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Course Criteria
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6.00 Credits
This advanced course continues to focus on all basic language competency skills. Prerequisites ESLX 0141 and ESLX 0215
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6.00 Credits
In this introductory writing course, the low-intermediate ESLX student applies his/her knowledge of basic sentence structures to the development of well-written paragraphs. Prerequisites ESLX 0120
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6.00 Credits
This course helps the student develop reading skills, increase his/her vocabulary and improve his/her writing skills by applying knowledge of intermediate level sentence structures. Prerequisites ESLX 0141 or concurrent enrollment
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6.00 Credits
This advanced course provides intensive practice in writing American English, helps the student recognize grammatical problems, expands his/her written vocabulary, and prepares for the transition to ENGL 0950 or ENGL 1010. Prerequisites ESLX 0142 or concurrent enrollment
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6.00 Credits
This course focuses on developing basic communication skills through listening, vocabulary development, role playing, oral presentations and class discussions. Prerequisites ESLX 0120
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6.00 Credits
This course continues to focus on reinforcing and expanding basic communication skills through video viewing, role-playing, group discussions and oral presentations. It provides opportunities for functional use of English within the context of everyday life in North American culture. Prerequisites ESLX 0142 or ESLX 0220
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4.50 Credits
This course provides ESL students with the opportunity to learn to distinguish English sounds aurally and to produce those sounds orally in reading and speaking, to improve communication skills. Students will improve their own speech by learning English vowel and consonant sounds (Segmentals). They will practice these sounds in the classroom with their classmates and instructor, in the lab with the software programs Pronunciation Power and Clear Speech Works, and at home with the CD and accompanying exercises. Students will improve their listening abilities to better understand the speech of native speakers by studying common speech reductions. They will also be introduced to the stress, rhythm and intonation patters of English speech (Suprasegmentals). Prerequisites ESLX 0110
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4.50 Credits
This highly practical, advanced, self-paced, self-help course will be a continuation of ESLX0500 Level I Pronunciation. The students will review and build upon the skills learned in ESLX0500. While 0500 focuses on the segmentals'vowel and consonant sounds, this course will focus on the suprasegmentals'stress in words and sentences, intonation, rhythm, syllables, and problematic sounds and vocabulary from their workplace. The students will be individually assessed at the outset of the course to determine their individual needs. They will practice these patterns in the classroom with their classmates and instructor, and in the lab with the software program, 'Pronunciation in American English'. The basic premise of each chapter is: listen, record, stop, playback and compare. As there is a work-related component in this course, students are encouraged to bring their work-related vocabulary to practice in the classroom and ARC. Prerequisites ESLX 0130
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3.00 Credits
This course prepares the ESL student to take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). Prerequisites ESLX 0142 or placement testing
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4.50 Credits
This is an interdisciplinary course designed to provide a foundation for learning by having students engage in a program of coordinated reading, writing and discussion including analyzing, questioning, summarizing, and responding to various forms of media which may include paragraphs, journals, videos, magazine ads, textbooks, and short novels. Vocabulary development and grammar will be addressed in the context of student writing and speaking. (Cross-listed as ENGL 0950). Prerequisites Assessment testing or ESLX 0220
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