High-Beginning Grammar for Reading and Writing

Catalog description

This is the second semester of a one-year course in beginning grammar for academic purposes designed to enable students to identify and use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. The course focuses on simple and compound sentences, word order, verb tenses: simple present, past, and future as well as present and past progressive, verb forms, modals, phrases, and vocabulary development. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 230B, NESL 231B, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. 54 hours lecture. Prerequisite: NESL 230A with a minimum grade of P or ESL 130A with a minimum grade of P or placement through the ESL assessment process.