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INTL 059 HIGH-BEGINNING GRAMMAR 6CR
This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students,
is designed to improve written and spoken English grammar at the highbeginner
level. This course focuses on developing basic academic grammar,
syntax and vocabulary skills in order to communicate clearly and simply in
both writing and speaking. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on IEP Placement
test, or INTL 058, or instructor permission. Corequisites: INTL 078, INTL 079.
INTL 060 BASIC ACADEMIC
LISTENING & SPEAKING – A
6CR
This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international
students with an emphasis on basic listening and speaking skills for
students with minimal previous English language studies, particularly in a
communicative classroom. This course uses listening and speaking activities to
introduce and practice critical thinking skills. Prerequisite: Appropriate score
on the IEP Placement test. Corequisite: INTL 061.
INTL 061 BASIC ACADEMIC
READING & WRITING – A
6CR
This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international students
and emphasizes basic reading and writing skills for students with minimal
previous English language studies. This course introduces students to the
critical thinking process while fostering reading and writing skills. Prerequisite:
Appropriate score on the IEP Placement test. Corequisite: INTL 060.
INTL 062 BASIC ACADEMIC
LISTENING & SPEAKING – B
6CR
This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international students
and is intended to reinforce and build on the basic skills taught in INTL 060.
Students practice low-level critical thinking skills (e.g. infer and evaluate)
in listening and speaking activities. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on IEP
Placement test, or INTL 060, or instructor permission. Corequisite: INTL 065.
INTL 063 COMMUNICATION 5CR
Students will develop skills to sustain basic conversations while integrating in
the campus community. They will also work on pronunciation in a lab setting.
Prerequisite: TOEFL score or equivalent placement.
INTL 064 TECHNOLOGY BASICS 1-4CR
Participants become comfortable with performing basic computer functions while
developing the necessary language skills to read and follow instructions, and
follow instructions when given orally. (variable)
INTL 065 BASIC ACADEMIC
READING & WRITING – B
6CR
This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international students
with minimal previous English language studies. This course builds on and
reinforces the basic reading and writing skills taught in INTL 061 and emphasizes
applying lower level critical thinking skills to interpreting elementary texts and
writing simple paragraphs. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on IEP Placement
test, or INTL 061, or instructor permission. Corequisite: INTL 062.
INTL 068 READING 4CR
Focuses on the reading, critical thinking/study skills students need in order
to approach the kind of texts they will encounter in their academic future.
Prerequisite: TOEFL score or equivalent placement.
INTL 069 WRITING & GRAMMAR I 5CR
Develops and refines students’ ability to write effectively in an academic
context. Integrates teaching organization/other aspects of the writing process
with grammar and syntax. Prerequisite: TOEFL score or equivalent placement.
INTL 070 TOEFL PREPARATION 3CR
This course offers language instruction as well as strategies for taking the test.
Students will develop the skills to be successful in taking the TOEFL.
INTL 072 TOEIC PREPARATION 3CR
This course offers strategies for taking the TOEIC test plus general English
instruction. Students will develop the skills to be successful in taking the TOEIC.
Course Descriptions
INTL 074 BEGINNING ACADEMIC
LISTENING & SPEAKING
6CR
This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students,
builds on and reinforces the skills taught in INTL 062. Students practice simple
listening and speaking skills necessary for the academic English classroom.
Students work on inferring, evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting skills through
a variety of activities. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or
INTL 062, or instructor permission. Corequisite: INTL 075.
INTL 075 BEGINNING ACADEMIC
READING & WRITING
6CR
This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international students
and emphasizes academic reading skills, including comparing and contrasting,
hypothesizing, and evaluating information and texts at a basic level. Students
review the basic academic paragraph structure and write simple explanatory
and descriptive paragraphs. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on IEP Placement
test, or INTL 065, or instructor permission. Corequisite: INTL 074.
INTL 076 ACADEMIC READING SKILLS 3CR
This course is an elective for non-native speakers of English who are
international students. Students focus on increasing their awareness of their
own reading processes by practicing basic reading skills such as scanning
and skimming, making inferences, identifying patterns, hypothesizing and
summarizing. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or INTL 075,
or instructor permission.
INTL 077 BEGINNING ACADEMIC WRITING I 3CR
This course is an elective for non-native speakers of English who are
international students with an emphasis on composing properly structured
English paragraphs in various rhetorical styles. This course fosters the critical
thinking skills that students need in order to approach academic composition
effectively. Prerequisite: Writing sample, or INTL 073, or instructor permission.
INTL 078 HIGH-BEGINNING ACADEMIC
LISTENING & SPEAKING
6CR
This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students,
builds on and reinforces the skills taught in INTL 074 and emphasizes the
listening and speaking skills necessary for inferring, evaluating, analyzing, and
interpreting at the high-beginner level. Students practice expressing opinions,
formulating and supporting positions, and making predictions. Prerequisite:
Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or INTL 074, or instructor permission.
Corequisite: INTL 079.
INTL 079 HIGH BEGINNING ACADEMIC
READING & WRITING
6CR
This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students,
builds on and reinforces the skills taught in INTL 075 emphasizing academic
reading skills focused on high-beginner level materials. Students continue to
build on previous studies of academic paragraphs. Prerequisites: Appropriate
placement score on IEP Placement test, or INTL 075, or instructor permission.
Corequisite: INTL 078.
INTL 080 PUBLIC SPEAKING 3CR
This course is an elective for non-native speakers of English who are
international students. Students will study the fundamentals of effective
speechmaking, including issues of self-confidence, eye contact, and
gestures; organizing and presenting information; and various rhetorical
styles. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or INTL 078, or
instructor permission.
INTL 081 LOW-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR 6CR
This course, for non-native speakers of English who are international students,
is designed to improve written and spoken English grammar at the lowintermediate
level. This course builds upon and reinforces grammatical concepts
taught in INTL 059 while introducing and developing more complex academic
grammar, syntax, and vocabulary skills to enable the students to communicate
clearly and with greater complexity in both writing and speaking. Prerequisite:
Appropriate score on the IEP placement test, or INTL 059, or instructor
permission. Corequisites: INTL 084, INTL 085.
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