Objectives

• Recognize and use the three basic types of sentence structure
• Clearly express relationships between ideas
• Identify and use essential verb structures correctly
• Troubleshoot problems with plural forms and articles
• Develop accuracy in selecting prepositions for high-frequency expressions
• Improve grammatical accuracy through monitoring techniques
• Learn a variety of grammatically correct expressions for making recommendations and proposals
• Relate ideas with greater sophistication

Methodology
Presentation, discussion, written exercises, composition, error analysis.  Enrollment is limited to 6 - 14 people per class.

Our experienced ESL facilitators have degrees and certificates in English, Linguistics, Speech Pathology, Education, Business and Foreign Languages. They draw from an extensive pool of resources to design effective training that meets your employees' needs.

Scheduling
2-day workshop

What You Learn

Sentence Structure

• Understanding the three basic types of sentence structure
• Using appropriate transitions
• Avoiding fragments and run-ons
• Differentiating casual writing (e.g., e-mail) from formal writing
• Verb Structures
• Describing present activities
• Reporting past activities
• Projecting future activities, deadlines, expectations, and contingencies
• Using passive voice correctly
• Differentiating transitive and intransitive verbs
• Relating Ideas
• Showing relationships, such as cause and effect, contrast and opposition
• Forming adjective and noun clauses correctly
• Details
• Contrasting infinitives and gerunds
• Examining prepositions
• Troubleshooting articles
• Agreement and plurals
• Suggestions, Recommendations and Proposals
• Using the subjunctive form
• Contrasting infinitives and gerunds
• Reporting Ideas
• Choosing the correct sequence of tenses
• Avoiding errors when using reporting verbs: explain, tell, inform, discuss

Target Audience
Non-native speakers of English