Intensive English Classes for ESL Students in Dallas, TX

The Beginning level is for students who wish to develop basic skills to communicate in spoken and written English in order to enter the Intermediate level and to function at a rudimentary level while living in the United States.

To introduce students to the most essential sentence structures, rules, and guidelines of English grammar for conversational purposes and to help them become interactive in American society at a basic level and prepare them for an expanded study in the next levels.

To provide students with the tools and knowledge to read and understand ESL-controlled reading material while increasing their vocabulary and strategies to answer detail questions about what they have read.

To help students construct simple, compound, and complex sentences and 5-7 sentence paragraphs using a variety of writing formats, techniques, and strategies and grammatical structures that will allow them to communicate their thoughts in writing in a cohesive and effective manner.

To equip students with a variety of sentence patterns and the knowledge and skills to combine simple verb tenses, nouns and pronouns, prepositions, adjectives, and modals into questions and statements in order to engage in conversations about daily activities and experiences in the United States.

The Intermediate level is for students who desire to expand their skills to communicate in spoken and written English in order to prepare for the Advanced level or for personal development to comfortably manage their lives in America.

To give students the tools to formulate sentences constructed with a clearly identified subject, all verb tenses, complements, and object phrases based on American English grammar rules and guidelines to communicate clearly, accurately, and coherently in a variety of situations while staying in the United States.

To help students develop the skills to read and interpret a variety of ESL-controlled and original texts and communicate their opinions, ideas, and experiences with an expanded vocabulary.

To provide students the knowledge and tools to brainstorm, outline, develop, write and edit various paragraph formats with a topic sentence, sufficient supporting details, and a concluding sentence.

To help students develop the tools and strategies to listen for specific elements in ESL-controlled lectures and short talks, take notes on the main ideas and important details, and evaluate the content in classroom discussions while sharing ideas and opposing viewpoints. To help students develop the skills to research, prepare, and orally present for 3 minutes on topics of relevance and interest.

The Advanced level is for students who need to develop mastery to communicate in spoken and written English in order to have the necessary proficiency to enter institutions of higher learning or the professional workplace in the United States.

To help students achieve mastery to communicate effectively and proficiently with a command of noun and verb phrases inside simple, compound, and complex sentence structures while following the guidelines for articles, prepositions, and punctuation.

To provide students with strategies and tools to become critical readers of a variety of original texts and articulate communicators with an expanded vocabulary.

To brainstorm and develop a variety of organized, cohesive essays on various topics with effective introductions, fully supported body paragraphs with topic sentences and relevant details, and an effective and concise conclusion. To provide students the tools to employ editing skills to find and correct errors in format, grammar, and punctuation.

To provide students with the tools and strategies to master listening to, taking notes on, and thinking critically about ideas in academic lectures and informative talks, while sharing ideas and opposing viewpoints with logical justifications. To help students master the process of researching, preparing, and orally presenting for 3-5 minutes on topics of relevance and interest.