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060 READING, WRITING AND GRAMMAR FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS III
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Development of reading, writing, and Grammar skills designed to move non-native speakers of English toward college-level work.
FUTURE (FALL 2010)

060 COLLEGE WRITING AND GRAMMAR I
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Develops reading, writing, and Grammar skills at the intermediate level designed to move non-native speakers of English toward college-level work.

What We Do

 Simply Put

  • We Read
  • We Write
  • We do Grammar

 

070 READING, WRITING, AND GRAMMAR FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS - IV 070
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Focuses on writing personal paragraphs, reading skills, and Grammar and vocabulary development at the intermediate level. Units do not apply to associate degree and offered credit/no-credit only.
NEW (FALL 2010)

070 COLLEGE WRITING AND GRAMMAR II
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Continued development of reading, writing, and Grammar skills necessary for college-level work at the high intermediate language level. Units do not apply to associate degree and offered credit/no-credit only.

Simply Put

  • We Read
  • We Write
  • We do Grammar
  • We Write Paragraphs

 

ESL 080 COLLEGE WRITING AND GRAMMAR III
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Prerequisite: ESL-070 or appropriate placement as determined by the COC placement process.
Focuses on non-personal paragraph and short essay writing, including the writing process and more advanced Grammar

Simply Put

  • We Write lots of Paragraphs
  • We Write a short Essay
  • We do lots of Grammar

 

ESL 083 COLLEGE READING & DISCUSSION III
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Prerequisite: ESL-070 or appropriate placement by the COC ESL placement process.
Recommended Preparation: ESL-080
Intensive development of reading skills, vocabulary building skills, and discussion techniques through analysis of fiction and non-fiction materials.

Simply Put

  • We Read Books, Stories & Articles
  • We Practice Reading Skills
  • We Talk a lot
  • We Present Ideas

 

ESL 100 ADVANCED READING AND COMPOSITION
Units: 4.00 - UC:CSU, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Prerequisite: ESL-080 and 083 or appropriate placement as determined by the COC ESL placement process.
Reading, composition, and Grammar for advanced non-native speakers, including complex sentence patterns and researched multi-paragraph essays.

Simply Put

  • We Write Essays after discussing and doing research.
  • We do some Grammar

 

ESL 061 LOW-INTERMEDIATE LISTENING AND SPEAKING - CURRENT
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Provides practice in listening, speaking, notetaking, and pronunciation for low-intermediate to intermediate students of English. Students listen to a variety of materials including lectures, songs, and newscasts. Students also make presentations, conduct interviews and hold small group discussions. Units do not apply to the associate degree and offered credit/no-credit only.

ESL 061 COLLEGE LISTENING AND SPEAKING I FALL 2010
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Provides practice in speaking in informal college situations. Focuses on listening, speaking, and pronunciation through extensive practice in common college situations.

Simply Put

  • You Practice Speaking
  • You Practice Listening
  • You talk a lot.

 

ESL 071 INTERMEDIATE LISTENING AND SPEAKING - CURRENT
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
For intermediate students of English as a Second Language who need further practice in listening and speaking. Students will improve their listening, speaking, notetaking, and pronunciation skills through a variety of aural materials and oral-based activities. Units do not apply to the associate degree and offered credit/no-credit only.

ESL 071 COLLEGE LISTENING AND SPEAKING II FALL 2010
Provides extensive practice in oral communication in both formal and informal college situations. Develops listening strategies.
Units do not apply to the associate degree and offered credit/no-credit only.

Simply Put

  • You Practice Speaking
  • You Practice Listening
  • You use a lot of topics
  • You talk a lot.

 

ESL 081 ADVANCED LISTENING AND SPEAKING - CURRENT
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Focuses on listening comprehension and oral communication in a college environment and common social situations.

ESL 081 COLLEGE LISTENING AND SPEAKING III NEW
Provides intensive practice in academic listening, note-taking, and speaking skills. Focuses on fluency.

Simply Put

  • You Practice Listening to College Level Sources
  • You talk a lot.

 

ESL 085 ACCENT REDUCTION
Units: 3.00, May Be Taken Once for Credit
Focuses on accent reduction for non-native speakers of English. Course covers discrete sounds and phonemes as well as stress and intonation, aural discrimination, and sound patterns reproduction. Units do not apply to the associate degree and offered credit/no-credit only.

Simply Put

  • You work on what is your weak in your accent