This foundational course introduces students to reading a variety of short texts, learning and practicing explicit reading skills. Students explore a variety of simple writing tasks such as guided writing, retells and dictation. Students are introduced to simple verb forms, basic parts of speech and simple sentence structure. Furthermore students will interact task-based, situational language functions are explored in this course. Students work on developing their oral and aural communication skills through dialogues, discussions, videos, and short lectures. Students build production of segmental sounds and basic stress and intonation patterns in isolation.