Basic English 6

The basic purpose of this course is:
a. to help students improve their English grammar in speaking and writing.
b. to teach students how to be more comfortable with the basic use of the computer.
c. to prepare the students for the COMPASS/ESL test (a computer-based test), which they will need to take if they are going on to credit coursework.

Here is the basic week-by-week course structure. Please use this as a guideline, keeping in mind that your students may have need for additional focus on one area over another. Particularly since this is a pilot course, please keep me posted on things that do/don't work, good/bad ideas, etc., so we can improve the course. Homework should be assigned and students should be expected

WEEK 1:
Course introduction
Use of the software
Unit 1 - Present time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)

WEEK 2:
Unit 2 - Past time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
Unit 3 - Future time (This should be review, so it should go quickly)

WEEK 3:
Unit 4 - Present perfect and past perfect

WEEK 4:
Unit 6 - Nouns and pronouns (This should be review, so it should go quickly)
Unit 11 - Count/Noncount nouns and articles

WEEK 5:
Unit 5 - Asking questions

WEEK 6:
Unit 7 - Modal auxiliaries

WEEK 7:
Unit 7 - Modal auxiliaries (continued)
Unit 13 - Connecting ideas

WEEK 8:
Unit 13 - Connecting ideas (continued)

WEEK 9:
Unit 9 - Comparisons

WEEK 10:
Unit 9 - Comparisons (continued)
Review
Final test