Southern New Hampshire University ENV 480 Independent Study (3 credits) This course offers students an opportunity to study any interdisciplinary topic not covered in any course listed in the catalog, under the supervision of an environmental faculty member. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, the department chair, and the school dean.
English as a Second Language ESL 121 Introduction to ESL Listening (1/2 credit) This course is a high beginning level listening course. It introduces both social and academic oral communication skills. The focus is on introducing listening strategies, understanding reduced forms, recognizing idioms and phrasal verbs, and listening for the general topic, main idea and details to aid in overall comprehension. ESL 122 Introduction to ESL Reading (1/2 credit) This course is a high beginning level reading course. It introduces general reading skills. The focus is on the basic principles of phonics and decoding, the reading strategies of finding the main idea and support, scanning and skimming, identifying details to aid in comprehension, using the context to guess new vocabulary, recognizing grammatical functions and forms, and acquiring dictionary skills. A basic vocabulary inventory is also developed. ESL 123 Fundamentals of English Grammar I (1/2 credit) This course is a high beginning level grammar course. The focus is on introducing the simple, progressive, and perfect verb tenses; noun and pronoun forms; modals; and capitalization and punctuation rules. This course is intended to improve the usage of accurate grammar in speaking and supplement ESL 125: Introduction to ESL Writing. ESL 124 Introduction to ESL Speaking (1/2 credit) This course is a high beginning level speaking course. It introduces both social and academic oral communication skills. The focus is on pronunciation, stress and intonation patterns, idioms and phrasal verbs, appropriate usage of social exchanges and rejoinders, and sustaining a conversation/discussion on a general topic. ESL 125 Introduction to ESL Writing (1/2 credit) This course is a high beginning level writing course. It introduces basic sentence structures, word order, and the basic mechanical rules of capitalization and punctuation. Compound and complex sentences are also mentioned. The organization and development of a paragraph (topic sentence with support) are also introduced. ESL 126 Comparative Cultures I (1/2 credit) This course is a high beginning level culture course. It introduces and explores American culture through selected topics of interest. This analysis helps develop an understanding of American culture and a sense of comfort for newly arrived international students. Cross-cultural awareness is emphasized. While all language skills are required for participation in this course, the focus is on reading and speaking skills.
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ESL 131 Development of ESL Listening (1/2 credit) This course offers extensive conversation and listening practice at the intermediate level through a variety of learning techniques presented within a context of realistic and familiar topics. Students learn to use specific listening attack strategies and are taught to develop an ongoing pattern of predicting, negotiating, and renegotiating. The course not only helps students direct their attention to main ideas while listening, but also how to grasp specific details. ESL 132 Development of ESL Reading (1/2 credit) This course helps the student improve reading ability at the intermediate level by developing practical reading strategies and vocabulary building skills. Strategies include previewing, predicting, skimming, scanning, guessing meaning from context, finding the main idea, recognizing supporting details, and developing reading fluency. The students will also become familiar with text structure and organization. ESL 133 Fundamentals of English Grammar II (1/2 credit) This course helps students develop written and spoken English grammar skills by participating in formal oral exercises, asking and responding to questions, and writing. The course begins with an overview of the basic verb forms and a review of present and past perfect forms, modals, and forming questions in English. The students are given extensive and varied practice in many areas of English grammar including connecting ideas, comparisons, and gerunds and infinitives. They are introduced to the passive form, adjective clauses, and noun clauses. ESL 134 Development of ESL Speaking (1/2 credit) This course helps the student improve speaking skills at the intermediate level, with the use of audio and video tapes, class discussion, and pair/small group problem solving and interaction. Students ask and answer questions; communicate cultural knowledge; and describe people, places, and experiences using correct intonation and stress. They also engage in authentic conversations practicing specific structures in order to improve communicative output. ESL 135 Development of ESL Writing (1/2 credit) Intermediate level writing skills will initially be developed through improved basic sentence structure, specific grammar points, and paragraph foundation. Paragraph organization and cohesion are a main focus as the students learn to develop topic sentences and supporting details. Students are taught to develop process writing skills and to become familiar with common methods of organizing ideas. Much of the class will focus on writing short compositions. ESL 136 Comparative Cultures II (1/2 credit) The emphasis of the class is the improvement of Basic English communication skills such as listening and speaking while learning about cross-cultural behaviors and interactions. The class work includes information from many cultures so that students can compare their own ideas and traditions with those of other countries. A variety of high-interest topics will enable students to take part in discussions, present short talks, solve problems, and interact with each other.