Las Positas College | Spring 2023 | Class Schedule

38 SPRING 2023 925.424.1000 | [email protected] SPRING 2023 - COURSE LISTINGS Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. periods as reflected in the literature of people of the African diaspora created in America. Prerequisite: ENG 1A with a minimum grade of C 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 aminimumgrade 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 10002000 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 ENG 35 MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3.0 Units U.S. literature from the second half of the 19th century to the present, including poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays. Emphasizes literary analysis and the exploration each work in relation to its social, cultural and historical contexts. Prerequisite: ENG 1A with a minimum grade of C ENG 42 LITERATURE AFRICAN DIASPORA 3.0 Units Form, development, and cultural and historic insights of literature of the African diaspora in America and the United States, including some or all of the following: short fiction and novels, oral history and memoir, poetry, plays, songs, popular culture, and nonfiction; exploration of particular themes or ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) FLOW CHART ESL 121B ESL 120B ESL 123 ESL 126 ESL 121A ESL 120A ESL 123 ESL 126 ESL 131B ESL 130B ESL 133 ESL 136 Placement level is determined by the ESL Assessment. Please see LPC Assessment Center website for details. ENGLISH 4 OR 7 ENGLISH 1A A.S. A.A. ESL 24 ESL 23 ESL 26 ESL 25 ESL 26 ESL 23 UC & CSU Transferrable ESL 131A ESL 130A ESL 133 ESL 136 START HERE + OR + + OR + + OR + + OR + OR + OR +

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