CUNY - College of Staten Island - English Language Institute



CUNY - College of Staten Island: The English Language Institute (ELI) of the Center for Global Engagement has offered innovative academic programs for students learning English as a Second Language since the late 1970’s. Our course of study is designed to challenge and engage students. Students are immersed in the language, culture, and ethnicity of New York City. Classes range from beginner to the advanced level.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

ELI Online Intensive English Program

 

                                     English Language Institute

College of Staten Island/CUNY

 

ELI Online program

https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-life/student-services/center-global-engagement/english-language-institute/online-english-program

 

ELI Online Programs

1.-Full-time: ELI Online Intensive English Program (Reading / Writing / Grammar / TOEFL / Conversation)

.     Part-time: Reading/Writing/Grammar/TOEFL or Conversation

 

SUMMARY

Item

Online Intensive English Program

Reading/Writing/Grammar/TOEFL

Conversation

Terms

Summer 1

Summer 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Dates

Summer 1: June 1 – July 9

Summer 2: July 13 – August 20

Summer 1: June 1 – July 9

Summer 2: July 13 – August 20

Summer 1: June 1 – July 9

Summer 2: July 13 – August 20

Schedule

Group 1

Monday to Thursday

9:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

Group 2

Monday to Thursday

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Group 1

Monday to Thursday

9:00 am – 11:00 am

 

Group 2

Monday to Thursday

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Group 1

Monday to Thursday

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

Group 2

Monday to Thursday

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Courses

Reading/Writing/Grammar/TOEFL/

Conversation

Reading/Writing/Grammar/TOEFL

Conversation

Hours

Group 1: 16 hours per week – 96 hours in total in 6 weeks

Group 2: 16 hours per week – 96 hours in total in 6 weeks

Group 1: 8 hours per week – 48 hours in total in 6 weeks

Group 2: 8 hours per week – 48 hours in total in 6 weeks

Group 1: 8 hours per week – 48 hours in total in 6 weeks

Group 2: 8 hours per week – 48 hours in total in 6 weeks

Cost

$50 registration

$ 1,080 tuition fee (6 weeks)

Students need to pay in full

$50 registration

$ 540 tuition fee (6 weeks)

Students need to pay in full

$50 registration

$ 540 tuition fee (6 weeks)

Students need to pay in full

 

1.    Online Intensive English Program

The ELI Online Intensive English Program is offered to students who would like to focus on reading and writing skills, grammar lessons, a TOEFL test preparation, and a conversation course. The 6-week program will have 4 lessons per week, four hours per day, from Monday to Thursday, in the morning or in the evening.

 

Program content

This program is ideal for students who would like to improve writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills from the comfort of their home. Teachers will discuss several topics, build vocabulary, writing strategies, grammar rules in context, conversation skills, pronunciation, and a short workshop with a TOEFL test preparation, which will allow students to take the digital TOEFL ITP test at the end of the term.

 

Program calendar

The program will run during 6 weeks and it will have two cohorts. Students need to register and pay per term.

-       Summer 1: June 1 – July 9

-       Summer 2: July 13 – August 20


 

 

Program total hours

Classes will have four (04) hours of duration per day with a total of sixteen (16) hours per week and 96 total hours in 6 weeks.

 

Schedule

The class schedule will be from Monday to Thursday, and two groups available, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm or from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm (New York time). ELI will open one schedule in the morning and one in the evening.

 

Levels

Different levels will be offered: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. If more than fifteen students are registered in one level, a second group will be opened provided that it meets the minimum number of five (05) students.

 

Courses

The courses will be Reading & Writing, Grammar, TOEFL, and Conversation taught as shown in the schedule below:

 

Morning

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

9:00 am – 11:00 am

R & W

Grammar

R & W

TOEFL

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

 

Evening

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

R & W

Grammar

R & W

TOEFL

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

 

Books

Books will not be mandatory, but students are free to purchase them if they want. Teachers will work with topics according to the academic curricula provided by the ELI academic area.

 

Platform

The program will use Zoom with a live video where the teacher will share different activities to make the program communicative. Students will need to have an active camera and working audio to participate in the program. The program will be a synchronous program and students can connect considering the time difference in their own countries.

 

Class size

The minimum number of students to open a group is five (05) and the maximum per group will be fifteen (15) students.

 

Digital TOEFL ITP

Students will take the digital TOEFL ITP test proctored by their teacher. Students will immediately know their official score as soon as they finish the evaluation. The score will allow them to apply to any CUNY school degree.

 

Certificate

Students will have a digital ELI certificate at the end of the term. The certificate will have the CUNY and CSI logos.

 

IMPORTANT: In order to apply to any CUNY school degree, students need to register full time in the ELI Online Intensive English Program. Students registered part-time will not be able to apply to any CUNY school degree. New F-1 students need to complete 22 contact-hours per week.

 

Cost

The program will have a total cost of US$ 1,080 per summer term as tuition fee. Students need to pay an additional US$50 registration fee before starting the program. Students will need to pay $1,080 upfront as tuition fee. The program does not allow to pay per week or with a payment plan.

o   Registration fee: US$ 50.00

o   Tuition fee: US$ 1,080.00 (same fee for US citizens or residents or international students)

o   Total: US$ 1,130.00

 

Payment

Students can pay with a credit card, bank wire transfer or with an online payment platform*. Bank commissions or fees for overseas bank wire transfers are not included in the tuition fee. The student is responsible for covering these fees.

 

Bank payment:

-       Bank name: Citibank

-       Routing #: 021000089

-       Swift Code #: CITIUS33 (for international bank transfers)

-       Account Name:  CUNY College of Staten Island Departmental Receipts

-       Bank Account #: 006792727415

 

* Pending of confirmation

 

Refund

The $50 registration fee is non-refundable. Students are entitled to have a 100% tuition fee refund before the program starts. There are no refunds once the program starts.

 

2.    Reading/Writing/Grammar/TOEFL or Conversation

The ELI Online Intensive English Program may be taken as a part-time program. Students can take half the program, which means either Reading, Writing, Grammar, and TOEFL or Conversation.

 

The part-time program will be offered to students who would like to focus on the specific skills offered by the courses.

 

The 6-week program will have four (04) lessons per week, two hours per day, from Monday to Thursday, in the morning or in the evening.

 

Program content

This program is ideal for students who would like to improve either their passive (reading and writing) skills or active (speaking) skills from the comfort of their home. Teachers will discuss several topics depending on each course such as reading comprehension skills, academic writing, grammar rules, building vocabulary, improving pronunciation, fluency, expressing opinions based on critical thinking, and other aspects of communications.

 


Program calendar

The program will run during 6 weeks and it will have two cohorts. Students need to register and pay per term.

-       Summer 1: June 1 – July 9

-       Summer 2: July 13 – August 20

 

Program total hours

Part-time classes will have two hours of duration with a total of eight (08) hours per week and 48 hours in 6 weeks.

 

Schedule

The class schedule will be from Monday to Thursday, and two groups available, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am or 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, or from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm or 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (New York time). ELI will open one schedule in the morning and one in the evening.

 

Levels

Different levels will be offered: beginner, intermediate and advanced. If more than fifteen students are registered in one level, a second group will be opened provided that it meets the minimum number of students.

 

Courses

The course will be either Reading & Writing, Grammar, and TOEFL or Communications taught as shown in the schedule below:

 

Morning

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

9:00 am – 11:00 am

R & W

Grammar

R & W

TOEFL

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

 

Evening

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

R & W

Grammar

R & W

TOEFL

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation

 

Books

Books will not be mandatory, but students are free to purchase them if they want. Teachers will work with topics according to the academic curricula provided by the ELI academic area.

 

Platform

The program will use Zoom with a live video where the teacher will share different activities to make the program communicative. Students will need to have an active camera and working audio to participate in the program. The program will be a synchronous program and students can connect considering the time difference in their own countries.

 

Class size

The minimum number of students to open a group is five (05) and the maximum per group will be fifteen (15) students.

 

Certificate

Students will have a digital ELI certificate at the end of the term if they take the TOEFL course only. The certificate will have the CUNY and CSI logos. Students who take Conversation only will not be able to take the TOEFL ITP test.

 

IMPORTANT: In order to apply to any CUNY school degree, students need to register full time in the ELI Online Intensive English Program. Students registered part-time will not be able to apply to any CUNY school degree. New F-1 students need to complete 22 contact-hours per week.

 

Cost

The part-time program will have a total cost of US$ 540 per summer term as tuition fee. Students need to pay a US$50 registration fee before starting the program. Students will need to pay $ 540 upfront as tuition fee. The program does not allow to pay per week.

o   Registration fee: US$ 50.00

o   Tuition fee: US$ 540.00 (same fee for US citizens or residents or international students)

o   Total: US$ 590.00

 

 

 

 

 

Payment

Students can pay with credit card, bank wire transfer or online payment platform*. Bank commissions or fees for overseas bank wire transfers are not included in the tuition fee. The student is responsible for covering these fees.

 

Bank payment:

-       Bank name: Citibank

-       Routing #: 021000089

-       Swift Code #: CITIUS33 (for international bank transfers)

-       Account Name:  CUNY College of Staten Island Departmental Receipts

-       Bank Account #: 006792727415

 

* Pending of confirmation

 

Refund

The $50 registration fee is non-refundable. Students are entitled to have a 100% tuition fee refund before the program starts. There are no refunds once the program starts.

