Supervisor & Non-Supervisor Courses | English as a Second Language (ESL)
Back-to-Basics

Duration: Eight weeks - two times per week

Future dates will be added. 
If you are interested in this training, please contact
staffeducation@caltech.edu to be added to the wait list.
You will be notified of the next date offering.

The focus of the class is to review basic English grammar to enhance student listening, speaking reading, and writing skills.

At the end of the workshop, students will be better able to:

Use basic grammatical functions correctly

Improve basic communications skills, especially in speaking and writing

Workshop outline:

Forms and uses of verb tenses

Asking and answering questions

Writing clear sentences

Comparison and word order

Using imperatives

Polite commands using modals

Article and quantity words

Frequency Words

Contractive, prepositions, possessive form

Instructor: Shirley Henry
115 Beckman Institute