Academic English 045

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Prerequisite: average TOEFL 400–450; Placement test 51–65; composition test, 25–34.  Full time study of English as a second language for students aiming at academic study.  Students at this level do not take academic courses.  Twenty hours of classroom instruction per week reinforced with self-access in listening, reading, and computer labs.  Students develop fluency and accuracy in oral skills and pronunciation with focus on transactional activities and extended discourse.  Paragraph level writing competency is developed as students expand grammatical knowledge and explore the process of writing, and write longer pieces of text.  Reading comprehension and vocabulary acquire greater emphasis with more attention to academic vocabulary and text organization.  May follow 40.