  

Basic components of the online curriculum

 

There are four basic components of the ELI online curriculum: Reading and Writing, Grammar, Communications and TOEFL Workshop (test preparation and skill enhancement).

 

Reading & Writing

The focus in these online classes is on developing and strengthening students' abilities to read and interpret texts in English and to write for academic or business purposes. This course helps international students prepare for university writing requirements. Writing activities include journals, reports, argumentative essays, literary criticism, and creative writing. The advanced levels also cover research paper formats and style, and electronic media research.

 

Communications (Speaking)

In these classes, students develop an ability to communicate in English with ease and confidence, and with acceptable pronunciation. Emphasis is on effective listening and on speaking with increased fluency, accuracy, and vigor. Advanced level students practice the use of cultural cues and appropriate tone and style in discussions, presentations, debates, and interviews. Course content draws upon students' multicultural experiences and explores various aspects of American culture and institutions.

 

            Pronunciation

This is one of the most important components of the online English conversation program. With this skill, beginner students will be able to improve their pronunciation skills in order to have comprehensive communication with the correct sounds, intonation, stress, connected speech, enunciation, fluency, accent, etc. Intermediate and advanced students will be able to reduce accent and improve difficult word pronunciation.

 

Grammar

In grammar classes, emphasis is on developing an awareness of and facility in the use of accurate and appropriate structures in spoken and written English. Grammatical forms are practiced in meaningful situations, and students learn to express their ideas clearly and accurately. Classwork and homework assignments stress the interdependence of grammar and communication. Students become aware of all aspects of grammatical structures, including form, meaning, syntax and use.

 

TOEFL Workshop (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

In this online class, students are prepared for exams, such as the TOEFL ITP. Students learn important test taking strategies and improve their overall English proficiency, including their listening, reading and writing skills. The ELI administers an Institutional Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) in December, May, June, and August. The course helps students work on effective test-taking strategies while increasing English proficiency. The official TOEFL ITP score will allow students to apply to any CUNY school degree.

 

Other academic components

Online English Placement test

Students are evaluated before the program starts. The online English placement test does not have any cost and it determines the level of the student at ELI (beginner, intermediate, or advanced). The students will be able to take a 10-minute test and the results will be immediately shown, according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) proficiency levels (A1 and A2 for beginner, B1 and B2 for intermediate, and C1 and C2 for advanced). ELI will provide a link for the online placement test and the result will be immediately sent to our academic department.

 

Change of levels

If students feel they are not in the right level, ELI teachers will report it to the academic area of ELI. If the academic area approves it, the student can change levels. The new teacher(s) will determine if the student fits in the new level. There will be a change-of-level test at no cost.

 

Evaluation

Teachers will evaluate students with quizzes, written tests, oral tests, homework, and other tools. The teachers will put a score every week or four (04) weeks and a final score at the end of each summer/semester term. For summer, teachers will put a score after the second week, at the end of each week and a final score at the end of the summer term. The score will be from zero (00) to one hundred (100). Seventy (70) will be a passing score. The criteria of evaluation will be as follows:

 

Item

Percentage

Semester

Percentage

Summer

Score 1

25%

Week 4

25%

Week 2

Score 2

25%

Week 8

25%

Week 3

Score 3

25%

Week 12

25%

Week 4

Score 4

25%

Week 16

25%

Week 5

Final score

100%

Week 16

100%

Week 6

 

Attendance

Attendance is important for learning a language since it lets students have more exposure to practice. We encourage all students to attend online classes, but in the case of not attending a class, students will be excused, but final evaluation may not reflect the exact performance or improvement.

 

Lateness

Students who arrive late in class will be marked as absent if they arrive ten (10) minutes after the class has started.

 

Withdrawals

Students who withdraw from the program will need to communicate it to the ELI office by email only (elistudy@csi.cuny.edu). Students will not receive reimbursement if they withdraw after the first day of class. Students will not receive any certificate if they withdraw at any time of the program.

 


ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

BEGINNER (Fall – August-December)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Friendship/Will you friend me?

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying main ideas in a reading

Organizing ideas in a list

PART 1. Identifying Things and People

UNIT 1. This is/These are. Subject Pronouns

UNIT 2. Singular and Plural Nouns. Proper Nouns. A and An

PART 2. Be: Present

UNIT 3. Present of Be: Statements

UNIT 1. Friendship/A world of friends

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing and using and and but to introduce similar and contrasting ideas

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 1. Friendship/Will you friend me?

Writing complete sentences

Putting ideas in order

Writing a paragraph about a person

UNIT 4. That is/Those are. Possessive Adjectives

UNIT 5. Present of Be: Yes/No Questions

UNIT 5. Present of Be: Questions with Who and What

UNIT 1. Friendship/A world of friends

Expressing opinions

Describing someone’s personality

Pronouncing stressed and unstressed words in sentences

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

3

UNIT 2. Art/Art for everyone

Scanning a text to find specific information

Identifying and using important numbers (ordinal and cardinal numbers, and dates)

UNIT 6. Present of Be: Questions with Where

UNIT 6. Prepositions of Place

UNIT 2. Art/Making unusual art

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing phrases that express surprise

Expressing opinions

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

4

UNIT 2. Art/Art for everyone

Using time order and commas

Writing a biography paragraph

Inferring opinions and using context clues to find meaning

PART 3. Be: Past

UNIT 7. Past of Be: Statements and Yes/No Questions

UNIT 8. Past of Be: Wh- Questions

UNIT 2. Art/Making unusual art

Expressing likes and dislikes

Recognizing and pronouncing rising and rising-falling intonation at the end of statements and questions

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

5

UNIT 3. Special Possessions/What’s it worth to you?

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying main ideas in a reading

Identifying suggestions in a reading

PART 4. Imperatives and Simple Present

UNIT 9. Imperatives

UNIT 10. Simple Present: Statements

UNIT 11. Simple Present: Yes/No Questions

UNIT 3. Special Possessions/Special possessions

Making/confirming predictions

Ordering statements based on ideas in a listening selection

Recognizing speech markers that show excitement

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 3. Special Possessions/What’s it worth to you?

Writing a topic sentence

Staying focused on the main idea of a paragraph

Inferring outcomes / Recognizing nouns, adjectives, verbs

UNIT 12. Simple Present: Wh- Questions

UNIT 13. Simple Present with Adverbs of Frequency

UNIT 3. Special Possessions/Special possessions

Expressing agreement/disagreement

Supporting ideas with reasons

Distinguishing between the three –s endings of present tense verbs

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

7

UNIT 4. Business/Open for business

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying main ideas in a reading 

Organizing ideas to describe a place

PART 5. Adjectives

UNIT 14. Adjectives

UNIT 15. Comparative Adjectives

UNIT 4. Business/Creativity in business

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying main ideas and details

Recognizing signal words for main ideas in a lecture

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

8

UNIT 4. Business/Open for business

Using adjectives and prepositional phrases to describe a place. Write a descriptive paragraph about a place

Inferring tone

PART 6. Present Progressive and Can

UNIT 16. Present Progressive: Statements

UNIT 17. Present Progressive: Yes/No Questions

UNIT 18. Present Progressive: Wh- Questions

UNIT 4. Business/Creativity in business

Expressing opinions

Creating and dramatizing a business meeting

Recognizing and pronouncing the th sounds

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 2

9

UNIT 5. Phobias/What are you afraid of?

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying main ideas in a reading 

Identifying cause and effect

UNIT 19. Can and Can’t

PART 7. Nouns, Articles, and Pronouns

UNIT 20. Possessive Nouns. This/That/These/Those

UNIT 21. Count and Non-count Nouns. Some and Any

UNIT 5. Phobias/Understanding fears and phobias

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing and understanding meaning behind contradictions

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

10

UNIT 5. Phobias/What are you afraid of?

Organizing ideas to make a suggestion

Adding supporting details

Inferring meaning

UNIT 22. A/An and The. One/Ones

UNIT 23. Subject and Object Pronouns

UNIT 5. Phobias/Understanding fears and phobias

Giving advice using imperative verbs

Recognizing and pronouncing the three –ed endings in the regular past tense

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

11

UNIT 6. Adventure/What an adventure!

Scanning a text to find specific information

Understanding facts and opinions

Organizing ideas in time order

PART 8. Simple Past

UNIT 24. Simple Past Statements: Regular Verbs

UNIT 6. Adventure/Risks and challenges

Recognizing the use of even though to express an unexpected or surprising result

Comparing and contrasting information from two listenings

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form of the Verb

Problems with the Use of the Verb

12

UNIT 6. Adventure/What an adventure!

Using time order words and expressions

Write a narrative paragraph about a trip or adventure

UNIT 25. Simple Past: Irregular Verbs. Yes/No Questions

UNIT 6. Adventure/Risks and challenges

Creating and dramatizing an interview with a risk-taker

Recognizing and pronouncing words with the vowel sounds /iy/ and /i/

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

13

UNIT 7. Family/What number are you?

Understanding connections between nouns and pronouns, possessive adjectives, and this/that/these/those

UNIT 25. Simple Past: Irregular Verbs. Yes/No Questions (cont.)

UNIT 7. Family/Only child – lonely child?

Taking notes using a graphic organizer

Identifying advantages and disadvantages

Expressing opinions

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

14

UNIT 7. Family/What number are you?

