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(H) Humanities and Performing ArtsEI – English as an International Language (continued)EI 111Beginning Listening and Speaking IThis course introduces the beginning levelspeaker of English to basic listening, speaking,and pronunciation skills. Students learnthe elements of phonetics to facilitate thedevelopment of superior pronunciation skillsas well as self-monitoring techniques. They areexposed to graduated (in terms of difficulty)selections of aural English. They also practiceroutinized and common patterns of speechsuch as may be found in the classroom, inthe cafeteria, in stores, in the dorm, and soon. Finally, students acquire strategies toimprove their comprehension, as well as others’comprehension of them. 3:0:3EI 112Beginning Listening and Speaking IIThis course continues to introduce thebeginning level speaker of English to basiclistening, speaking, and pronunciation skills.Building on the knowledge of phonetics gainedin EI111, which it follows, students practiceand hone their pronunciation skills, includingsuprasegmental elements such as intonationand rhythm. As listening and speaking materialgrows more challenging, students continueto develop both listening comprehension andfluency in spoken English, in more contexts.3:0:3EI 121Beginning Grammar IThis course introduces the beginning levelstudent to the basic grammar of English.The principal tenses and aspects of the verbsystem will be covered, as well as the nounsystem, fundamentals of the way the Englisharticle works, and basic adjectives, adverbs,prepositions, and conjunctions. The focus atthis level is on simple sentences. 3:0:3EI 122Beginning Grammar IIThis course continues the introduction of basicEnglish grammar begun in EI121. Conceptsand grammatical categories encountered in EI121 will continue to be practiced and reviewed;most will be expanded. Completion of thesetwo courses provides the beginning studentwith a solid grounding in fundamental Englishgrammar, and increased awareness of grammaritself. 3:0:3281EI 130Beginning Integrated Skills IThis course provides students opportunity topractice and apply all of the skills, concepts,and content being acquired in the otherbeginning level courses. Themes introducedin the other courses are developed holisticallyby means of various types of projects andpresentations. The focus in integrated skillscourses is on using and producing theappropriate language to express, discuss anddemonstrate content. 3:0:3EI 140Beginning Integrated Skills IIThis course provides students with furtheropportunity to practice and apply skills,concepts, and content being acquired inthe other beginning level courses. Themesintroduced in the other courses are developedholistically by means of various types of projectsand presentations. The focus in integratedskills courses is on using and producing theappropriate language to express content. 3:0:3EI 201Intermediate Reading and Writing IThis course introduces the intermediatelevel speaker of English to readings of morechallenging vocabulary and more varied type,such as newspaper articles, short stories, andbrief technical selections. An emphasis is placedon vocabulary building skills and readingskills such as scanning for detail. Writingtasks are based mainly, but not exclusively, onthe readings and include short essay-lengthcompositions of different rhetorical categories,as well as summaries, outlines, paraphrases, andletters. 3:0:3EI 202Intermediate Reading and Writing IIStudents continue to develop their reading andwriting skills and expand their vocabulary inpreparation for advanced level classes. Studentswill read longer and more challenging texts ofvarying types; writing assignments will be basedmainly, but not exclusively, on these readings.3:0:3