Our Semi-Intensive English course allows you to balance classes and your free time to practice your English in Orlando. You will improve your English language ability at a speed you feel convenient with, while having time to enjoy Orlando.
The course develops skills necessary for student success and how to thrive in daily life in The United States. This course is available at all levels from Beginner to Advanced and you will be placed in a class that is suitable for your level. This course includes the three main aspects of language: writing, grammar and oral proficiencies. You’ll also learn vocabulary and writing, and how to speak in formal and informal ways.
General Information
Level
Beginner to Advanced
Length
1 to 48 weeks
Start Date
Every Tuesday, year round
Weekly Lessons
ESTA/ TOURIST Students
15 hours/week
Schedule
Tuesday thru Thursday
Morning and Evening
Placement Test
Upon arrival, You will take a Placement Test (written and oral) to assess your knowledge of the English language.
You will be placed into the class level based on the results of Your placement test.
Orientation Session
After taking the Placement Test, You will participate in an Orientation Session, in which you are given all student-related materials, including your course schedule. After this session, you are presented to the class, classmates, and teacher.
Goals
- To employ strategies developing long-term mastery of grammar necessary for basic communication.
- To develop communication structure and grammar with a focus on practical applications.
Objectives
Instruction will include formal grammar lessons using basic present and present progressive verb structure; to internalize producing logical questions and short responses plus a continued focus on the basic rules of nouns and adjectives.
Student Learning Outcomes
In order to advance to intermediate level, students must demonstrate 70% proficiency in the following Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will identify and utilize the simple present, present progressive in affirmative and negative statements and questions.
- Students will identify and utilize subject and object pronouns.
- Students will identify and utilize to be constructions in the present time.
- Students will identify and utilize possessive adjectives and demonstratives.
- Students will identify and utilize the simple past, past progressive and future verb forms in affirmative and negative statements and questions.
- Students will identify and utilize appropriate determiners.
- Students will identify and utilize count and non-count nouns.
- Students will identify and utilize modals to give advice, express possibilities, and describe present and past abilities.
Goals
- To develop existing knowledge of grammar rules while internalizing sentence structure.
- To continue improvement of grammatical structure by developing form, meaning and usage.
Objectives
Instruction will include modeling correction of basic grammar errors in increasingly complex sentence structures as well as incorporate strategies to enhance sentences wile maintaining a succinct American communication style.
Student Learning Outcomes
In order to advance to advanced level, students must demonstrate 70% proficiency in the following Student Learning Outcomes.
- Students will identify and utilize quantifiers in questions and statements.
- Students will identify and utilize comparatives and superlatives.
- Students will identify and utilize prepositions of time and location.
- Students will identify and utilize possessives in questions and statements.
- Students will identify and utilize the present perfect in affirmative and negative statements and questions.
- Students will identify and utilize prepositional phrases.
- Students will identify, distinguish and utilize a variety of modifiers.
- Students will identify and utilize modals to express necessity, lack of necessity and prohibition.
Goals
To increase proficiency in concepts introduced in Levels Beginner and Intermediate.
Objectives
Instruction will model attention to detail and bring attention to critical analysis of
English grammar as well as demonstrate the most complex examples of English grammar rules in a variety of examples to show the most formal grammar for academic and professional purposes as well as more obscure scenarios as they apply to common practice.
Student Learning Outcomes
To receive a certificate of completion in Advanced, students must demonstrate 70% proficiency in the following Student Learning Outcomes.
- Students will distinguish time frames and aspects.
- Students will identify and utilize appropriate coordination and subordination when writing and speaking.
- Students will demonstrate understanding of parallel structure in words, phrases and clauses.
- Students will identify, distinguish and utilize modals and phrasal modals.
- Students will identify, distinguish and utilize the present perfect, simple past and past perfect in questions and statements.
- Students will identify, distinguish and utilize active and passive voices in the present, past and future.
- Students will identify and utilize noun clauses.
- Students will distinguish sentence types, clauses and phrases.
- Students will identify, distinguish and utilize adjectives clauses and phrases.
- Students will identify and utilize gerunds and infinitives as subjects and objects.
- Students will identify, distinguish and utilize adverb clauses and phrases.
- Students will identify, distinguish and utilize conditional sentences, both real and unreal.