Organizing ideas using a diagram

Writing a personal narrative paragraph

UNIT 26. Simple Past: Wh- Questions

UNIT 7. Family/Only child – lonely child?

Expressing agreement, disagreement, and uncertainty

Inferring meaning based on word choice

Recognizing and understanding the appropriate use of going to vs. gonna

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

15

UNIT 8. Sports/How young is too young?

Recognizing the conclusion of a reading

Using expressions to give an opinion

PART 9. Asking About and Expressing Quantity

UNIT 27. How much/How many. Quantity Expressions

UNIT 28. There is/There are/There was and There were

UNIT 8. Sports/Soccer: The beautiful game

Recognizing signal words that introduce reasons and results

Categorizing information from two listenings

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

16

UNIT 8. Sports/How young is too young?

Writing a concluding sentence

Making inferences about people’s priorities

Using idioms and expressions about sports

PART 10. Future with Be Going to

UNIT 29. Future with Be going to: Statements

UNIT 30. Future with Be going to: Questions

UNIT 8. Sports/Soccer: The beautiful game

Expressing and supporting opinions with reasons

Creating and presenting a TV commercial

Recognizing the use of contrastive stress

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 4

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

NorthStar 1 (Reading & Writing)

Focus on Grammar 1

NorthStar 1 (Listening & Speaking)

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

INTERMEDIATE (Fall – August-December)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Extreme Sports/Sports and Obsession

Making/confirming predictions in complex paragraphs

Identifying different types of supporting details

Creating an outline answering Wh-questions to gather info

PART 1. Be: Present and Past

UNIT 1. Present Progressive and Simple Present

UNIT 2. Simple Past

UNIT 3. Past Progressive and Simple Past

UNIT 1. Extreme Sports/A Test of Endurance

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying main ideas and details

Asking for and expressing opinions

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 1. Extreme Sports/Sports and Obsession

Scanning a text to locate specific information

Recognizing quotations and reported speech

Editing/revising writing for content, language, conventions

UNIT 4. Used to and Would

UNIT 5. Wh- Questions

UNIT 1. Extreme Sports/A Test of Endurance

Recognizing signal words that tell what to expect

Using appropriate language to agree and disagree

Interpreting, discussing, and creating aphorisms

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

3

UNIT 2. Fraud/The Consequences of Fraud

Scanning a text to understand chronology

Identifying correct paragraph structure

Writing a paragraph telling a story

PART 2. The Future

UNIT 6. Future

UNIT 7. Future Time Clauses

 

UNIT 2. Fraud/Avoiding Identity Theft

Making and confirming predictions

Asking for and giving advice

Identifying stress and pitch patterns in common compound nouns

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

4

UNIT 2. Fraud/The Consequences of Fraud

Identifying detailed examples

Editing/revising writing for content, language, conventions

Inferring comparisons/word meaning

PART 3. Present Perfect

UNIT 8. Present Perfect: Since and For

UNIT 9. Present Perfect: Already, Yet and Still

UNIT 2. Fraud/Avoiding Identity Theft

Recognizing rhetorical questions

Applying strategies to keep a conversation going

Creating and dramatizing a story about an experience with crime

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

5

UNIT 3. Space/Exploring the Red Planet

Identifying different types of supporting details

Evaluating pros and cons

Using an outline to organize a paragraph

UNIT 10. Present Perfect: Indefinite Past

UNIT 11. Present Perfect and Simple Past

UNIT 3. Space/Why Explore Space?

Distinguishing between similar sounding numbers

Analyzing and categorizing effects

Distinguishing between /d/, /t/, and /əd/ endings

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 3. Space/Exploring the Red Planet

Analyzing problems and solutions

Identifying and using parallel structure in academic writing

Writing a paragraph using pros and cons

UNIT 12. Present Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect

UNIT 3. Space/Why Explore Space?

Determining pronoun references

Discussing opinions offering reasons and examples

Inferring factual information from context

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

7

UNIT 4. Language/Language and Power

Recognizing opinions and supporting examples

Organizing ideas using a chart

Recognizing and using transitions of contrast

PART 4. Modals and Similar Expressions

UNIT 13. Ability: Can, Could, Be able to

UNIT 14. Permission: Can, Could, May, Do you mind if

UNIT 4. Language/Words that Persuade

Recognizing intensifiers that emphasize ideas

Using language strategies to appeal to emotions

Recognizing and using intonation and stress for emphasis

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

8

UNIT 4. Language/Language and Power

Using transitions of contrast to introduce a counter-argument, writing a point-by-point contrast paragraph

Inferring the meaning of proverbs

UNIT 15. Requests: Can, Could, Will, Would, Would you mind

UNIT 16. Advice: Should, Ought to, Had better

UNIT 4. Language/Words that Persuade

Expressing a point of view

Crating and dramatizing a persuasive advertisement

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 2

9

UNIT 5. Careers/Careers of the Future

Predicting content from a title/subheading in a reading

Recognizing details paraphrased from a reading

Organizing ideas using an outline

PART 5. Nouns, Quantifiers, and Articles

UNIT 17. Nouns and Quantifiers

UNIT 18. Articles: Indefinite and Definite

UNIT 5. Careers/Follow your Passion

Recognizing common reductions in speech

Asking for and giving advice

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

10

UNIT 5. Careers/Careers of the Future

Evaluating the structure, format, and content of a cover letter (introduction, supporting points, conclusion)

Writing a cover letter with content and format

PART 6. Adjectives and Adverbs

UNIT 19. Adjectives and Adverbs

UNIT 20. Adjectives: Comparisons with As… as and Than

UNIT 5. Careers/Follow your Passion

Using follow-up questions to extend conversation, ask for clarification, or gain information/Creating and dramatizing a job interview

Distinguishing between rising and falling intonation in questions

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

11

UNIT 6. Tourism/What is Ecotourism?

Following chronological sequence in a reading

Identifying a thesis statement, topic sentences, and supporting details in a text with main/dependent clauses

UNIT 21. Adjectives: Superlatives

UNIT 22. Adverbs: As… as, Comparatives, Superlatives

UNIT 6. Tourism/Culture and Commerce

Recognizing markers that signal an opinion/Debating the effects of tourism

Distinguishing between pronunciation and spelling for the letter o

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form of the Verb

Problems with the Use of the Verb

12

UNIT 6. Tourism/What is Ecotourism?

Categorizing information from two texts

Writing an essay with introduction, body, conclusion

PART 7. Gerunds and Infinitives

UNIT 23. Gerunds: Subject and Object

UNIT 24. Infinitives after Certain Verbs

UNIT 6. Tourism/Culture and Commerce

Using expressions to make suggestions and giving advice

Participating in a simulation: Defend and support a proposal

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

13

UNIT 7. Marriage/Finding a Spouse

Recognizing and understanding metaphors in a reading

Completing a summary

UNIT 25. More Uses of Infinitives

UNIT 26. Gerunds and Infinitives

UNIT 7. Marriage/Before you Say “I Do”

Identifying reasons for a speaker’s opinion

Evaluating advantages/disadvantages and debating a position

Recognizing and using contrastive stress for emphasis

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

14

UNIT 7. Marriage/Finding a Spouse

Writing a descriptive paragraph/Organizing information into logical groups/Using transition words to show degree of importance, word forms to add cohesion to paragraphs

PART 8. Pronouns and Phrasal Verbs

UNIT 27. Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns

UNIT 28. Phrasal Verbs

UNIT 7. Marriage/Before you Say “I Do”

Recognizing markers that signal disagreement and a contrasting opinion

Using transitions when making oral presentations

Preparing and presenting an oral report

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

15

UNIT 8. Climate Change/Is our Climate Changing?

Identifying cohesive devises of contrast

Summarizing cause and effect relationships

Organizing ideas using a causal chain

PART 9. More Modals and Similar Expressions

UNIT 29. Necessity: Have (got) to, Must, Can’t

UNIT 30. Expectations: Be supposed to

UNIT 8. Climate Change/Reducing your Carbon Footprint

Interpreting statistics in order to label a graph

Using strategies to interrupt politely and holding the floor

Identifying whether a speaker is pausing or concluding based on intonation

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

16

UNIT 8. Climate Change/Is our Climate Changing?

Understanding and completing a causal chain

Using cause-and-effect transitions to connect ideas

Writing a cause and effect essay

UNIT 31. Future Possibility: May, Might, Could

UNIT 32. Present Conclusions: Must, Have (got) to, May, Might, Could, Can;t

UNIT 8. Climate Change/Reducing your Carbon Footprint

Recognizing repetition of ideas to emphasize key points

Using strategies to lead a discussion

Participating in an academic seminar

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 4

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

NorthStar 3 (Reading & Writing)

Focus on Grammar 3

NorthStar 3 (Listening & Speaking)

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

ADVANCED (Fall – August-December)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

Introduction. Reading and Writing

Reading Critically

Reading: Meaning, Purpose and Audience, Method and Structure, Language. - Writing: Getting Started, Thesis, Organizing, Drafting, Revising and Editing.

CHAPTER 1. Overview of Verb Tenses: simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive, spelling of -ing/-ed forms.

CHAPTER 2. Present and Past; Simple and Progressive: non-progressive verbs, irregular verbs, ­-ed pronunciation, always.

UNIT 1. The Brain/The Fantastic Plastic Brain

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying a speaker’s point of view

Recognizing language that signals a revision of previously held beliefs

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

CHAPTER 1. Description

Using the Method and Developing a Descriptive Essay.

