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  • 3.00 Credits

    (Formerly English as a Second Language 162.) Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. (Restricted to students whose native language is not English.) Prerequisite: English as a Second Language 252 or a qualifying score on the English as a Second Language placement test. Corequisite: English as a Second Language 262 students may also enroll in English as a Second Language 261 and 263 concurrently. Three hours lecture, one-half additional hour to be arranged working in Cross Cultural Partners and/or use of the English as a Second Language Laboratory and/or use of the Listening and Speaking Laboratory and/or work in the Writing and Reading Center and/or civic engagement and/or community service. Development of advanced reading comprehension, vocabulary building skills, and improved reading rate in extended written materials.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Formerly English as a Second Language 163.) Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. (Restricted to students whose native language is not English.) Prerequisite: English as a Second Language 225 and 253; or a qualifying score on the English as a Second Language placement test. Corequisite: English as a Second Language 263 students may also enroll in English as a Second Language 261 and 262 concurrently. Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged working in Cross Cultural Partners and/or use of the English as a Second Language Laboratory and/or use of the Listening and Speaking Laboratory and/or work in the Writing and Reading Center and/or civic engagement and/or community service. Paragraph and short essay writing skills. Using clear expository English prose in well-developed paragraphs and short essays.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    (Formerly English as a Second Language 164.) Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. (Restricted to students whose native language is not English.) Prerequisite: English as a Second Language 225, 251, 252 and 253. Advisory: English as a Second Language 263 or 273 (may be taken concurrently). One hour lecture-laboratory. Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course. Development of writing skills with an emphasis on the ability to summarize, analyze and respond to reading selections in well-developed extended discourse.
  • 5.00 Credits

    (Formerly English as a Second Language 172.) Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. (Restricted to students whose native language is not English.) Prerequisite: Reading 200 (or Language Arts 200), or English as a Second Language 262; or a qualifying score on the English as a Second Language Placement Test. Corequisite: May be taken concurrently with English as a Second Language 273. Five hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged working in Cross Cultural Partners and/or use of the English as a Second Language Laboratory and/or use of the Listening and Speaking Laboratory and/or work in the Writing and Reading Center and/or civic engagement and/or community service. Development of academic vocabulary and reading skills through extensive reading of college level material in English.
  • 5.00 Credits

    (Formerly English as a Second Language 173.) Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. (Restricted to students whose native language is not English.) Prerequisite: English Writing 200 and Reading 200 (or Language Arts 200), or English as a Second Language 261, 262 and 263 with a grade of C or better; or qualifying score on the English as a Second Language placement test. Corequisite: English as a Second Language 273 students must also enroll in English as a Second Language 226; and may also enroll in English as a Second Language 272. Five hours lecture. Principles of paragraph and short essay writing.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Formerly English as a Second Language 174.) Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. (Recommended for students whose native language is not English and students who wish to improve their grammar and proofreading skills.) Prerequisite: English as a Second Language 261, 262, 263; English Writing 200. (Also listed as English Writing 274. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. Focus on helping students become successful academic writers by addressing their needs (a) to understand grammatical structures fundamental to college writing and (b) to develop effective proofreading skills.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. One and one-half hours laboratory. (May be taken up to six times for credit.) Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course. Interactive, computer-based multimedia course providing practice in listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills for non-native speakers of English using English as a Second Language software. Prescriptive individual educational plan provided for each student.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    (Formerly English as a Second Language 191.) Credit course - Does not apply to De Anza Associate degree. Advisory: English as a Second Language 244. (Also listed as Skills 291. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) One and one-half hours laboratory. (Any combination of Skills 291 and English as a Second Language 291 may be taken six times for credit.) Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course. Interactive computer-based multimedia course providing practice in listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills for nonnative speakers of English. Prescriptive individual educational plan provided for each student. Videos in realistic school/life situations and American culture.
  • 5.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: English Writing 211 and Reading 211 (or Language Arts 211), or English as a Second Language 272 and 273, and English as a Second Language 226; or a qualifying score on the English as a Second Language placement test. Five hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged working in Cross Cultural Partners and/or use of the English as a Second Language Laboratory and/or use of the Listening and Speaking Laboratory and/or work in the Writing and Reading Center and/or civic engagement and/or community service. Practice of the techniques of expository and argumentative writing based on personal experience, critical reading, and critical thinking.
  • 5.00 Credits

    (Restricted to students whose native language is not English.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Prerequisite: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. Five hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged working in Cross Cultural Partners and/or use of the English as a Second Language Laboratory and/or use of the Listening and Speaking Laboratory and/or work in the Writing and Reading Center and/or civic engagement and/or community service. Application of critical thinking and research skills to reading and writing. Academic writing and speaking based largely on analytic and interpretive reading of culturally diverse texts including literature. Outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis in a documented research paper.
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