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[email protected] SPRING 2022 - COURSE LISTINGS Please refer to the online schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section details and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE ESL 24 ADV. READING AND COMPOSITION I 6.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year advanced reading and writing course for academic purposes. Emphasis is on critical reading techniques and writing expository essays as well as on grammar and vocabulary development. Prerequisite: ESL 121B with a minimum grade of Pass or Placement through the ESL assessment process ESL 25 ADV. READING AND COMPOSITION II 6.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year advanced reading and writing course for academic purposes. Emphasis is on critical reading and techniques of exposition, analysis, and argumentation. Prerequisite: ESL 24 with a minimum grade of C or Placement through the ESL assessment process. ESL 26 ADVANCED EDITING 3.0 Units This course is designed to increase students’ awareness of their own use of written language, and give them practice in editing strategies which will enable them to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. Prerequisite: ESL 120B or NESL 220B and ESL 121B or NESL 221B with a minimum grade of P or placement through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 26 and ESL 24 or 25. ESL 100 BEGINNING SPELLING FOR ENGLISH 1.0 Units This is a one semester beginning spelling class, designed to enable English language learners to recognize and use beginning sound/ spelling patterns in English, develop an understanding of the sounds and symbols of English, including open/closed syllables, short and long vowel sounds, consonant, and consonant cluster sounds, as well as the spelling of homophones and other problem words in everyday English. The course will also focus on basic dictionary skills to improve student autonomy. ESL 110 BEGINNING VOCABULARY SKILLS 1.0 Units This is a beginning level vocabulary skills class, designed to enable English language learners to improve language proficiency by learning new vocabulary and developing vocabulary-building skills. The class will focus on the 0-1000 most common words in English, dictionary skills, and beginning morphology including prefixes, suffixes and roots. ESL 115 INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY SKILLS 1.0 Units This is an intermediate level vocabulary skills class, designed to enable English language learners to improve language proficiency by learning new vocabulary and developing vocabulary-building skills. The class will focus on the 1000-2000 most common words in English, dictionary skills, and intermediate morphology including prefixes, suffixes and roots. Prerequisite: ESL 131B with a minimum grade of P or placement through assessment or NESL 231B with a minimum grade of P ESL 120A INTERM. GRAMMAR/READ, WRITE I 3.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in intermediate grammar for academic writing and reading designed to enable students to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. This course focuses on compound and complex sentences, verb tense and form, and modals. This course also emphasizes grammar analysis, detecting and correcting grammatical errors, and self-editing skills. Prerequisite: ESL 130B or appropriate skill level demonstrated through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120A, 121A and 123 or 126. ESL 120B INTERM. GRAMMAR/READ, WRITE II 3.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in intermediate grammar for academic writing and reading designed to enable students to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately in written expression. The course focuses on compound and complex sentences and short paragraphs, overview of the verb tense system in English, verb forms with gerunds and infinitives, verb forms in modifying phrases, and modals. This course also emphasizes analyzing grammar and meaning, detecting, and correcting grammatical errors, and self-editing skills. Prerequisite: ESL 120A or appropriate skill level demonstrated through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120B, 121B, and 123 or 126. ESL 121A INTERM. READING ANDWRITING 6.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in intermediate academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing sentences, paragraphs and compositions, developing strategies for reading comprehension and flexibility, on interactive reading, and on academic vocabulary development. Students will develop cultural understanding, vocabulary, and fluency through a variety of academic writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: ESL 131B with a minimum grade of Pass or placement through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120A, 121A and 123 or 126. ESL 121B HIGH-INTERMEDIATE READING 6.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in intermediate academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing sentences, paragraphs and compositions, developing strategies for reading comprehension and flexibility, on interactive reading, and academic vocabulary development. Students will develop cultural understanding and fluency through a variety of academic writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: ESL 121A with a minimum grade of C or placement through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120B, 121B and 123 or 126. ESL 123 INTERM. ORAL COMMUNICATION 2.0 Units This is an intermediate level oral communication course. This course will enable students to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately, emphasizing academic listening and speaking skills: listening and speaking in small groups, listening to short lectures on academic topics, learning academic vocabulary and expressions, making presentations on new topics. Prerequisite: ESL 130B, ESL 131B, ESL 133 or an appropriate skill level demonstrated through the ESL assessment process. ESL 130A BEGINNING GRAMMAR FOR READING 3.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in beginning grammar for academic purposes designed to enable students to understand and use English accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately. The course focuses on the connection between vocabulary and grammar, simple and compound sentences, phrases, verb forms, and verb tenses, especially simple present, simple past, and present progressive. Strongly Recommended: Placement through the ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 130A, 131A, and 133 or 136. ESL 130B HIGH-BEGINNING GRAMMAR 3.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course inbeginning grammar for academic purposes designed to enable students to identify and use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. The course focuses on simple and compound sentences, word order, verb tenses: simple present, past, and future as well as present and past progressive, verb forms, modals, phrases, and vocabulary development. Prerequisite: ESL 130A or NESL 230A with a minimum grade of P or placement