Readings.

CHAPTER 3. Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses: have/has/had, present and past perfect (progressive).

CHAPTER 4. Future Time: use of will vs. going to, future with present tense, future progressive, future perfect, future perfect progressive

UNIT 1. The Brain/The Fantastic Plastic Brain

Expressing and supporting opinions

Paraphrasing a speaker’s ideas

Recognizing emphasis through stress

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

3

CHAPTER 1. Description

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 5. Review of Verb Tenses

CHAPTER 6. Subject-Verb Agreement: Conjugation, pronunciation, spelling, expressions of quantity, there + be.

UNIT 2. Lying/Is Honesty the Best Policy?

Summarizing main ideas and details

Supporting ideas from one listening with reasons from a second listening

Identifying a speaker’s attitude

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

4

CHAPTER 2. Narration

Using the Method and Developing a Narrative Essay.

Readings.

CHAPTER 7. Nouns: Regular, irregular, possessive, count, noncount nouns, nouns as adjectives, using a few, a little, etc.

CHAPTER 8. Pronouns: Generic/collective nouns, indefinite, reflexive, and impersonal pronouns, forms of other.

UNIT 2. Lying/Is Honesty the Best Policy?

Expressing and supporting opinions

Recognizing and using expressions to introduce and express sides of an issue

Recognizing reductions of the auxiliary verb have

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

5

CHAPTER 2. Narration

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 9. Modals, Part 1: Requests, necessity, prohibition, advisability, past of should, obligation, intentions, suggestions.

CHAPTER 10. Modals, Part 2: Certainty, progressive forms, ability, repeated actions, preferences with would rather.

UNIT 3. Personality/Revolution of the 50%

Identifying supporting details

Connecting problems and solutions

Identifying creative and effective examples

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

CHAPTER 3. Example

Using the Method and Developing an Essay by Example.

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 11. The Passive

Active vs. passive, tense forms, usage, modals and phrasal modals, non-progressive passive, non-progressive passive verbs + prepositions, passive with get, participial adjectives.

UNIT 3. Personality/Revolution of the 50%

Expressing and supporting opinions / Interpreting cartoons

Describing personality / Expressing and defending preferences

Recognizing thought groups and formulating meaning

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

7

CHAPTER 4. Division or Analysis

Using the Method and Developing an Essay by Division or Analysis.

Readings.

CHAPTER 12. Noun Clauses

Noun clauses with a question word, that, whether or if, question words with infinitives, quoted speech, reported speech with verbs in noun clauses, using -ever words.

UNIT 4. Cross-Cultural Insights/Ancient Wisdom Travels West

Identifying a speaker’s viewpoints and attitudes

Organizing information using a bagua chart

Identifying subtle ways to ask for and give advice

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

8

CHAPTER 4. Division or Analysis

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 13. Adjective Clauses

Adjective clauses as subject, object of a verb or preposition, using whose, where, which, and when, modifying pronouns, punctuation, expressions of quantity, reducing adjective clauses.

UNIT 4. Cross-Cultural Insights/Ancient Wisdom Travels West

Expressing and supporting opinions

Emphasizing a point in a conversation

Recognizing pauses and intonation with discourse connectors

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 2

9

CHAPTER 5. Classification

Using the Method and Developing an Essay by Classification.

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 14. Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 1

Gerunds as objects of prepositions, go + gerund, verbs followed by gerunds, verbs with infinitives or gerunds, it + infinitive. Gerunds and infinitives as subjects.

UNIT 5. Business/Business Not as Usual

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing language to concede a point and present a counterargument

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

10

CHAPTER 6. Process Analysis

Using the Method and Developing an Essay by Process Analysis.

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 15. Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 2

Infinitive purposes with in order to, adjectives followed by infinitives, infinitives with too and enough, passive infinitives and gerunds, verbs of perception, causative verbs.

UNIT 5. Business/Business Not as Usual

Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions / Preparing for and engaging in a debate

Recognizing and distinguishing between /æ/, /ɑ/, and /ə/

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

11

CHAPTER 7. Comparison and Contrast

Using the Method and Developing an Essay by Comparison and Contrast.

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 16. Coordinating Conjunctions

Parallel structure, paired conjunctions using both… and, not only… but also, either… or, neither… nor. Separating independent clauses with periods.

UNIT 6. Social Media/Together Alone

Recognizing language that signals opposing perspectives of an issue

Connecting statements to specific speakers

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form of the Verb

Problems with the Use of the Verb

12

CHAPTER 8. Definition

Using the Method and Developing an Essay by Definition.

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 17. Adverb Clauses

Using adverb clauses to show time relationships and cause and effect. Use of while, if-clauses, whether or not, even if, in case, unless, and only if.

UNIT 6. Social Media/Together Alone

Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions / Interpreting cartoons

Recognizing and using language that builds and expands on others’ ideas

Inferring a speaker’s attitude from intonation and stress

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

13

CHAPTER 9. Cause-and-Effect Analysis

Using the Method and Developing an Essay by Cause-and-Effect Analysis.

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 18. Reduction of Adverb Clauses to Modifying Adverbial Phrases

Changing time clauses, expressing cause and effect in modifying adverbial phrases, using upon + -ing in modifying adverbial phrases.

UNIT 7. The Arts/Learning Through the Arts

Making/confirming predictions

Summarizing main ideas and details

Recognizing persuasion with parallel structure

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

14

CHAPTER 10. Argument and Persuasion

Using the Method and The Elements of Argument.

Developing an Argumentative and Persuasive Essay.

CHAPTER 19. Connectives that Express Cause and Effect, Contrast, and Condition

Use of Because of, due to, therefore, consequently, such that, so that, otherwise. Summary of patterns and punctuation, showing contrast (unexpected results), showing direct contrast.

UNIT 7. The Arts/Learning Through the Arts

Expressing and supporting opinions / Summarizing others’ opinions

Preparing and delivering a mini-lecture

Incorporating parallel structure to speak persuasively

Recognizing variations in how final consonants are joined

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

15

CHAPTER 10. Argument and Persuasion

Debate readings.

CHAPTER 20. Conditional Sentences and Wishes

Overview, true (real) and untrue (unreal) conditionals.

UNIT 8. Poverty/Changing Lives for $50

Making/confirming predictions

Summarizing main ideas and details

Recognizing summary statements

Identifying examples from listening excerpts

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

16

CHAPTER 10. Argument and Persuasion

Readings and Writing with the Method.

CHAPTER 20. Conditional Sentences and Wishes

Using Progressive verb forms, “mixed time”, omitting if, implied conditions, wish, would.

UNIT 8. Poverty/Changing Lives for $50

Paraphrasing a speaker’s key points

Using summary statements to demonstrate understanding

Recognizing word stress in two-word compound expressions

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 4

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

40 Model Essays

Understanding and Using English Grammar

NorthStar 5 (Listening & Speaking)

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

BEGINNER (Spring – January-May)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Work/Finding the Ideal Job

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying main ideas in a reading

Organizing ideas in a list

PART 1. Be: Present and Past

UNIT 1. Present of Be: Statements

UNIT 2. Present of Be: Questions

UNIT 1. Work/Offbeat Jobs

Making/confirming predictions

Connecting statements to specific speakers

Recognizing connectors that compare and contrast ideas

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 1. Work/Finding the Ideal Job

Identifying the topic sentence of a paragraph

Writing a paragraph with a topic sentence

Supporting a main idea with details and examples

UNIT 3. Past of Be

PART 2. Nouns, Adjectives, and Prepositions

UNIT 4. Count Nouns and Proper Nouns

UNIT 1. Work/Offbeat Jobs

Expressing opinions

Asking/answering questions about jobs, interests, and skills

Expressing agreement/disagreement / Recognizing syllable stress

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

3

UNIT 2. Student life/Creative Thinking

Making/confirming predictions

Scanning a text to understand chronology

Organizing ideas in a chart

UNIT 5. Descriptive Adjectives

UNIT 6. Prepositions of Place

UNIT 2. Student life/Where does the time go?

Making/confirming predictions

Connecting statements to specific speakers

Recognizing phrases that signal agreement and disagreement

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

4

UNIT 2. Student life/Creative Thinking

Adding information for extra support

Writing a paragraph with topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion

PART 3. Imperatives and the Simple Present

UNIT 7. Imperatives; Suggestions with Let’s, Why don’t we…?

UNIT 8. Simple Present: Affirmative and Negative Statements

UNIT 2. Student life/Where does the time go?

Expressing opinions

Expressing various levels of agreement and disagreement

Supporting opinions with examples

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

5

UNIT 3. Money/Making Money

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying different types of supporting details

Following chronological sequence

UNIT 9. Simple Present: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers

UNIT 10. Simple Present: Wh- Questions

UNIT 3. Money/A penny saved is a penny earned

Making/confirming predictions

Interpreting a timeline

Recognizing emphasis from intonation and stress

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 3. Money/Making Money

Writing sentences of comparison

Organizing ideas using a diagram

Editing and revising writing for content and language

PART 4. There is/There are

UNIT 11. There is/There are

UNIT 12. Possessive Nouns and Adjectives; Pronouns; Questions with Whose

UNIT 3. Money/A penny saved is a penny earned

Expressing agreement/disagreement

Comparing products and services

Making and responding to suggestions / recognizing word stress in numbers/prices

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

7

UNIT 4. Etiquette/Subway Etiquette

Making/confirming predictions

Scanning a text to locate specific information

Identifying the main elements of a story

PART 5. Modals: Ability and Permission

UNIT 13. Ability: Can and Could

UNIT 14. Permission: Can and May

UNIT 4. Etiquette/What Happened to Etiquette?

