ESOL Grammar for Non-Native Speakers

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This course focuses on Standard English grammar usage for academic purposes. Open only to non-native speakers. Upon successful completion of this course, students will: Use verb tenses and voice with proficiency; use simple, compound, and complex sentences structures including phrases and clauses with proficiency; use parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, conjunctions) and determiners (quantifiers, articles, demonstratives, possessives) appropriately and with proficiency; use appropriate word choice, word form, and word order with proficiency; respond critically, orally and in writing, to various kinds of college level texts; and understand and use academic vocabulary and linguistically complex structures, orally and in writing, across a variety of disciplines and genres.