ESL 003 English as a Second Language I
Credits: 6.00
This semi-intensive (two hours a day, five days a
week for seven weeks) ESL course introduces
students to the alphabet and basic vocabulary of
the English language that will help them to talk
about themselves, their families, jobs, shopping,
and their new community. The course assumes that
students are literate in their native language.
Prerequisites: Appropriate placement test score.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 004 English as a Second Language II
Credits: 6.00
This semi-intensive (two hours a day, five days
a week for seven weeks) ESL course is designed to
develop the student's ability to make sense out of
the English language as acquired thus far. The
understanding of English will be applied to the
areas of reading, speaking and spelling.
Prerequisites: Appropriate placement test score.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 005 English as a Second Language III
Credits: 6.00
This semi-intensive (two hours a day, five days a
week for seven weeks) ESL course introduces the
student to basic everyday structure, vocabulary
and pronunciation with practice in
listening/speaking and writing.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 006 English as a Second Language IV
Credits: 6.00
This semi-intensive (two hours a day, five days a
week for seven weeks) ESL course is designed to
develop the student's oral communication so that
the native speakers would have little difficulty
in understanding the student and to develop in the
student the ability to write a well-constructed
paragraph. This course is for students who have
completed ESL 005 or have an appropriate score on
the placement test.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 009 English as a Second Lang: Oral
Credits: 3.00
A course designed for developing listening
comprehension and pronunciation skills for ESL
students with low intermediate English
proficiency. By using tapes of lessons and
natural speech, the student should attain accuracy
at the sound, word and sentence level.
Conversation practice will be based on topical
discussions, readings and student debates.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 010 ESL Basic Writing I
Credits: 3.00
ESL 010 is a low intermediate course that
integrates computerized interactive tutorials
to develop writing skills and teach communication
through writing. This course reviews simple and
advanced verb forms, adjectives and adverbs.
Emphasis is on the sentence: word order, word
choice, sentence combining and punctuation.
Students will build upon their sentence skills to
develop a unified paragraph of at least 75 words
in length utilizing topic sentences. This is a
required course for students who have successfully
completed ESL 006 or have an appropriate score on
the placement test.
Prerequisite: A grade of "C" in ESL 006 or
appropriate placement test score.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 011 ESL Basic Writing II
Credits: 3.00
A course in developmental writing emphasizing
sentence structure, paragraph development,
fundamental English usage, and basic mechanics.
This course requires intensive paragraph writing.
The course is required of all students whose
scores on the Skills Test indicate a need for an
intensive review of basic writing skills.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 014 Vocabulary and Reading Comp Develop I
Credits: 3.00
This course is designed to increase the non-native
English speaking student's general English
vocabulary, so that he/she will be better able to
comprehend written materials at the post secondary
level. Students will use texts of narrative
non-fiction to build their knowledge of the
American English language. Expanding vocabulary
through a study of idioms, roots and affixes is
also included.
This course is cross-listed with REA 014.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
ESL 017 Vocabulary Development II
Credits: 3.00
This course is designed to enable students to
develop basic word recognition and reading
comprehension skills. Word recognition, word
analysis, and syllabication skills are included in
the course, along with literal and interpretive
comprehension of sentences and paragraphs of
increasingly complex materials.
This course is cross listed with REA 017.
This precollege level course cannot be used to
fulfill a degree requirement nor is it calculated
in a student's Grade Point Average (GPA); however,
the credits billed will be applied towards a
student's financial aid enrollment status and
enrollment status reported to the National Student
Clearinghouse.
Last updated: 8/5/11