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing summary statements

Categorizing reasons from two listenings

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

8

UNIT 4. Etiquette/Subway Etiquette

Writing responses to letters

Creating sentences using parallel structure

Writing an informational Web page

PART 6. Present Progressive

UNIT 15. Present Progressive: Affirmative and Negative Statements

UNIT 16. Present Progressive: Yes/No and Wh- Questions

UNIT 4. Etiquette/What Happened to Etiquette?

Expressing opinions

Summarizing key information

Recognizing rising and falling intonation in questions and statements

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 2

9

UNIT 5. Food/We Are What We Eat

Making/confirming predictions

Scanning a text to locate specific information

Analyzing advantages and disadvantages

UNIT 17. Simple Present and Present Progressive; Non-Action Verbs

PART 7. Simple Past

UNIT 18. Simple Past: Statements with Regular Verbs

UNIT 5. Food/The Fat Tax

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing language and intonation that signal clarification

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

10

UNIT 5. Food/We Are What We Eat

Organizing ideas using an e-chart

Expressing contrasting ideas using but and however

UNIT 19. Simple Past: Statements with Irregular Verbs

UNIT 20. Simple Past: Questions

UNIT 5. Food/The Fat Tax

Asking for and giving advice

Recognizing intonation in questions requesting clarification or repetition

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

11

UNIT 6. Heroes/The Heart of a Hero

Making/confirming predictions

Scanning a text to locate specific information

Following chronological sequence in a reading

UNIT 21. Simple Past Review

PART 8. The Future

UNIT 22. Be going to for the Future

UNIT 6. Heroes/Everyday Heroes

Taking notes on a lecture

Recognizing phrases that signal the organization and ideas in a lecture

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form of the Verb

Problems with the Use of the Verb

12

UNIT 6. Heroes/The Heart of a Hero

Organizing ideas using a list and an outline

Writing a paragraph telling a story

UNIT 23. Will for the Future

UNIT 24. May or Might for Possibility

UNIT 25. Gerunds and Infinitives

UNIT 6. Heroes/Everyday Heroes

Asking follow-up questions

Recognizing and using signal phrases in presentations

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

13

UNIT 7. Health/What’s your Medicine?

Using a title and headings to predict content

Taking double entry notes to interact with the text

PART 9. Count/Non-Count Noun; Much/Many; Quantifiers

UNIT 26. Articles with Count and Non-Count Nouns; Some/Any

UNIT 27. How much and How many. Quantifiers

UNIT 28. Too many and Too much; Enough + Noun

UNIT 7. Health/Gaming Your Way to Better Health

Recognizing phrases and intonation that express doubt

Analyzing advantages and disadvantages

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

14

UNIT 7. Health/What’s your Medicine?

Organizing ideas using a diagram

Writing a personal narrative paragraph

PART 10. Modals: Advice and Necessity

UNIT 29. Advice: Should and Had Better

UNIT 30. Necessity: Have to and Must

UNIT 7. Health/Gaming Your Way to Better Health

Expressing opinions

Expressing concern

Recognizing and producing reductions of modals

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

15

UNIT 8. Endangered cultures/Endangered Cultures

Studying a map

Using a title to predict content

PART 11. Comparisons

UNIT 31. The Comparative

UNIT 32. Adverbs of Manner

UNIT 8. Endangered cultures/Endangered Cultures

Interpreting a graph

Recognizing phrases that identify reasons and examples

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

16

UNIT 8. Endangered cultures/Endangered Cultures

Organizing ideas using an outline

Supporting an opinion and reasons

Recognizing and writing concluding sentences

UNIT 33. Adjective + Enough; Too and Very; As + Adjective + As

UNIT 34. The Superlative

UNIT 8. Endangered cultures/Endangered Cultures

Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions

Presenting and defending a position

Recognizing and using contractions and reductions with will and be going to

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 4

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

NorthStar 2 (Reading & Writing)

Focus on Grammar 2

NorthStar 2 (Listening & Speaking)

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

INTERMEDIATE (Spring – January-May)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Prodigies/Genius: Nature or Nurture?

Making and confirming predictions

Identifying the main idea of each paragraph in a reading

Writing the topic sentence and controlling idea

PART 1. Present and Past: Review and Expansion

UNIT 1. Simple Present and Present Progressive

UNIT 2. Simple Past and Past Progressive

UNIT 1. Prodigies/Exploring Genius

Making and confirming predictions

Stating and reporting supported opinions with explanations and arguments

Recognizing and using reductions and contractions to make speech less formal

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 1. Prodigies/Genius: Nature or Nurture?

Distinguishing voice in quotations

Using strategies to correct sentence fragments

Writing a summary paragraph

UNIT 3. Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Progressive

UNIT 1. Prodigies/ Exploring Genius

Recognizing emphasis through intonation and stress

Stating others’ opinions

Presenting scenarios and leading small-group discussions

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

3

UNIT 2. Overcoming obstacles/Facing Life’s Obstacles

Constructing chronology from a reading

Writing a comparison paragraph

Recognizing synonyms/antonyms to reinforce meaning

UNIT 4. Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive

PART 2. Future: Review and Expansion

UNIT 5. Future and Future Progressive

UNIT 6. Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive

UNIT 2. Overcoming obstacles/The Achilles Heel

Summarizing key information

Expressing similarities and differences

Identifying thought groups in sentences

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

4

UNIT 2. Overcoming obstacles/Facing Life’s Obstacles

Scanning a text to locate specific information

Writing topic sentences, supporting sentences, a concluding sentence in a paragraph

PART 3. Negative and Tag Questions, Additions and Responses

UNIT 7. Negative Yes/No Questions and Tag Questions

UNIT 8. Additions and Responses: So, Too, Neither, Not either, and But

UNIT 2. Overcoming obstacles/ The Achilles Heel

Expressing opinions

Using specific examples to support main ideas and opinions

Preparing and presenting a speech about an obstacle

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

5

UNIT 3. Medicine/Making Medical Decisions

Demonstrating understanding of timeline to events

Identifying different types of supporting details

Organizing ideas using a tree map and other organizers

PART 4. Gerunds, Infinitives, and Phrasal Verbs

UNIT 9. Gerunds and Infinitives: Review and Expansion

UNIT 10. Make, Have, Let, Help, and Get

UNIT 3. Medicine/Early to Bed, Early to Rise

Recognizing supporting details

Using strategies to interrupt and to ask for clarification

Recognizing and using contrastive stress for emphasis

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 3. Medicine/Making Medical Decisions

Scanning a text to locate specific information

Writing a comparison-and-contrast paragraph

Writing an opinion essay

UNIT 11. Phrasal Verbs: Review and Expansion

UNIT 3. Medicine/ Early to Bed, Early to Rise

Analyzing problems and solutions/Proposing solutions to problems

Summarizing a case study and dramatizing a scenario about sleep deprivation

Inferring assumptions using contextual clues

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

7

UNIT 4. Animal Intelligence/Instinct or Intellect?

Identifying the main ideas in a reading

Organizing ideas using Wh-questions

Summarizing sources and data

PART 5. Adjectives Clauses

UNIT 12. Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns

UNIT 13. Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns

UNIT 4. Animal Intelligence/Animal Intelligence

Identifying main ideas and details

Expressing opinions

Identifying rising or falling intonation in yes/no questions with or

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

8

UNIT 4. Animal Intelligence/Instinct or Intellect?

Recognizing the role of quoted speech

Paraphrasing details from text

Writing a summary in journalistic style

PART 6. Modals: Review and Expansion

UNIT 14. Modals and Similar Expressions: Review

UNIT 15. Advisability in the Past

UNIT 4. Animal Intelligence/ Animal Intelligence

Distinguishing between main ideas and supporting details or examples

Asking for and giving examples

Presenting and defending an argument

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 2

9

UNIT 5. Longevity/Too Much of a Good Thing?

Scanning a text to locate specific information

Using an idea web to relate topics to a central theme

Using figurative language to add depth to writing

UNIT 16. Speculations About the Past

PART 7. The Passive

UNIT 17. The Passive: Overview

UNIT 5. Longevity/Too Much of a Good Thing?

Summarizing key information

Expressing opinions

Recognizing word blends with you

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

10

UNIT 5. Longevity/Too Much of a Good Thing?

Analyzing titles and headings to improve comprehension

Writing an opinion paragraph

Writing a descriptive essay

UNIT 18. The Passive with Modals and Similar Expressions

UNIT 19. The Passive Causative

UNIT 5. Longevity/Too Much of a Good Thing?

