Grammar and English Language Workshops

Grammar Workshops

Basic Sentence Structure

• Friday, February 1 (10:00-11:00)
• Thursday, April 25 (2:00-3:00)

Types of Sentences 1: Compound Sentences

• Friday, February 8 (10:00-11:00)
• Thursday, May 2 (2:00-3:00)

Types of Sentences 2: Complex Sentences

• Friday, February 22 (10:00-11:00)
• Thursday, May 9 (2:00-3:00)

Parallel Structure

• Wednesday, February 13 (4:00-5:00)
• Wednesday, April 17 (4:00-5:00)

Reducing Sentence Errors 1: Fragments

• Wednesday, January 30 (4:00-5:00)
• Wednesday, April 3 (4:00-5:00)

Reducing Sentence Errors 2: Run-ons and Comma Splices

• Wednesday, Feburary 6 (4:00-5:00)
• Wednesday, April 10 (4:00-5:00)

Punctuation Series 1: How to Use Commas

• Wednesday, February 20 (4:00-5:00)
• Wednesday, APril 24 (4:00-5:00)

Nouns and Articles

• Thursday, March 7 (2:00-3:00)
• Thursday, May 16 (2:00-3:00)

Pronouns

• Wednesday, February 27 (4:00-5:00)
• Wednesday, May 1 (4:00-5:00)

Subject-Verb Agreement

• Wednesday, March 13 (4:00-5:00)
• Wednesday, May 15 (4:00-5:00)

Prepositions

• Wednesday, March 6 (4:00-5:00)
• Wednesday, May 8 (4:00-5:00)

Basic Writing Skills

Learning How to Paraphrase

• Wednesday, March 20 (4:00-5:00)

American Culture

College Expectations in the American Classroom(Part One)

• Tuesday, January 29 (11:00-12:00)

College Expectations in the American Classroom(Part Two)

• Tuesday, February 5 (11:00-12:00)

Academic Honesty & Plagiarism

• Tuesday, March 12 (11:00-12:00)

Sitcoms

• Friday, February 1 (11:00-12:15): I Love Lucy: "Lucy Hires an English Tutor"
• Friday, February 8 (11:00-12:15): I Love Lucy: "Loses Temper"
• Friday, February 22 (11:00-12:15): The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Friday, March 1 (11:00-12:15): Mash: "Showtime"
• Friday, March 8 (11:00-12:15): The Cosby Show: "Theo and the Woman"
• Friday, March 15 (11:00-12:15): Good Times: "Thelma's Young Man"
• Friday, March 22 (11:00-12:15): The Cosby Show: "Food for Thought"
• Friday, April 5 (11:00-12:15): The Simpsons: "King Size Homer"
• Friday, April 12 (11:00-12:15): Seinfeld: "The Soup Nazi"
• Friday, April 19 (11:00-12:15): Friends: "The One with the Male Nanny"
• Friday, April 26 (11:00-12:15): The Family Guy: "I Never Met a Dead Man"
• Friday, May 3 (11:00-12:15): Two and a Half Men: "Mooch at the Boo"
• Friday, May 10 (11:00-12:15): The Big Bang Theory
• Friday, May 17 (11:00-12:15): Modern Family

Conversation and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: Rhythm & Stress

• Tuesday, February 12 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: -s Endings

• Tuesday, March 5 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: Linking

• Tuesday, February 19 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: -ed endings

• Tuesday, February 26 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: Reductions

• Tuesday, April 16 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: Troublesome Vowels

• Tuesday, April 23 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: Troublesome Consonants

• Tuesday, April 20 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: Intonation

• Tuesday, May 7 (11:00-12:00)

Pronunciation: Thought Groups

• Tuesday, May 14 (11:00-12:00)

Conversational Strategies: Giving Opinions, Agreeing, and Disagreeing

• Tuesday, March 19 (11:00-12:00)

Conversational Strategies: Starting, Continuing, and Ending a Conversation

• Tuesday, April 2 (11:00-12:00)

Conversational Strategies: Turn Taking & Interrupting

• Tuesday, April 9 (11:00-12:00)

English Language (ESL) Workshops

How to Be a Successful Language Learner

• Thursday, January 31 (2:00-3:00)

Modal Series 1: Modals to Express Ability: can, could, be able to

• Friday, March 1 (10:00-11:00)

Modal Series 2: Modals to Express Obligation

• Friday, March 15 (10:00-11:00)

Modal Series 3: Modals to Give Advice: should, out to, had better

• Friday, March 8 (10:00-11:00)

Verb Tense Workout 1: Understanding the Present Tenses

• Thursday, February 7 (2:00-3:00)

Verb Tense Workout 2: Understanding the Past Tenses

• Thursday, February 14 (2:00-3:00)

Verb Tense Workout 3: Understanding the Perfect Tenses

• Thursday, February 28

Verb Tense Workout 4: Understanding Future Tenses

• Thursday, February 21 (2:00-3:00)

Using the Passive (Part 1)

• Friday, March 22 (10:00-11:00)
• Friday, May 3 (10:00-11:00)

Using the Passive (Part 2)

• Friday, April 5 (10:00-11:00)
• Friday, May 10 (10:00-11:00)

Clause Series 1: Using Adverb Clauses

• Thursday, March 14 (2:00-3:00)

Clause Series 2: Using Adjective Clauses

• Thursday, March 21 (2:00-3:00) (Part 1)
• Thursday, April 4 (2:00-3:00) (Part 2)

Clause Series 3: Using Noun Clauses

• Thursday, April 11 (2:00-3:00)

Gerunds and Infinitives (Part 1)

• Friday, April 12 (10:00-11:00)

Gerunds and Infinitives (Part II)

• Friday, April 19 (10:00-11:00)

Using Comparatives and Superlatives

• Friday, April 26 (10:00-11:00)
• Friday, May 17 (10:00-11:00)

Choosing the Correct Word Form

• Thursday, April 18 (2:00-3:00)