English as a Second Language   

This course is for students who are just learning English. We will focus on all four skill areas including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. We will practice speaking English, study the alphabet, learn new vocabulary, review introductions, and currency, and work on the simple present (I study), past (I studied), and present continuous (I am studying) tenses. The required textbook: Side by Side Book 1 Student Book and Activity Book, is available at the Brookline Booksmith or online.  

This course is for students who know some English and who have completed an introductory English course or feel comfortable speaking some English with others. In each class, you will learn grammar and vocabulary through discussion. We will review the use of the present tense to talk about our habits and daily routines, and we will work on prepositions of place (at, in, on), determiners (this, that, these), simple past tense (I ran), the verb to be, and present continuous. Course material will be provided by the instructor.