Evaluating a speaker’s degree of certainty/Making suggestions

Creating and dramatizing a family meeting

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

11

UNIT 6. Generosity/Making a Difference

Identifying types of supporting details, examples, reasons

Organizing positions, arguments, counterarguments

Writing introductions, thesis statements, conclusions

PART 8. Conditional Sentences

UNIT 20. Present Real Conditional Sentences

UNIT 21. Future Real Conditional Sentences

UNIT 6. Philanthropy/Giving to Others

Making and confirming predictions/Identifying main ideas and details

Inferring from intonation whether listed information is finished or unfinished

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form of the Verb

Problems with the Use of the Verb

12

UNIT 6. Generosity/Making a Difference

Recognizing persuasive language/writing essay

Writing an opinion letter with examples from a text

Writing a persuasive essay

UNIT 22. Present and Future Unreal Conditional Sentences

UNIT 6. Philanthropy/Giving to Others

Identifying the purpose of examples

Expressing opinions/Prioritizing ideas

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

13

UNIT 7. Education/The Empty Classroom

Following chronological sequence of a timeline

Recognizing organization in a comparison/contrast essay

UNIT 23. Past Unreal Conditional Sentences

UNIT 7. Education/Do your Homework

Making and confirming predictions/Summarizing key information

Expressing opinions/proposing suggestions

Identifying and distinguishing between stressed and unstressed vowel sounds

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

14

UNIT 7. Education/The Empty Classroom

Recognizing the speaker in direct speech

Writing a comparison-and-contrast essay

PART 9. Indirect Speech and Embedded Questions

UNIT 24. Direct and Indirect Speech

UNIT 25. Tense Changes in Indirect Speech

UNIT 7. Education/ Do your Homework

Recognizing phrases that signal clarification

Asking for and offering clarification

Creating and dramatizing a public school board meeting

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

15

UNIT 8. Technology/Managing your Smartphone

Identifying referents for the pronoun it

Writing summary statements

Organizing ideas using a flowchart

UNIT 26. Indirect Instructions, Commands, Advice, Requests, Invitations

UNIT 8. Computers/Pros and cons of gaming

Making and confirming predictions/Summarizing key information

Discussing pros and cons

Inferring a speaker’s attitude through emphasis, stress, and intonation

Identifying and using stress with adverbial particles

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

16

UNIT 8. Technology/Managing your Smartphone

Using subordinators, prepositional phrases, and transitions to clearly signal cause-and-effects relationships

Writing a cause-and-effect essay

UNIT 27. Indirect Questions

UNIT 28. Embedded Questions

UNIT 8. Computers/Pros and cons of gaming

Recognizing and using strategies to introduce a counterargument

Expressing concessions and present counterarguments

Participating in a debate

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 4

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

NorthStar 4 (Reading & Writing)

Focus on Grammar 4

NorthStar 4 (Listening & Speaking),

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

ADVANCED (Spring – January-May)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Reading as a Writer

E. B. White, Once More to the Lake

Reading/writing exercises

PART 1. Present, Past and Future

UNIT 1. Present Time

UNIT 2. Past Time

UNIT 3. Future Time

UNIT 1. The Brain/The Fantastic Plastic Brain

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying a speaker’s point of view

Recognizing language that signals a revision of previously held beliefs

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 2. Elements of the Essay

Topic/Thesis/Coherence

Tone and Style/Putting it all together

Reading/writing exercises

PART 2. Modals and Other Auxiliaries

UNIT 4. Modals to Express Degree of Necessity

UNIT 5. Modals to Express Degree of Certainty

UNIT 1. The Brain/The Fantastic Plastic Brain

Expressing and supporting opinions

Paraphrasing a speaker’s ideas

Recognizing emphasis through stress

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

3

UNIT 3. The Writing Process

Planning/Generating Ideas/Organizing and Drafting

Reading/writing exercises

PART 3. Passive Voice

UNIT 6. Passives: Part 1

UNIT 7. Passives: Part 2

UNIT 2. Lying/Is Honesty the Best Policy?

Summarizing main ideas and details

Supporting ideas from one listening with reasons from a second listening

Identifying a speaker’s attitude

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

4

UNIT 3. The Writing Process

Revising/Editing and Proofreading

Reading/writing exercises

PART 4. Gerunds and Infinitives

UNIT 8. Gerunds

UNIT 9. Infinitives

UNIT 2. Lying/Is Honesty the Best Policy?

Expressing and supporting opinions

Recognizing and using expressions to introduce and express sides of an issue

Recognizing reductions of the auxiliary verb have

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

5

UNIT 4. Writing Paragraphs

Supporting the Main Point/Developing Paragraphs

Introductory Paragraphs/Concluding Paragraphs

Reading/writing exercises

PART 5. Nouns

UNIT 10. Count and Non-Count Nouns

UNIT 11. Definite and Indefinite Articles

UNIT 3. Personality/Revolution of the 50%

Identifying supporting details

Connecting problems and solutions

Identifying creative and effective examples

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 5. Description

Everyday Description – A Cheesy Label

Joseph Krivda, The Wall

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 12. Quantifiers

UNIT 13. Modification of Nouns

UNIT 3. Personality/Revolution of the 50%

Expressing and supporting opinions / Interpreting cartoons

Describing personality / Expressing and defending preferences

Recognizing thought groups and formulating meaning

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

7

UNIT 5. Description

Cherokee Paul McDonald, A View from the Bridge

Alice Steinbach, The Miss Dennis School of Writing

Reading/writing exercises

PART 6. Adjective Clauses

UNIT 14. Adjective Clauses: Introduction

UNIT 4. Cross-Cultural Insights/Ancient Wisdom Travels West

Identifying a speaker’s viewpoints and attitudes

Organizing information using a bagua chart

Identifying subtle ways to ask for and give advice

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

8

UNIT 6. Narrative

Everyday Narrative - A Book Cover

Melissa Unbankes, The King and I

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 15. Adjective Clauses and Phrases

UNIT 4. Cross-Cultural Insights/Ancient Wisdom Travels West

Expressing and supporting opinions

Emphasizing a point in a conversation

Recognizing pauses and intonation with discourse connectors

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 2

9

UNIT 7. Example

Everyday Example - A Lighted Billboard

Monica Wunderlich, My Technologically Challenged Life

Reading/writing exercises

PART 7. Adverbs

UNIT 16. Adverbs: Sentences, Focus, and Negative

UNIT 5. Business/Business Not as Usual

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing language to concede a point and present a counterargument

Preparing presentations for Culture Day

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

10

UNIT 8. Classification

Everyday Classification - Potato Proverb

Eric A. Watts, The Color of Success

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 17. Adverb Clauses

UNIT 5. Business/Business Not as Usual

Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions / Preparing for and engaging in a debate

Recognizing and distinguishing between /æ/, /ɑ/, and /ə/

Preparing presentations for Culture Day

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

11

UNIT 9. Process Analysis

Everyday Process Analysis - How to Use a Deck-Fastening Tool

Pegah Moradi, Splitting Hairs

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 18. Adverb and Adverbial Phrases

UNIT 6. Social Media/Together Alone

Recognizing language that signals opposing perspectives of an issue

Connecting statements to specific speakers

Preparing presentations for Culture Day

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form of the Verb

Problems with the Use of the Verb

12

UNIT 10. Comparison and Contrast

Everyday Comparison - Buses, Bikes, and Cars

Dan Treadway, Football vs. Asian Studies

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 19. Connectors

UNIT 6. Social Media/Together Alone

Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions / Interpreting cartoons

Recognizing and using language that builds and expands on others’ ideas

Inferring a speaker’s attitude from intonation and stress

Preparing presentations for Culture Day

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

13

UNIT 11. Definition

Everyday Definition - Social Media Explained

Dave Barry, Guys vs. Men

Reading/writing exercises

PART 8. Noun Clauses

UNIT 20. Noun Clauses: Subjects, Objects, and Complements

UNIT 7. The Arts/Learning Through the Arts

Making/confirming predictions

Summarizing main ideas and details

Recognizing persuasion with parallel structure

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

14

UNIT 12. Cause and Effect

Everyday Cause and Effect - Polar Bear Blues

Elisa Gonzales, Family History

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 21. Direct and Indirect Speech

UNIT 7. The Arts/Learning Through the Arts

Expressing and supporting opinions / Summarizing others’ opinions

Preparing and delivering a mini-lecture

Incorporating parallel structure to speak persuasively

Recognizing variations in how final consonants are joined

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

15

UNIT 13. Argument

Everyday Argument, Mysterious Warning Signs

Liz Addison, Two Years Are Better Than Four

Reading/writing exercises

PART 9. Conditionals and the Subjunctive

UNIT 22. Conditionals; Other Ways to Express Unreality

UNIT 8. Poverty/Changing Lives for $50

Making/confirming predictions

Summarizing main ideas and details

Recognizing summary statements

Identifying examples from listening excerpts

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

16

UNIT 14. Classic Essays and Speeches

Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 23. More Conditions. The Subjunctive

UNIT 8. Poverty/Changing Lives for $50

Paraphrasing a speaker’s key points

Using summary statements to demonstrate understanding

Recognizing word stress in two-word compound expressions

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3/Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 4

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

The Norton Sampler

Focus on Grammar 5

NorthStar 5 (Listening & Speaking)

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

BEGINNER (Summer 1 – June-July)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Special Days

Building vocabulary in context

Looking for main ideas and details

Capitalization rules, writing and editing sentences

CHAPTER 1. Using BE: Pronouns, nouns, contractions, negatives, adjectives.

CHAPTER 2. Using BE and HAVE: Questions, conjugation, possessive adjectives.

UNIT 1. Getting to know you

Talking about your favorite places and colors; describing personalities

Discussing and using icebreakers; expressions to keep a conversation going

Listening to conversations of people meeting for the first time

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 1. Special Days

Building vocabulary in context

Looking for main ideas and details

Writing a (timed) paragraph and editing

CHAPTER 3. Using the Simple Present: Form, meaning, adverbs, spelling, pronunciation, irregular verbs, negatives, questions.

