Intermediate students learn how to start and end conversation, talk about past events, places visited, and things done.  They learn  to share fantasies, give advice, listen for directions, leave messages, ask favors etc.. They are involved in many other aspects of personal expression.

The intermediate student is also introduced to the English speaking and listening skills required for other everyday activities in various situations including restaurants, medical facilities, and housing.

Students develop the ability to use more complex verb forms, time clauses, comparatives, and superlatives, infinitives, tag questions, comparative adverbs, for and since, gerunds, the passive voice, negative questions, "have to" versus "supposed to", and direct versus indirect speech.