Intermediate English as a Second Language

Developing skills in a second language involves understanding how the language works and taking the time to practice using it. ESL002 encourages you to work with new grammar ideas and word choices and practice using those topics to write about yourself and develop your writing skills.

In Unit 1, you will learn how past and present tenses change the meaning of what you read and write. Unit 2 improves your ability to read actively as you skim, scan, and read intensively. In Unit 3, you will read more to collect new vocabulary and learn strategies to develop it more with synonyms, antonyms, and suffixes. Unit 4 brings these skills together as you write a narrative paragraph about something you learned in the past. By the end of ESL002, you will be able to use different tenses to describe past experiences and explain to a reader how you best learn.

Unit 1: Language Skills

Unit 1 introduces you to basic concepts related to using verbs in Standard English: tense, aspect, and mood. This will help you explain two things when you speak or write in English. First, you can show when the actions you describe take place. Also, you can show your attitude toward those actions. In this unit, we will focus on the most commonly used tenses in English. We will review how each is formed, what makes them different, and when each is used. Finally, you will practice recognizing these tenses and then using them to create your own sentences.

Unit 2: Reading to Comprehend

Unit 2 reviews active reading strategies discussed in ESL001, focusing on careful reading and features of narrative texts. Skimming, scanning, careful reading, making predictions, and using context clues will help you better comprehend (understand) what you read. In this unit, you will practice these skills to improve your comprehension of different texts in English.

Unit 3: Reading to improve

In Unit 3, you'll learn to find synonyms and antonyms and create word families with suffixes. Building your vocabulary with synonyms will help you avoid repetition and be more specific when you explain yourself. In this unit, you'll practice finding multiple meanings for words and their synonyms. This unit concludes with an activity where you'll build your vocabulary using the strategies we'll cover.

unit 4: Reading to write

Unit 4 combines the lessons in units 1, 2, and 3. In this unit, you'll read about events in the past and see how timelines are used to write about events. Then you'll write about an event in your past and share it in the class discussion forum.

This course include:

• Time: 10 hours

• Free Certificate

• CEFR Level B1

Course link: https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=426