Intermediate ESL

General Class Description

Intermediate 1 builds on Beginning 2 by further developing grammar, sentence patterns, and vocabulary. Literature, research, conversation and presentations are included in this level. This class is designed to help the student improve his or her ability to read and write the English language.

In Intermediate 1 we will work on all four ESL domains. Our goal is that our students acquire the following:

• Speaking

  • Take a stance and use evidence to defend it

  • Explain content-related issues and concepts

  • Compare and contrast people, places, things, and points of view

  • Analyze and share pros and cons of choices

  • Use and respond to gossip, slang, and idiomatic expressions

  • Use speaking strategies (e.g., circumlocution)

• Listening

  • Distinguish between multiple meanings of oral words or phrases in social and academic contexts

  • Analyze content-related tasks or assignments based on oral discourse

  • Compare and contrast traits based on visuals and oral descriptions using specific and technical language

  • Interpret cause and effect scenarios from oral discourse

• Reading

  • Compare/contrast suthors' points of view, characters, information, or events

  • Interpret visually- or graphically-supported information

  • Infer meaning from text

  • Match cause to effect

  • Evaluate usefulness of data or information supported visually or graphically

• Writing

  • Summarize content-related notes from lectures or text

  • Revise work based on narrative or oral feedback

  • Compose narrative and expository text for a variety of purposes

  • Justify or defend ideas and opinions

  • Produce content-related reports

General Class Description

Intermediate 1 builds on Beginning 2 by further developing grammar, sentence patterns, and vocabulary. Literature, research, conversation and presentations are included in this level. This class is designed to help the student improve his or her ability to read and write the English language.

In Intermediate 1 we will work on all four ESL domains. Our goal is that our students acquire the following:

• Speaking

  • Take a stance and use evidence to defend it

  • Explain content-related issues and concepts

  • Compare and contrast people, places, things, and points of view

  • Analyze and share pros and cons of choices

  • Use and respond to gossip, slang, and idiomatic expressions

  • Use speaking strategies (e.g., circumlocution)

• Listening

  • Distinguish between multiple meanings of oral words or phrases in social and academic contexts

  • Analyze content-related tasks or assignments based on oral discourse

  • Compare and contrast traits based on visuals and oral descriptions using specific and technical language

  • Interpret cause and effect scenarios from oral discourse

• Reading

  • Compare/contrast suthors' points of view, characters, information, or events

  • Interpret visually- or graphically-supported information

  • Infer meaning from text

  • Match cause to effect

  • Evaluate usefulness of data or information supported visually or graphically

• Writing

  • Summarize content-related notes from lectures or text

  • Revise work based on narrative or oral feedback

  • Compose narrative and expository text for a variety of purposes

  • Justify or defend ideas and opinions

  • Produce content-related reports

Unit Titles

• Unit 1 Teamwork

• Unit 2 Immigration

• Unit 3 Embracing Darkness

• Unit 4 Families

• Unit 5 International Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

• Unit 6 Choices

• Unit 7 Poetry

Syllabus