UNIT 2. Making a good impression

Role-playing meeting new people; giving and taking messages

UNIT 3. Food and cooking

Discussing foods and cooking techniques; role-playing restaurant conversations

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

3

UNIT 2. Places

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking by discussing opinions

Writing sentences and a paragraph using adjectives

CHAPTER 4. Using the Present Progressive: Form, spelling, negatives, questions, vs. Simple Present, non-action verbs.

UNIT 4. Weather

Talking about weather and seasons; describing extreme weather experiences

Giving advice about extreme weather

Talking about types of weather using adjectives and times of day

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

4

UNIT 2. Places

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking by discussing with facts

Writing paragraphs using comparatives/superlatives

CHAPTER 5. Talking about the Present: Use of It, prepositions, use of there and would like.

UNIT 5. Working for a living

Talking about job likes and dislikes, experiences, unusual jobs, etc.

Talking about what’s important in a job

Talking about the first day of work; describing workplaces and job features

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

Evaluation 2

5

UNIT 3. Ways to Health

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking from a chart

Writing sentences and a paragraph using when & adverbs

CHAPTER 6. Nouns and Pronouns: Subjects, objects, adjectives, forms, possessives, use of whose.

UNIT 6. Leisure time

Describing hobbies and interests; discussing chores, typical activities, weekend plans

UNIT 7. Sports and games

Describing and asking about sports; discussing and playing games

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 4. Customs

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking with opinions and beliefs

Writing sentences/paragraph using nouns/prepositions

CHAPTER 7. Count and Noncount Nouns: Usage, measurements, use of many, much, a few, a little, the, some, any.

UNIT 8. Transportation and travel

Discussing traffic and transportation problems; giving solutions

Talking about different ways to travel

Planning a trip; describing memorable trips

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

Evaluation 3

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

Weaving It Together 1 – (Reading & Writing)

Basic English Grammar – Volume A

Let’s Talk 2

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

INTERMEDIATE (Summer 1 – June-July)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Symbols

Building vocabulary in context

Looking for main ideas and details

Writing a paragraph about colors

CHAPTER 1. Present Time: Simple Present, Present Progressive, Frequency Adverbs, non-Progressive verbs.

CHAPTER 2. Past Time: Irregular Simple Past, Spelling of -ing and -ed, Past Progressive, Used To.

UNIT 1. Getting acquainted

Describing successful conversations; discussing attitudes toward problem solving

Identifying what to do during a conversation

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 1. Symbols

Building vocabulary in context

Looking for main ideas and details

Writing two body paragraphs about superstitions

CHAPTER 3. Future Time: Be Going to and Will, Certainty, If-Clauses, Simple Present and Present Progressive, Be About To, Parallel Verbs.

UNIT 2. Expressing yourself

Role-playing giving advice; discussing meanings of gestures; reacting to and discussing accents

UNIT 3. Crime and punishment

Discussing crimes, punishments, and attitudes toward crime; discussing crime movies; speculating crimes

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

3

UNIT 2. Customs

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking by discussing opinions

Writing an introduction about preparing for an event

CHAPTER 4. Present Perfect and Past Perfect: Ever, Never, Already, Yet, Just, Recently, Since, For, Simple Past, Present Perfect Progressive.

UNIT 4. Surprises and superstitions

Discussing strange pictures; creating and telling stories; talking about superstitions

Talking about lucky and unlucky people

Using adjectives to describe effects of viewing optical illusions and words related to superstitions

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

Field trip

4

UNIT 2. Customs

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an introduction and a conclusion about a custom

CHAPTER 5. Asking Questions: Wh-Questions, Contractions, Tag Questions.

UNIT 5. Education and learning

Talking about kinds of classes; recalling the first day of school and more recent details; discussing study techniques

Talking about attributes and features found in schools

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

Evaluation 2

5

UNIT 3. Mind and Body

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an example essay about character traits/keeping healthy

CHAPTER 6. Nouns and Pronouns: Pronunciation of final ­-s/-es, objects of prepositions, word order, subject-verb agreement, whose, reflexive pronouns.

UNIT 6. Fame and fortune

Talking about successful and famous people; discussing sayings about money and its importance

UNIT 7. Around the world

Talking about languages and its problems; discussing behavior and customs in various situations

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 4. People Making a Difference

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing a descriptive/narrative essay

CHAPTER 7. Modals: Ability, Possibility, Requests, Advice, Necessity, Prohibition, Conclusion, Tag Questions, Imperatives.

UNIT 8. Technology

Discussing everyday products; talking about inventions; explaining how to make things

Describing frustrations with new products

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

Evaluation 3

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

Weaving It Together 3 – (Reading & Writing)

Fundamentals of English Grammar – Volume A

Let’s Talk 3

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

ADVANCED (Summer 1 – June-July)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 1. Reading as a Writer

E. B. White, Once More to the Lake

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 2. Elements of the Essay

Topic/Thesis/Coherence/Tone/Style/Putting it all together

Reading/writing exercises

PART 1. Present, Past and Future

UNIT 1. Present Time

UNIT 2. Past Time

UNIT 3. Future Time

UNIT 1. The Brain/The Fantastic Plastic Brain

Making/confirming predictions

Identifying a speaker’s point of view

Recognizing language that signals a revision of previously held beliefs

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

2

UNIT 3. The Writing Process

Planning/Generating Ideas/Organizing and Drafting

Revising/Editing and Proofreading

Reading/writing exercises

PART 2. Modals and Other Auxiliaries

UNIT 4. Modals to Express Degree of Necessity

UNIT 5. Modals to Express Degree of Certainty

UNIT 1. The Brain/The Fantastic Plastic Brain

Expressing and supporting opinions

Paraphrasing a speaker’s ideas

Recognizing emphasis through stress

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Structure Question

Sentences with One Clause/ Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Evaluation 1

3

UNIT 4. Writing Paragraphs

Supporting the Main Point/Developing Paragraphs

Introductory Paragraphs/Concluding Paragraphs

Reading/writing exercises

PART 3. Passive Voice

UNIT 6. Passives: Part 1

UNIT 7. Passives: Part 2

UNIT 2. Lying/Is Honesty the Best Policy?

Summarizing main ideas and details

Supporting ideas from one listening with reasons from a second listening

Identifying a speaker’s attitude

Expressing and supporting opinions

Recognizing and using expressions to introduce and express sides of an issue

Recognizing reductions of the auxiliary verb have

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Diagnostic Pre-Test/Revision/Correction/Explanation

The Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions about the Ideas of the Passage

4

UNIT 5. Description

Everyday Description – A Cheesy Label

Joseph Krivda, The Wall

Reading/writing exercises

PART 4. Gerunds and Infinitives

UNIT 8. Gerunds

UNIT 9. Infinitives

UNIT 3. Personality/Revolution of the 50%

Identifying supporting details

Connecting problems and solutions

Identifying creative and effective examples

UNIT 3. Personality/Revolution of the 50%

Expressing and supporting opinions / Interpreting cartoons

Describing personality / Expressing and defending preferences

Recognizing thought groups and formulating meaning

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Strategies

Who, What, Where

Evaluation 2

5

UNIT 6. Narrative

Everyday Narrative - A Book Cover

Melissa Unbankes, The King and I

Reading/writing exercises

PART 5. Nouns

UNIT 10. Count and Non-Count Nouns

UNIT 11. Definite and Indefinite Articles

UNIT 4. Cross-Cultural Insights/Ancient Wisdom Travels West

Identifying a speaker’s viewpoints and attitudes

Organizing information using a bagua chart

Identifying subtle ways to ask for and give advice

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

More Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs

6

UNIT 7. Example

Everyday Example - A Lighted Billboard

Monica Wunderlich, My Technologically Challenged Life

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 12. Quantifiers

UNIT 13. Modification of Nouns

UNIT 4. Cross-Cultural Insights/Ancient Wisdom Travels West

Expressing and supporting opinions

Emphasizing a point in a conversation

Recognizing pauses and intonation with discourse connectors

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Directly Answered Questions

Indirectly Answered Questions

Evaluation 3

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

The Norton Sampler

Focus on Grammar 5

NorthStar 5 (Listening & Speaking)

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

BEGINNER (Summer 2 – July-August)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

COMMUNICATIONS

TOEFL

1

UNIT 5. Food

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking with supporting opinions

Writing/editing instructions in sentences/paragraphs

CHAPTER 8. Expressing Past Time, Part 1: Use of be, irregular verbs, negatives, questions.

CHAPTER 9. Expressing Past Time, Part 2: Wh- questions, irregular verbs, time clauses, progressive tenses, use of while.

UNIT 9. Vacation time

Talking about past vacations

Describing perfect vacations; listening to conversations about overseas vacations

Discussing tourist attractions using geographical features

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

2

UNIT 5. Food

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking with supporting opinions

Writing/editing in sentences/paragraphs using pronouns

CHAPTER 10. Expressing Future Time, Part 1: Use of going to, present progressive, word expressions, use of will.

CHAPTER 11. Expressing Future Time, Part 2: Use of may, might, will, maybe, may be, time clauses, clauses with if.

