Programs

American English Academy - Miami

1101 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida 33131, United States

BY THE END OF EACH COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

Use and apply vocabulary learning strategies to acquire level-appropriate vocabulary
Demonstrate an understanding and use of level-appropriate grammar including regular and irregular verbs, possessive pronouns, and third person singular and plural -s endings
Talk about activities using the simple present and present progressive tenses introduce themselves and others
Deliver short presentations about topics related to their lives
Identify main ideas and details in short conversations about everyday topics
Compose sentence using beginner vocabulary related to everyday topics

Use and apply vocabulary learning strategies to acquire level-appropriate vocabulary including listening for meaning in context.
Demonstrate an understanding and use of level-appropriate grammar including simple present and present progressive, plural nouns, possessive nouns/pronouns, subject pronouns, and yes/no questions.
Identify and take notes on main ideas in short listening.
Plan and deliver simple presentations regarding personal experiences and ideas using proper intonation and word stress.

Use and apply vocabulary learning strategies to acquire level-appropriate vocabulary.
Demonstrate an understanding and use of level-appropriate grammar including past progressive, present perfect, comparatives and superlatives, and wh-questions.
Deliver simple oral presentations.
Recognize and apply speaking strategies to emphasize meaning including intonation, stress, reduction, and linking.
Breakdown a listening to identify the main ideas, details, and speaker’s emotion

Use and apply vocabulary learning strategies to acquire level-appropriate vocabulary including deducing meaning from context and word families.
Demonstrate an understanding and use of level-appropriate grammar.
Summarize main ideas and details from listening.
Synthesize content from various listening sources.
Deliver three-to-four-minute presentations.
Employ strategies for continuing conversations/responding.
Use and apply vocabulary learning strategies to deduce meaning from context

Analyze listening for the main idea, supporting detail and author’s purpose.
Demonstrate an understanding and use of level-appropriate grammar including verb tenses for expressing past events, and passive voice.
Analyze organizational structure and purpose of lectures and speeches.
Use and apply vocabulary learning strategies to acquire level-appropriate vocabulary including deducing meaning from context and providing synonyms/antonyms.
Deliver four-to-five-minute presentations.

Use reported speech verbs to restate information.
Restate specific information from listening and visuals.
Use the future perfect and the future perfect progressive to talk about future plans in formal and informal contexts.
Respond to and refute an argument with academic language.
Infer information not stated in a conversation.
Use past modals to make guesses about the past and to make inferences.

Produce and deliver informative and persuasive speeches
Utilize techniques for controlling presentation anxiety
Employ appropriate body language and vocal characteristics while giving speeches
Design and utilize visual aids in presentations
Solicit further information after listening
Deliver impromptu speeches

Discuss in detail issues related to success, including building a motivated, successful team.
Talk in some detail about your favorite paintings and the architecture of buildings that you like.
Discuss societal problems, possible solutions for problems and what role corporations can play.
Compare and contrast various forms of education and individual schools.
Discuss various types of humor, including subtle forms like sarcasm.
Understand various communication styles, including direct, indirect, formal and informal.
Understand and discuss issues related to ethics, like civil disobedience.

THE AMERICAN ENGLISH EXPERIENCE PROGRAM