This course provides non-native English speakers with the skills to integrate reading, writing, grammar, and oral communication at the low-intermediate level. Emphasis is placed on comprehending, summarizing, and interpreting audio and written texts as well as expressing one's own thoughts and opinions. Topics include communicating in an academic setting, applying critical reading strategies, writing paragraphs and short compositions in a variety of genres, as well as analyzing and producing grammatical structures in context. This course is intended for non-native speakers of English preparing for college-level coursework.