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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0043 or placed into course through appropriate assessment. The capstone reading course prepares students to transition into college-level courses. Skills and strategies from previous courses are expanded to include evaluating the strength of an argument, identifying bias, and analyzing the strength and relevance of supporting details and assessing the author's credibility. Students paraphrase and summarize academic texts as well as explore figurative language and literary devices. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085612
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1.00 Credits
This course provides instruction in special topics related to reading. The content may include reviewing reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and critical thinking skills as well as learning to value cultural differences. This course is open only to students whose first language is not English. This course may be repeated for credit. (3 Lab.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085612
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate assessment. This course focuses on students writing a series of sentences correctly in an informal paragraph. It covers mastery of standard sentence structure, an introduction to end-of-sentence punctuation, and exposure to basic vocabulary. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085412
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0.00 Credits
These courses are designed to help students increase fluency and build confidence in writing. The courses focus on writing as a process. Through inventing, drafting, and revising, students write for specific audiences and purposes.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0051 or placed into course through appropriate assessment. This course introduces the elements of formal paragraph structure as well as writing as a process - inventing, drafting, revising, and editing. It emphasizes a variety of modes such as narration, description, definition, and explanation. (1 Lec., 3 Lab) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085412
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0052 or placed into course through appropriate assessment. This course reviews the elements of paragraph structure and introduces the essay through writing as a process. It emphasizes the development and organization of informative essays such as classification, cause/effect, and comparison/contrast. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085412
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0053 or placed into course through appropriate assessment. This course involves a review of essay structure with emphasis on development and organization of informative and persuasive/argumentative essays. It introduces paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesis of information along with library and internet research skills for essay writing. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085412
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1.00 Credits
This course provides instruction in special topics related to writing. The content may include reviewing single and multi-paragraph compositions, sentence structure, and edited American usage as well as developing awareness of organizational conventions of written American English. This course is open only to students whose first language is not English. This course may be repeated for credit. (3 Lab.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085412
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Appropriate assessment. This first grammar course covers count/noncount nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, basic sentence patterns, as well as the following verb tenses - simple present and past, present and past progressive, and future. These basic elements of English grammar are necessary for writing correct sentences and paragraphs. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 3201085712
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0.00 Credits
These courses are designed to complement the ESOL 0051-0054 writing series. They provide instruction and practice with discrete grammar points necessary for effective writing.
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