Reading & Writing Class
Improve your Reading and Writing Skills
Writing in American English is difficult for most students. Academic and Business writing is much different in the United States. Our teachers will help you learn to write good paragraphs and compositions. With class sizes averaging 5 students, your teacher will help you individually. Reading topics help you with the writing assignments and exercises. 6 hours of class time per week. A new session starts every month and last 4 weeks.
Course Overview:
The Reading & Writing class is designed to improve students’ ability to read and write in English. The course focuses on the development of critical thinking skills and academic skills related to reading and writing. The class introduces a variety of authentic sources from different genres that the students will work with to improve their skills and expand their vocabulary.
Course Objectives:
The course objective is to improve students’ ability to read and write in English as well as to develop academic skills that will help promote continuous learning. Learning objectives will be evaluated through reading comprehension assignments, writing assignments, and tests covering all reading and writing skills covered that session.
Reading & Writing Class:
- Study Monday to Thursday, 12:40 pm – 1:55 pm, Test on Friday from 9 am to 10:30 am.
- Learn to write proper sentences, paragraphs and compositions.
- Learn skills such as making an outline to write better papers.
- Practice proofreading your own writing to improve style and make less mistakes.
- Increase your reading comprehension skills for better understanding and speed.
Textbook
NorthStar, published by Pearson
- Builds critical thinking skills to use prior knowledge, classify and evaluate information, and more.
- Learn how to predict reasons, identify main ideas and interpret readings.
- Learn how to organize your writings, create topic sentences, write effective introductions & conclusions.
- Reading topics are on work, money, art & entertainment, education and life in general.
A Conversation Book, published by Pearson
- Topics include Daily Life, Foods, Friends, School, Work, Medicine, Transportation and Work.
- Teaches stategies like Compare and Contrast, Participate in Discussions, Make Presentations.
- has drawings that help you understand the topics and learn vocabulary.
- uses vocabulary lists for new topics and help you remember and prepare for tests.
Price for 4 week class
- $385 for classes
- $20 academic fees: includes computer lab, book rental, writing materials, wifi.
- $50 book deposit per book
Conversa Language Center is in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, a fun and exciting city of over 2 million people! To learn more about learning English in Cincinnati, click here. To apply, download our and send it via email or fax or use Conversa’s online application.
3 Sessions = 12 Weeks
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Partner Universities – No TOEFL Needed
If you have trouble passing the TOEFL test, we can help. Conversa has agreements with Universities who accept Conversa graduates without a TOEFL score. Please see our list of Universities for more information.
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CLASS LEVELS & START DATES
One Session = 4 weeks. Study for just one session, or many! Conversa has 5 levels: Beginning to Advanced. Each level takes 3 sessions (12 weeks) to complete. It takes a total of 15 sessions (60 weeks) to go from Low Beginner to Advanced. You can start any session or month of the year. For more information on enrollment dates, please see Conversa 2015 Schedule and Enrollment Dates below. You will take a level placement test during the orientation before you start classes.
Level Learning Objectives
The following Learning Objectives are the skills that students will have upon the completion of the level:
| Learning Objectives | Level 1 Low Beginning | Level 2 High Beginning | Level 3 Low Intermediate | Level 4 High Intermediate | Level 5 Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grammar | Simple Present, Simple Past, Present Continuous, and Imperative | Past Continuous and Simple Future | Present Perfect, Subjunctive in Conditional Sentences, Present Perfect Continuous, Simple Past Passive | Simple Present Passive, Passive of Modal Verbs, Past Perfect, Passive of Present Continuous, Passive of Present Perfect, Future Continuous, Future Perfect | Simple vs. Past Continuous, Active vs. Passive, Perfect vs Non-Perfect, Passive Constructions |
| Reading | Identify main ideas and details, read charts and advertisments, correcting false information | Read email and newspapers, predict specific information, identify opinions, advantages and disadvantages, | Understand texts that consist of high-frequency, every day, or job. related language. | Understand descriptions of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters. Understanding texts that consist of high-frequency, every day, or job. related language. | Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning |
| Speaking | Everyday expressions, asking for help, making and answering questions | Make conversations, respond to stories and offers, checking information | Describe experiences and ambitions, give explanations and opinions | Narrate a story or plot, give encouraging advice, share views, connect ideas in logical order to describe events and plans | Interact with native speakers in a fluent and spontaneous manner, present clear descriptions on a wide range of topics |
| Writing | Write simple sentences, organizing reasons in order, simple letter writing. | Make outlines & topic sentences, compare ideas, descriptive paragraphs, business memos, persuasive letters | Write letters describing experiences and impressions, connect topics, categorizing ideas. | Academic paragraph format topics, descriptive and persuasive essays, conjunctions and transitional expressions | Write clear, detailed text on a wide-range of subjects. Write logical, academic essays showing cause and effect or compare and contrast, advantage-disadvantage |
| Expected TOEFL score after completing level | Minimum score of 8 on Speaking section | Minimum score of 13 in Speaking and 11 in Writing sections | Score between 30 and 56 on TOEFL iBT | Score between 57 and 82 on TOEFL iBT | Score between 75 and 90 on TOEFL iBT |
DAILY SCHEDULE
| Hours | Monday to Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00AM to 12:00PM | Integrated English Skills or Standardized English Test Preparation | Testing 9-10:30 am |
| 12:00PM to 12:40PM | Lunch | Break 10:30-11 am |
| 12:40PM to 1:55PM | Reading & Writing | Testing 11 am-12:30 pm |
| 2:00PM to 3:00PM | Conversation & Pronunciation |
Session & Level Start Dates
F-1 Visa Students: must take all 24 hours of classes. This includes the Integrated ESL Skills Class, the Reading & Writing class, and the Conversation & Pronunciation class.
Non F-1 Visa Students: choose which courses you wish to study – Integrated ESL Skills class, Conversation & Pronunciation class, and/or Reading & Writing classes.
Conversa’s Vacation Schedule: Conversa has a total of 4 weeks of vacation every year.
To apply, download the and send it via email or fax or use Conversa’s online application.
Schedule
You can start any session (or month). A session is 4 weeks long. You can study for as little as one session or take all 15 sessions (60 weeks) to go from Low Beginner to Advanced.
Levels
Conversa has 5 levels from beginning to advanced. Each level is 3 sessions (12 weeks). These are the level start dates. However, if you cannot begin at the start of a level, you can start any session or month.