UNIT 10. Inventions and gadgets

Describing gadgets and their uses; discussing product features; new inventions

UNIT 11. The environment

Talking about animals and plants; discussing environmental problems and solutions

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form/Use of the Verb

Evaluation 1

3

UNIT 6. Inventors and Their Inventions

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking with supporting opinions

Writing/editing sentences/paragraphs with comparisons

CHAPTER 12. Modals, Part 1: Expressing Ability: Use of can, pronunciation of can/can’t, know how to, could, be able to, very/too + adjective.

UNIT 12. News and current events

Talking about news stories and sources

Telling a story

Discussing a current-events survey

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1 Revision/Correction/Explanation

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2 Revision/Correction/Explanation

4

UNIT 6. Inventors and Their Inventions

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking with supporting facts

Writing sentences/paragraphs with too/very & adjectives

CHAPTER 13. Modals, Part 2: Advice, Necessity, Requests, Suggestions: Use of should, have to, must, may, could, questions, imperative sentences, modal auxiliaries, use of let’s.

UNIT 13. City Life

Comparing city and country life

Talking about safety habits and tips describing types of crimes

Telling stories about dumb or unlucky criminals; ways to stay safe

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

Evaluation 2

5

UNIT 7. Amazing People

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking with supporting facts

Writing questions/paragraph using Wh- forms/prepositions

CHAPTER 14. Nouns and Modifiers: Modifying nouns with adjectives, word order of adjectives, linking verbs + adjectives, adjectives and adverbs, expressions of quantity, indefinite pronouns.

UNIT 14. Entertainment and art

Discussing favorite activities; talking about music, movies, art, and artists

UNIT 15. The past

Describing people’s changes & historical places; talking about childhood memories

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

6

UNIT 8. Readings from Literature

Understanding meaning

Developing critical thinking with supporting opinions

Writing a poem/fable and paraphrasing

CHAPTER 15. Making Comparisons: Comparatives and superlatives, comparatives with adverbs, use of one of, the same as, similar to, different from, like, alike, but.

UNIT 16. Comedy and humor

Discussing funny pictures and stories with words to describe humor

Talking about comics and cartoons

Telling jokes

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3 Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

Weaving It Together 1 – (Reading & Writing)

Basic English Grammar – Volume B

Let’s Talk 2

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

INTERMEDIATE (Summer 2 – July-August)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 5. Food

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an essay comparing food preparation and eating

CHAPTER 8. Connecting Ideas: And, but, or, so, too, either, neither, because, even though, although.

CHAPTER 9. Comparisons: Comparatives and Superlatives; Use of less… than, not as… as, like, alike.

UNIT 9. Mind and body

Talking about healthy and unhealthy situations; giving advice; explaining exercises; discussing stress and how to reduce it

Describing health problems, treatments, and stressful situations using adjectives

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

2

UNIT 5. Food

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an essay comparing eating customs

CHAPTER 10. The Passive: Active, Passive, Transitive, and Intransitive verbs; Use of by, get, be used/accustomed/supposed to; Participial adjectives; Passive modals.

UNIT 10. Spending money

Talking about ads, slogans, brands, advertisement, selling points, and shoppers

UNIT 11. The news

Telling stories; talking about news; reacting to headlines; role-playing an interview

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form/Use of the Verb

Evaluation 1

3

UNIT 6. Language

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an essay that gives reasons for certain behaviors

CHAPTER 11. Count/Noncount nouns and Articles: Use of several, a lot of, many/much, a few, a little; Article usage, Capitalization.

CHAPTER 12. Adjective Clauses: Pronouns to describe people or things; use of verbs, prepositions, and whose.

UNIT 12. Relationships

Describing qualities of friendship; talking about friendship; describing a perfect partner; talking about marriage

Describing best friends; talking about high school classmates

Discussing about qualities for friendship and relationships using adjectives to describe a partner

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1 Revision/Correction/Explanation

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2 Revision/Correction/Explanation

4

UNIT 6. Inventors and Their Inventions

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an essay about the effects of the English language

CHAPTER 13. Gerunds and Infinitives: Verb + gerund/infinitive; Go + -ing; preposition + gerund

UNIT 13. Adventure

Talking about and giving advice; discussing risky situations and behavior; telling stories

Describing frightening experiences

Talking about risky activities

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

Evaluation 2

5

UNIT 7. Environment

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an argument essay about human uses for animals/agriculture

CHAPTER 13. Gerunds and Infinitives: Use of by, with, it + infinitive, for (someone), in order to, for, too, enough.

UNIT 14. Self-improvement

Talking about popularity, popular discussion topics, and success; giving advice; describing tones of voice

UNIT 15. Travel and tourism

Giving travel advice; describing vacations; planning and describing a trip based on travel advice vocabulary and travel brochures

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

6

UNIT 8. Readings from Literature

Looking for main ideas and details

Developing critical thinking

Writing an analysis of a poem

CHAPTER 14. Noun clauses: Use of question words, if, whether, that; Quoted Speech; Reported Speech; reporting verbs: tell, ask, answer/reply.

UNIT 16. Employment

Talking about typical jobs; recommending jobs; discussing interviewing tips; role-playing job interviews

Describing potential jobs, job skills, and job ads

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3 Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

Weaving It Together 3 – (Reading & Writing)

Fundamentals of English Grammar – Volume B

Let’s Talk 3

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 

 

 

 

ELI ONLINE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

ADVANCED (Summer 2 – July-August)

Week

READING & WRITING

GRAMMAR

CONVERSATION

TOEFL

1

UNIT 8. Classification

Everyday Classification - Potato Proverb

Eric A. Watts, The Color of Success

Reading/writing exercises

PART 6. Adjective Clauses

UNIT 14. Adjective Clauses: Introduction

UNIT 15. Adjective Clauses and Phrases

UNIT 5. Business/Business Not as Usual

Making/confirming predictions

Recognizing language to concede a point and present a counterargument

INTRODUCTION. About the course

Learning about the TOEFL Test (purpose, description, scores, etc.)

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Negatives

Functions

Contrary Meanings

2

UNIT 9. Process Analysis

Everyday Process Analysis

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 10. Comparison and Contrast

Everyday Comparison - Buses, Bikes, and Cars

Reading/writing exercises

PART 7. Adverbs

UNIT 16. Adverbs: Sentences, Focus, and Negative

UNIT 17. Adverb Clauses

UNIT 5. Business/Business Not as Usual

Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions / Preparing for and engaging in a debate

Recognizing and distinguishing between /æ/, /ɑ/, and /ə/

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

The Written Expression Questions

Problems with Subject/Verb Agreement

Problems with Parallel Structure

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives

Problems with the Form/Use of the Verb

Evaluation 1

3

UNIT 11. Definition

Everyday Definition - Social Media Explained

Dave Barry, Guys vs. Men

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 18. Adverb and Adverbial Phrases

UNIT 19. Connectors

UNIT 6. Social Media/Together Alone

Recognizing language that signals opposing perspectives of an issue. Connecting statements to specific speakers.

UNIT 6. Social Media/Together Alone

Agreeing and disagreeing with opinions / Interpreting cartoons. Recognizing and using language that builds and expands on others’ ideas

Inferring a speaker’s attitude from intonation and stress

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Questions

Complete Practice Test 1 Revision/Correction/Explanation

Overall Review Questions

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 2 Revision/Correction/Explanation

4

UNIT 12. Cause and Effect

Everyday Cause and Effect - Polar Bear Blues

Elisa Gonzales, Family History

Reading/writing exercises

PART 8. Noun Clauses

UNIT 20. Noun Clauses: Subjects, Objects, and Complements

UNIT 7. The Arts/Learning Through the Arts

Making/confirming predictions

Summarizing main ideas and details

Recognizing persuasion with parallel structure

UNIT 7. The Arts/Learning Through the Arts

Expressing and supporting opinions / Summarizing others’ opinions. Preparing and delivering a mini-lecture

Incorporating parallel structure to speak persuasively

Recognizing variations in how final consonants are joined

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

Idiomatic Language

The Listening Part B Questions

Before/While Listening

SECTION 1. Listening Comprehension

The Listening Part C Questions

Before/While Listening

TOEFL Post-Test

Evaluation 2

5

UNIT 13. Argument

Everyday Argument, Mysterious Warning Signs

Liz Addison, Two Years Are Better Than Four

Reading/writing exercises

UNIT 21. Direct and Indirect Speech

UNIT 8. Poverty/Changing Lives for $50

Making/confirming predictions

Summarizing main ideas and details

Recognizing summary statements

Identifying examples from listening excerpts

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Passive Verbs

Problems with Nouns/Pronouns

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs/Articles

SECTION 2. Structure and Written Expression

Problems with Prepositions/Usage

TOEFL Post-Test

6

UNIT 14. Classic Essays and Speeches

Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

Reading/writing exercises

PART 9. Conditionals and the Subjunctive

UNIT 22. Conditionals; Other Ways to Express Unreality

UNIT 23. More Conditions. The Subjunctive

UNIT 8. Poverty/Changing Lives for $50

Paraphrasing a speaker’s key points

Using summary statements to demonstrate understanding

Recognizing word stress in two-word compound expressions

SECTION 3. Reading Comprehension

TOEFL (Review) Exercise –Skills-

TOEFL Post-Test

Complete Practice Test 3 Revision/Correction/Explanation

Evaluation 3

TOEFL TEST

BOOK

The Norton Sampler

Focus on Grammar 5

NorthStar 5 (Listening & Speaking)

Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

 

 


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