Provides intensive instruction and practice at the low intermediate level. Provides an introduction to the sound system, stress, and intonational and rhythmic patterns of English through listening and speaking exercises. Includes individualized instruction to improve basic reading comprehension. Requires practice in writing with emphasis on building basic sentence structures, grammar and sentence-level writing. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 2 or completion of ESL 1. Lecture 9 hours per week.

Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary. Improves students’ reading proficiency to a level which would allow the students to function adequately in ESL 6 and other college classes. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 5 or completion of ESL 2. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary. Improves students’ reading proficiency to a level which would allow students to function adequately in the ESL 17 reading class and other college classes. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 6 or completion of ESL 5. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Helps students practice and improve listening and speaking skills as needed for functioning successfully in academic, professional, and personal settings. Assesses students’ oral skills and includes, as needed, practice with pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Provides exercises, practice, small and large group activities, and oral presentations to help students overcome problems in oral communication. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 07 or completion of ESL 02 or ESL 15. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Provides further instruction and practice in helping students to improve listening and speaking skills. Assesses students’ oral skills and includes, as needed, practice with pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Emphasizes the development of fluency through exercises, practices, small and large group activities, and formal and informal presentations. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 8 or completion of ESL 7. Lecture 3 hours per week.

ESL 11 English as a Second Language: Composition I (6 cr.)

Provides instruction and practice in the writing process, emphasizing development of fluency in writing and competence in structural and grammatical patterns of written English. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 11 or completion of ESL 2. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Provides further instruction and practice in the writing process and introduces advanced language patterns. Includes practice in developing and improving writing strategies. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 12 or completion of ESL 11. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Prepares for college-level writing by practice in the writing process, emphasizing development of thought in essays of greater length and complexity, and use of appropriate syntax and diction. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 13 or completion of ESL 12. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Provides practice in the sound, stress, intonation, structural patterns, grammar, vocabulary, and idioms of beginning-level English in frequently encountered situations. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 14. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Provides practice in the sound, stress, intonation, structural patterns, grammar, vocabulary, and idioms of intermediate-level English in frequently encountered situations. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 15 or completion of ESL 14. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Provides practice in the sound, stress, intonation, structural patterns, grammar, vocabulary, and idioms of advanced-level English in frequently encountered situations, with an emphasis on preparation for college-level English proficiency. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 16 or completion of ESL 8. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Improves students’ reading proficiency to a level which would allow students to succeed in certificate and degree programs. Emphasizes applying and synthesizing ideas. Includes ways to detect organization, summarize, make inferences, draw conclusions, evaluate generalizations, recognize differences between facts and opinions, and other advanced comprehension strategies. May also include comprehensive library skills. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 17 or completion of ESL 6. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Provides an opportunity for further practice in intermediate and advanced writing techniques taught in required ESL writing courses. Provides reinforcement in writing skills, including composing, organizing, revising, and editing. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation for ESL 18 or completion of ESL 13. Lecture 6 hours per week.

Provides individualized instruction and practice in sound-letter correspondences.  Introduces students to basic spelling rules, word division, prefixes, roots and suffixes.  Helps students master vocabulary through an understanding of homonyms, confusing words, and Greek and Latin roots.  Stresses using words in context.  Lecture 1 hour per week.

Provides instructions and practice in reading and writing at the low intermediate level.  Helps students build their basic reading comprehension and vocabulary skills.  Requires practice in writing with emphasis on review of basic sentence structures, grammar and sentence-level writing. Prerequisite: Placement recommendation. Lecture 5 hours per week.

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