

· Gerunds and Infinitives

a. Using Gerunds As The Objects of Prepositions

b. Go+ Gerund

c. Common Verbs Followed by Infinitives or Gerunds

d. The Use of It + Infinitive

e. Use of In Order To, Too, Enough, Need, Let, Help, Make, Have and Get

f. Special In Order To, Too, Enough, Need, Let, Help, Make, Have, and Get.

g. Special Expressions Followed By The – ing Form Of A Verb

· Singular and Plural

a. Final –s/-es

b. Irregular Plural Nouns

c. Progressive Nouns

d. Using Nouns as Moditlers

e. Count and Noncount Noun

f. Using A Few and Few; A Little and Little

g. Singular Expressions of Quantity: One, Each, and Every

· Adjective Clauses

a. Using Subject Pronouns: Who, Which, and That

b. Using Object Pronouns: Who (m), Which, and That

c. Using Whose, Where, and When

· Noun Clauses

a. Nouns Clauses which Begin with a Question word

b. Nouns Clauses which Begin with Whether or If

· Showing Relationships between Ideas

a. Using Paired Conjunctions: Both…And; Not Only…. But Also;

Either…Or; Neither….

b. Use of Prepositions To Show Cause and Effect

c. Use of Transitions To Show Cause and Effect

d. Showing Opposition

e. Adverb Clauses of Condition

f. Expressing Conditions

· Conditional Sentences

a. Basic Verb Use in Conditional Sentences

b. True in the Present or Future

c. Untrue (Contrary to fact) in the Present/Future

d. Untrue (Contrary to fact) in the Past

f. Implied Conditions