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  • ESL 131: Reading and Writing

    3.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Covers reading strategies such as previewing, skimming, scanning, identifying and stating main ideas, drawing inferences, and predicting outcomes. Students will learn to locate reference materials in the library and select and report on supplemental reading. They will study techniques to advance their comprehension and production of written English, will master controlled, focused paragraphs, and will learn to write short compositions. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 110 or Placement Test 6 class hours
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  • ESL 140: Speaking and Listening

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Further develops the ability to initiate and sustain a conversation with native English speakers on a variety of topics, to present and support ideas and opinions, and to summarize and paraphrase, and introduces note taking skills for academic lectures. Students will organize and prepare short (5 to 10 minute), planned oral presentations. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 130 or Placement Test
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  • ESL 141: Reading and Writing

    4.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Students will continue to develop strategies for increasing comprehension of reading materials and mastering formal written structures. Emphasis is on paraphrasing and summarizing, recognizing cohesive relationships, writing short essays, and mastering level 4 structures. Students will read and report on adapted and unadapted literature (short story or novel) and complete an introductory research project. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 131 or Placement Test 6 class hours
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  • ESL 150: Speaking and Listening

    3.00 - 5.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Improves students' ability to converse in English on selected topics of current interest. Focuses on increasing an understanding of United States culture and English usage in the United States. Students will participate in extended conversations and discussions, will organize and give oral presentations on a variety of topics, and will hear and outline academic lectures. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 140 or Placement Test
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  • ESL 151: Reading and Writing

    5.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Emphasizes the integration of reading and writing skills at the advanced level. Helps to develop reading and writing fluency for college-level work and for life in the United States. Emphasis is on reading critically a variety of adapted and unadapted materials including textbooks, newspapers, short novels, and essays, and on writing essays of three to five pages. Students will develop abilities to summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize course materials. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 141 or Placement Test 6 class hours
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  • ESL 152: Themes in ESL

    3.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Emphasizes the integration of reading and communication skills at the advanced level through an in-depth examination of a theme. Develops critical reading and oral production/comprehensive skills in non-native English speaking students while enhancing students' understanding of the subject matter. Students will be immersed in the selected theme through discussion and oral presentations based on reading of textbooks, newspapers, fiction, and essays as well as oral interviews, film, and community events. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 140 and ESL 141 or Placement Test.
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  • ESL 169: Basic Grammar

    3.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Provides intensive practice for non-native English speaking students who want to improve their knowledge of basic English grammar. Focuses on the structures that often prove troublesome for students. Also suitable for those students who want to review basic grammar structures. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 110 or Placement Test
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  • ESL 170: Intermediate Grammar

    3.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Provides intensive practice for non-native English speaking students who want to improve their knowledge of intermediate English grammar. Focuses on the structures that often prove troublesome for students. Also suitable for those students who want to review intermediate grammar structures. Prerequisite: C- or above in ESL 131, ESL 169, or Placement Test
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  • ESL 171: Advanced Grammar

    3.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Provides intensive practice for non-native English-speaking students who want to improve their knowledge of advanced English grammar. Focus is on advanced structures that often prove troublesome. The class will also provide practice and review for many advanced structures used at higher levels of ESL and in mainstream courses. Prerequisites: C- or above in ESL 131 or Placement Test
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  • ESL 180: English Pronunciation

    3.00 Credits
    Holyoke Community College

    Helps non-native English speakers improve their pronunciation of spoken English. Emphasis is on the specific individual sounds of English and also on the stress, rhythm, and intonation of the spoken language. Students will analyze the speech of native speakers and their own speech in order to improve comprehension and comprehensibility. Prerequisites: C- or above in ESL 108 or Placement Test
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