Advanced English (ESL 401 & 402)

Correctly interpret the denotation of listening passages as well as a speaker’s attitude and point of view both by inferring meaning from context and by the speaker’s expressive intonation and stress.
Accurately identify, distinguish between, and summarize main ideas and supporting details with the help of key words, context clues, and phrases taken from listening excerpts.
Present research-based speaking projects that involve critical thinking and demonstrate knowledge of various speaking skills (e.g. presenting opinions, examples, assumptions, suggestions, and prioritized ideas, expressing degrees of certainty, clarifications, concessions and counterarguments), at-level grammar structures (e.g. the passive voice, gerunds and infinitives, present unreal conditionals, reported speech, verbs in their simple, progressive, and perfect forms, tag questions), productive vocabulary, and accurate pronunciation.
Demonstrate comprehension of authentic texts by identifying and categorizing main ideas and details and by inferring meaning from context
Compose various types of complete paragraphs (e.g. biographical, opinion) while producing a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence
Construct various types of complete essays (e.g. opinion, persuasive) with a thesis statement in the effective introduction, a body, and a conclusion
Produce edited and revised writing projects that involve critical thinking and demonstrate knowledge of various writing skills

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