Troy University

 
Below you will find descriptions of each course. Courses cover the five language skills: grammar,
reading, writing, listening, and speaking. All courses are taught by qualified ESL instructors from
Troy University, located in Troy, Alabama, USA.
  
Courses
Grammar 1 – Low Level
This course will be a fast-paced introduction to English Grammar for Beginners. It will introduce
students to English grammar, but it can also be used as a quick refresher course for students
who have forgotten some of the basic English skills that they have learned in the past. Students
will practice their knowledge of grammar by using online software, writing basic sentences, and
taking quizzes. The class can be taken at your own pace within the four-weeks with a quiz at the
halfway point and at the end. This course is designed for pre-A1 – A2 students.
 
Grammar 2 – Intermediate
The course is designed to help lower-intermediate and intermediate English language learners
expand and sharpen their ability to produce grammatically correct sentences in English. This
will be done through various means including online instruction, sentence-building exercises,
online games, writing practice, quizzes, and tests. Some of these activities will be conducted
orally, but the focus will be on formal written English. This course is designed for B1 – B2
students.
 
Grammar 3 – Advanced
This course is designed to help intermediate to advanced English language learners expand and
sharpen their ability to produce grammatically correct sentences in English. This will be done
through various means including online instruction, sentence-building exercises, online games,
writing practice, quizzes, and tests. Some of these activities will be conducted orally, but the
focus will be on formal written English. This course is designed for B2+ – C2 students.
 
Writing 1 – Sentences to Paragraphs
will learn the rules and structure of simple, compound, and complex sentences and will be able
to identify and write each sentence type. They will learn to identify and fix sentence structure
errors in fragments and run-ons. Students will also learn paragraph format and structure and
will write a descriptive paragraph. This course is designed for A1 – B1 students.
 
Writing 2 – Essays
This course is designed to enhance intermediate to advanced students' ability to construct
academic essays in the mode of comparison and cause/effect using brainstorming and outlining
and incorporating devices of cohesion such as hook, background information, thesis
statements, topic sentences, concluding sentence, and transition sentences. This course is
designed for pre A2+ – B2 students.
 
Writing 3 – Research Papers
This course is designed to enhance advanced students' ability to conduct effective academic
research and to appropriately incorporate this research, using APA style into an academic essay
(1300-1500 words) in analysis mode with no plagiarism. This course is designed for B2+ – C2
students.
 
Reading Skills 1 – Low Level
This course is designed to improve reading comprehension for students with a beginning level
of English. Students will learn new vocabulary and study word meaning, word form, syllables,
and stress. Readings include charts, graphs, and short texts. Students will use pre-reading skills
and scanning to identify main ideas and details of texts and will use sequencing to show
comprehension of texts. This course is designed for A1 – B1 students.

Reading Skills 2 – Intermediate Level

This course will focus on skimming and scanning, main idea and details, and improve reading
speed. Throughout the course, students will focus on skills that will improve their ability to read
faster and understand more of what they have read. This course is designed for students who
need to take an English proficiency test (IELTS/DuoLingo), prepare for academic classes, or
improve their job skills. This course is designed for B1 – C2 students.
 
Summarizing/Paraphrasing/Outlining
This course will enhance students' note-taking skills, essay and research paper writings, and
comprehension of intermediate texts through outlining, summarizing, and paraphrasing
without plagiarism. Students will be introduced to the subtle differences in the three forms of
writing and how they are used within the context of an academic and professional setting. All
three forms will improve student's comprehension of texts, writing skills, and vocabulary. This
course is designed for B1+ – C2 students.
 
Vocabulary Builder
The course focuses on building a student's knowledge of idioms, collocations (words that
always go together), phrasal verbs (Verbs + a preposition), descriptive adjectives, homonyms
(Same in spelling/pronunciation - different meaning), homographs (Same spelling - Different
pronunciation /meanings), homophones (Same pronunciation - different meaning /spelling),
and diphthongs and digraphs. This course is designed for B1 – C1 students.
 
Pronunciation
This introductory course focuses on the pronunciation of American English. Students will
examine vowel sounds, consonant sounds, syllables, and word stress. The goals of the class are
to improve both production (speaking) and reception (listening) ability as they pertain to
"standard" American English. In addition, students will become familiar with the International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols and the sounds they represent. This course is designed for A2
– C2 students.
 
Listening/Speaking like a Native using Connected Speech
This course is designed for students with an intermediate level of English looking to improve
their listening and speaking skills through learning the informal language of English. The course
is comprised of videos, the use of songs, gap-fill, pair work, listening comprehension activities,
and speaking practice/presentations and quizzes. This course will enable students to speak
more like a native speaker, understand native speakers more easily, and learn about American
culture. This course is designed for B1 – C2 students.
 
 New Courses for Spring
Listening 2
This course is designed for students with an intermediate level of English looking to improve
their listening skills. The course will focus on identifying the main ideas and details in a wide
variety of topics, listening practice and note-taking strategies, and understanding word stress,
inflection, and intonation in level-appropriate academic and real-life speech. This course is
designed for B1 – C1 students
 
Listening 3
This course is designed for students with a high-intermediate/advanced English level looking to
improve their listening skills. The course will focus on identifying the main ideas and details in a
wide variety of topics, listening practice and note-taking strategies, and understanding
intonation, transitions, inferences, and implications on in level-appropriate academic and real-
life speech. This course is designed for B2 – C2 students.
 
English Test Prep
This course is designed for students with a high-intermediate/advanced English level. This class
is designed to help students prepare for and understand the IELTS and DuoLingo English tests.
The class will cover both tests and how to employ strategies to answer test questions
successfully. Each week will focus on a different skill (listening, speaking, writing, reading). The
course will include practice sessions and feedback. Participants will be asked to record videos
of themselves for the listening and speaking sections. Therefore, a webcam, microphone, and
good internet are required to participate in the class.  This course is designed for B2 – C2
students.
 
Business English
This course is designed to help high intermediate to advanced students increase their business
vocabulary: idioms, acronyms, homophones (capital vs. capitol / insure vs. ensure), business
writing: reports, forms, applications, and cover letters, as well as presentation and interview
skills, and understanding American business culture. This course is designed for B2 – C2
students.

Students may take up to four courses at one time. The more courses a student takes, the more
significant the discount per course. Please refer to the price list below for course costs. Dates
for course offerings, registration deadlines, and prices per course are listed below. 
 
Dates offered
 ·         March 8 – April 2
·         April 5 – 30
·         June 7 – July 2
·         July 5 – 30
·         August 16 – September 10
·         September 13 – October 8
·         October 11 – November 6
·         November 8 – December 4
 
Prices
1 class = $100 USD
2 classes = $175 USD (save $25)
3 classes = $225 USD (save $75)
4 classes = $275 USD (Save $125)

**Deadline for registration and payment is two weeks before the course begins**
For more information or to register, please contact Lance Noe at lnoe@troy.edu