ESLN 110 Beginning ESL Grammar
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to produce grammatically accurate simple and compound sentences in conversation and simple writing assignments. Students will examine the parts of speech, the basic verb tenses, questions and negative forms in sentences and paragraphs.

ESLN 112 Beginning ESL Writing
This course leads students through the process of writing paragraphs. Students learn forms of the English paragraph and write, revise and edit paragraphs on a variety of personal topics, while developing their vocabulary and grammatical accuracy.

ESLN 113 American Pronunciation 1
Students will learn to recognize and correct those aspects of pronunciation that hinder overall oral and aural comprehensibility through listening, analyzing, repeating, and correcting both recorded examples and their own production. Students will focus on consonant and vowel sounds, and will be able to discriminate and produce these sounds.

ESLN 114 Beginning ESL Reading
Students in this course will develop reading and vocabulary skills to comprehend simplified reading passages by using the following methods: identifying word meaning and recognizing main ideas and supporting details at the paragraph level.

ESLN 115 Study Skills for the English Language Learner 1
The purpose of this course is to provide international students with the information and language skills that help make the transition to an American college more successful. Students learn how to effectively use their syllabus, determine their own learning styles and ESL study techniques, how to manage their time and prioritize tasks based on importance, and how to prepare for ESL classes and language tests.

ESLN 116 Beginning ESL Speaking/Listening
This course builds oral communication skills in social settings. Students practice short expressions and sentences to talk about basic communicative tasks such as asking and answering techniques on personal topics. Students develop vocabulary and improve fluency, using understandable pronunciation.

ESLN 117 American Language and Culture 1
This course introduces students to broad themes in American Culture and targeted issues related to the academic culture of American universities. The course uses reading, media, and external oral assignments to provide international students with knowledge, skills, and cultural capital needed to understand America and to succeed in the university.

ESLN 119 Community and Current Events 1
This course focuses on integrating students into the American university and surrounding community by promoting cultural knowledge. Students have opportunities to interact with Ypsilanti citizens during community participation. Through regular contact with native speakers, the international students practice listening, speaking and vocabulary in an informal environment with supplemental technology use.

ESLN 210 Intermediate ESL Grammar
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to produce grammatically accurate, coherent texts in speaking and writing assignments on personal topics. Students review basic grammar components and clause structure and study the concepts of time and aspect in verb tenses, comparisons, modals, infinitives, gerunds and passive voice.

ESLN 212 Intermediate ESL Writing
This course reviews the writing process at the paragraph level and engages students in writing a series of related paragraphs and short essays on personal and general interest topics in various genres. Students demonstrate control of grammar, word usage, coherence and unity.

ESLN 214 Intermediate ESL Reading
Students in this course will develop their ability to comprehend simplified reading texts on general topics of interest. Students will use reading strategies to increase comprehension and ease of reading. Students will learn to identify the structure, main ideas and supporting details of texts.

ESLN 216 Intermediate ESL Speaking/Listening
This course builds oral communication skills in social and informal settings. Students practice sentences and short conversations to talk about basic communicative tasks on personal and informal academic topics. Students develop vocabulary and improve fluency, using understandable pronunciation.

ESLN 310 Advanced ESL Grammar
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to produce grammatically accurate, coherent texts in spoken and written assignments on general academic topics. Students review intermediate grammar structures and study advanced structures, including parallelism, less frequently used verb tenses, complex sentences and clauses.

ESLN 312 Advanced ESL Writing
This course introduces students to composition writing in the academic context. Students review paragraph structure, identify and produce effective compositions in multiple genres and develop their ability to analyze and critique peer writing.

ESLN 313 American Pronunciation 2
Students practice recognizing and producing fundamental patterns of stress in advanced-level phrase structures as well as rhythm, sentence stress and intonation as they occur in extended conversation and informational media sources. Attention is given to reinforcing accurate pronunciation of vocabulary targeted at this level.

ESLN 314 Advanced ESL Reading
Students in this course will develop skills in comprehending different kinds of authentic, informational texts. Students will identify main and supporting ideas, summarize information in a text, pose critical questions and infer the meaning of new vocabulary from context and word components. Students will practice skills in both intensive and extensive reading.

ESLN 315 Study Skills for the English Language Learner 2
The purpose of this course is to provide international students with the information and skills that help make the transition to an American college more successful. Students learn how to effectively use their syllabus, determine their own learning styles and study techniques, how to manage their time and prioritize tasks based on individual goals, and to live and learn in a multicultural environment

ESLN 316 Advanced ESL Speaking/Listening
This course improves speaking and listening skills for active participation in academic and social settings. Students practice effective listening and speaking skills in group study sessions and classroom presentations and discussions. Students develop strategies for effective note-taking skills, especially from talks featuring a variety of accents.

ESLN 317 American Language and Culture 2
Students explore themes in American society and pop culture. Using reading, media, and oral assignments, international students develop American cultural capital to help them better understand America’s people and society. The focus is on building the four linguistic communicative competencies through practice and application.

ESLN 319 Community and Current Events 2
This course provides students with practice in the English listening/speaking skills necessary to succeed in the American university. It also will provide students with the chance to combine critical thinking with practical experience as they make an active contribution with community-based projects. Students will learn about themselves and their community.

ESLN 410 Academic ESL Grammar
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to produce grammatically accurate and coherent texts in extended academic oral and written discourse. Students practice less frequently used verb tense sequencing, modifications to adjective and adverb clauses and multiple forms of noun clauses in various complex sentences.

ESLN 412 Academic ESL Writing
This course focuses on academic inquiry and writing with an emphasis on American conventions for non-native speakers of English. Students utilize critical reading and thinking skills to engage in the process of writing researched essays.

ESLN 414 Academic ESL Reading
Students in this course will explore various strategies when reading university-level academic texts. Students will compare and synthesize different points of view and recognize and respond to the rhetorical techniques and structures used by writers to achieve their purposes. Students further develop their academic vocabulary skills and strategies.

ESLN 416 Academic ESL Speaking/Listening
This course improves speaking and listening skills for active participation in academic settings. Students practice comprehending lectures on academic topics, taking notes and effectively participating in informal and formal classroom speaking activities. Students continue to build and use academic vocabulary in oral discourse.

ESLN 418 American Pronunication for Professionals
Students recognize and correct those aspects of pronunciation that hinder overall oral and aural comprehensibility by analyzing, repeating, and monitoring both recorded examples of speech in academic and professional contexts and their own production. They also develop oral control of the academic vocabulary in their field of study.

ESLN 512 Graduate ESL Writing for International Students
Students engage in extensive critical reading and analysis of discipline-specific topics and compose well-documented papers on the basis of their research using standard English conventions and documentation. Attention is given to grammatical accuracy and language usage in written assignments.

ESLN 515 Graduate ESL Seminar for Academic Communication
Students will develop effective oral communication and critical reading skills for participation in graduate level classes in their degree program. Students read authentic academic and research texts and develop skills and strategies for oral presentations and critical response. A major emphasis is on using graduate level university vocabulary in oral communication.