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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLL 50 with a grade of "C" or better, or placementthrough assessment. Advisory: concurrent enrollment in an ESL Reading and Writing course at the student's assessed level. Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 72 hours LEC This is a course to further practice and develop listening and speaking for academic purposes, including comprehension of lecture, note-taking, and classroom discussion. This course covers a review of American English sounds with emphasis on understanding and producing stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns to communicate effectively. May be taken twice for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLL 310 with a grade of "C" or better or placementthrough assessment. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in an ESL Reading and Writing skill course at the student's assessed level. Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 72 hours LEC This is a course with intensive practice in listening and active participation strategies for American college courses. Activities include listening to extended lectures from various subject areas, refi ning note-taking skills, participating in in-depth discussions, and giving oral presentations. Practice of pronunciation skills will continue. May be taken twice for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLL 30 with a grade of "C" or better, or placementthrough assessment. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in an ESL Reading and Writing course at the student's assessed level. Hours: 72 hours LEC This is a course that develops the listening and speaking skills needed to succeed in college courses. Activities will focus on developing phrases and sentences to communicate ideas in familiar situations. The course includes group and individual listening and speaking activities, an overview of American English sounds, and practice in stress, rhythm, and intonation. May be taken twice for credit.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLL 40 with a grade of "C" or better or placementthrough assessment. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in an ESL Reading and Writing course at the student's assessed level. Hours: 72 hours LEC This is a course to help students understand and be understood in both familiar and unfamiliar situations. Class activities will introduce academic listening and speaking activities and will continue to work on pronunciation skills. May be taken twice for credit.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLL 20, ESLR 20, and ESLW 20 with grade of "C" orbetter; or placement through the assessment process. Hours: 54 hours LAB This laboratory course enables English as a Second Language students placed at the novice-high through high-intermediate levels to develop and reinforce specifi c listening and speaking skills while working independently and/or in small groups. Coursework includes offerings in listening comprehension, conversational skills, pronunciation, vocabulary and oral grammar topics. Students may register until the twelfth week of the semester as space permits and may earn .5 unit of credit for every 27 hours of work. ESLL 97 is graded credit/no-credit and may be taken four times.
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4.00 Credits
Advisory: One year of adult school and concurrent enrollment in ESL Writing and Listening/Speaking courses at the student's assessed levels are highly recommended. Hours: 72 hours LEC This course, intended for non-native speakers of English, focuses on literal understanding of basic vocabulary and readings at the Novice level. There is a focus on expanding basic vocabulary through readings, word parts, and word form activities. The concepts of using context and giving personal reactions to readings are introduced.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLR 20 with a grade of "C" or better or, for those notpreviously enrolled in ESLR 20, placement through the assessment process. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in an ESL Listening and Speaking and Writing course at the student's level. Hours: 72 hours LEC This course focuses on literal comprehension of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs in short texts at the Novice-High level. Topics include core vocabulary, spelling rules, and grammar necessary to understand short readings.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLR 50 with a grade of "C" or better, or placementthrough assessment. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in other ESL skills at the student's assessed level. Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 72 hours LEC This course focuses on the introduction of academic reading skills with an emphasis on speed, vocabulary expansion, and comprehension of ideas, and introduces library use. Practice will be provided in understanding, paraphrasing, summarizing, and responding, either orally or in writing, to ideas expressed in reading.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLR 310 with a grade of "C" or better or placementthrough assessment. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in other ESL skills at the student's assessed level. Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 72 hours LEC This course focuses on refi ning academic reading skills with an emphasis on speed, vocabulary development, and analytical comprehension. It also will include practice in research and synthesizing skills and extensive writing based on critical analysis of readings.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESLR 320 with a grade of "C" or better, or placementthrough assessment. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in an ESL Listening and Speaking and Writing course at the student's assessed level. Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 72 hours LEC This course is designed to improve vocabulary and reading skills for the advanced ESL learner. Readings will include various forms of literature from a variety of cultural groups. It covers a wide variety of selections including essays, poetry, drama, short stories and novels. This course emphasizes critical thinking and reading skills needed for academic performance: (1) vocabulary development (2) analysis and comprehension skills (3) fl exibility of reading rate. It also emphasizes the comparison contrast of universal and metaphoric themes, as applied in various cultures. AA/AS area 4B.
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