“Only the educated are free.” Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
English 098 is aimed at students with A1 Language Proficiency. Those students have achieved a grade of 20 or less in the Oxford Online Placement Test. This course is equal to zero credit hours. Students will focus on English at an elementary level concentrating on the receptive skills of reading and listening, and the productive skills of writing and speaking. The book is the American Leader File series, published by Oxford.
“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.” Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
English 099 is aimed at students with A2 Language Proficiency. Those students have passed Engl 098 or achieved a grade between 21 and 40 in the Oxford Online Placement Test. This course is equal to zero credit hours. Students will focus on English at a pre-intermediate level on the receptive skills of reading and listening and the productive skills of writing and speaking. The book is the American Leader File series, published by Oxford.
“Knowledge is power.” Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
English 101 is aimed at students who have achieved a passing grade in 099 or a grade of between 41 and 60 on the Oxford Online Placement Test. This course is equal to one credit hour. Students will focus on English at an intermediate level on the receptive skills of reading and listening and the productive skills of writing and speaking. The book is the American Leader File series, published by Oxford.
“All men by nature desire knowledge.” Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
English 102 is aimed at students who have achieved a passing grade in 101 or a grade of between 61 and 80 in the Oxford Online Placement Test. This course is equal to one credit hour.
Students will focus on English at an upper-intermediate level on the receptive skills of reading and listening and the productive skills of writing and speaking. The book is the American Leader File series, published by Oxford.
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
English 201 is aimed at students who have achieved a passing grade in 102 or a grade of 81and above in the Oxford Online Placement Test. This course is equal to two credit hours. Students will focus on English at an Advanced level. Students will analyze and produce essays with an emphasis on argumentation and persuasion working both independently and cooperatively to gather, evaluate, and synthesize necessary information. Class activities include interactive lectures, small group and class discussions, informal debates, peer feedback, individual presentations, focused listening exercises and focused viewing exercises as well as assorted reading, writing, and grammar assignments. There will be some poetry analysis together with reading and understanding a short story and a drama using basic literary terms and concepts.
Note: The process of argumentation enables us to clarify and develop our own responses to important issues, and a significant part of that process involves dialogue with both those who share our opinions and those who do not. In order to participate responsibly and effectively in meaningful dialogue, we must maintain an attitude characterized by openness, responsibility, rationality, and respect for all participants.The book is the American Leader File series, published by Oxford.
“Education is not so much the filling of a pail, as the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats
Engl 202 is aimed at students who have achieved a passing grade in Engl 201. This course is equal to two credit hours. Students will focus on English at an Advanced level. The book is the American Leader File series, published by Oxford.
ENGL 699
Engl 699 is an Intensive English Course for Masters and PhD Students.
This course will focus on enabling students to pass and score the required grade in their TOEFL Exam.