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3.00 Credits
This introductory level course provides instruction in basic academic reading skills. Students practice identifying simple main ideas, classifying and organizing primary information, preparing short summaries, and using context clues to identify vocabulary meaning. (Students must possess a basic understanding of English to enter this course). Prerequisite: Enrollment based on placement test scores.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory level course provides instruction in basic academic writing skills. Students practice writing simple topic sentences, placing written information in a logical order, using brainstorming and freewriting techniques to generate ideas, and creating short written outlines. (Students must possess a basic understanding of English to enter this course). Prerequisite: Enrollment based on placement test scores.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory level course provides instruction in basic grammar skills. It focuses on simple, perfect, and continuous verb tenses; active and passive voices; the use of articles, gerunds and infinitives; and various other basic grammatical structures. (Students must possess a basic understanding of English to enter this course). Prerequisite: Enrollment based on placement test scores.
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3.00 Credits
This low-intermediate to intermediate level course builds upon the listening and speaking skills introduced in EL 010. Students practice listening to academic lectures, taking effective notes, using intonation to understand meaning, distinguishing between vocabulary words with similar pronunciation, and communicating through debate and discussion. Prerequisite: EL 010 or appropriate score on placement test.
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3.00 Credits
This low-intermediate to intermediate level course builds upon the reading skills introduced in EL 011. Students practice scanning written material for important information, skimming for main ideas, predicting reading content, understanding conclusions, making inferences, distinguishing facts from opinions, and previewing vocabulary meaning. Prerequisite: EL 011 or appropriate score on placement test.
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3.00 Credits
This low-intermediate to intermediate level course builds upon the writing skills introduced in EL 012. Students practice writing topic sentences of increased complexity, arranging written ideas in order of importance, editing and proofreading text for clarity, writing concluding sentences, adding details to a paragraph, and making comparisons. Prerequisite: EL 012 or appropriate score on placement test.
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3.00 Credits
This low-intermediate to intermediate level course builds upon the grammar skills introduced in EL 013. It focuses on the perfect and progressive verb tenses, modals, phrasal verbs, compound and complex sentences, comparative and superlative adjective forms, adjective clauses, count and noncount nouns, and conditional sentences. Prerequisite: EL 013 or appropriate score on placement test.
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3.00 Credits
This high-intermediate level course builds upon the listening and speaking skills presented in EL 020. Students practice accurately pronouncing English words, using various spoken expressions and phrases, discussing main ideas in conversations, using "tag" questions to ask for information, andinferring meaning from spoken context clues. Prerequisite: EL 020 or appropriate score on placement test.
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3.00 Credits
This high-intermediate level course builds upon the reading skills presented in EL 021. Students practice skimming and scanning written materials for information; defining vocabulary through the identification of word parts, such as synonyms, antonyms, and context clues; identifying supporting details; predicting events in a reading passage; and understanding figurative language. Prerequisite: EL 021 or appropriate score on placement test.
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3.00 Credits
This high-intermediate level course builds upon the writing skills presented in EL 022. Students practice creating effective topic sentences; editing paragraphs and essays for coherence, unity, and organization; writing about cause/effect and comparison/contrast relationships; using quotations, paraphrasing, and sensory details to support opinions; and editing for coherence. Prerequisite: EL 022 or appropriate score on placement test.
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