English as a Second Language Distance Learning Course Summary
English as a Second Language Module 1
Everyday English
You will learn the basic English necessary to survive in your new life.
- Introducing yourself and completing an Identification form.
- Reading maps, following directions and using a payphone.
- Calendars, times and dates, store hour signs, and the weather.
- The supermarket, reading price tags and expiration dates.
- Shopping for clothes, comparison shopping, and writing checks.
- Buying or renting a home, asking for simple repairs.
- Making doctors’ appointments, listening to doctors’ instructions.
- Reading help wanted ads, completing job applications.
- Using public transportation and reading traffic signs.
English as a Second Language Module 2
Basic Skills in Reading Your readings include a variety of sources such as popular literature, classical literature, articles, reviews, and workplace-related materials
- Fiction - Includes many different examples from novels and short stories.
- Nonfiction - biographies, autobiographies, essays, magazine articles, reviews.
- Poetry and Drama - popular, social, and classical aspects of each are covered.
- Prose and Visual Information - brochures and ads, calendars and schedules, forms and documents, manuals and handbooks, drawings and diagrams, charts and graphs.