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194 ENGLISH AS A SECOND 116
COMPOSITION, READING, AND LANGUAGE READING AND VOCABULARY FOR
FRESHMAN ENGLISH ESL I STUDENTS
7.0 Units 3.0 Units
The Credit ESL Program prepares students for
ENGL 194 is designed for students who want academic and work life in the United States. NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
to prepare for the writing required in college The various writing, reading, and listening and ESL 116 is designed to help beginning Credit
classes and other settings and continue speaking classes in the program prepare students ESL students read academic passages. The
through to transfer-level college English (the to strengthen their communication skills through course places heavy emphasis on academic
course combines English 120 (the level below reading, writing, listening, speaking and/or interdisciplinary vocabulary development.
English 101) and Freshman English 101). In conversing and/or debating, and interpersonal Students use various reading strategies
addition to off ering practice in the mechan- interactions. ESL students learn to listen, under- to increase their comprehension. Lecture
ics, style, and organization of paragraphs and stand, debate and express themselves clearly and 3 hours. Prerequisite: Placement is based
essays, the course emphasizes practice in the concisely to others, as well as, using information on a composite of test scores and academic
writing of thesis-based essays and the critical communicated by others. background. Recommended Preparation:
analysis of selected prose works dealing with Concurrent enrollment in an appropriate
important contemporary ideas. English 194 111 Credit ESL listening and speaking course
students read and discuss selected themati- GRAMMAR AND WRITING I and a Credit ESL grammar and writing
cally organized prose works, learn to iden- 5.0 Units course. Course Typically Off ered: Fall/
tify problems, examine possible solutions, NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE Spring.
recognize unstated assumptions and values, ESL 111 focuses on grammar and composi- 118
appraise evidence, evaluate arguments, draw tion for students at the beginning level of BASIC SPELLING FOR NON-NATIVE
inferences, and test conclusions. Through academic English as a second language. SPEAKERS
their writing, students learn to analyze, This course provides instruction in vocabu- 2.0 Units
synthesize, organize information logically, lary, basic grammar, sentence structure,
and propose original ideas. Students also and writing. Students write academic one NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
receive instruction in research and Modern to two-paragraph descriptive and narra- ESL 118 is a course designed to improve
Language Association (MLA) documentation tive compositions of 100-150 words in the spelling profi ciency of those students
and will be required to complete one short length. The course stresses the correct use whose native language is not English. There
and one longer fully documented research of a variety of grammatical structures and is a special emphasis on the relationship of
paper. Note: Students who have success- verb tenses within compositions. Lecture pronunciation to spelling. Lecture 2 hours.
fully completed ENGL 120 or ENGL 101 are 5 hours. Prerequisite: Placement is based Prerequisite: Eligibility for ESL 123. Course
not eligible to receive credit for ENGL 194. on a composite of test scores and academic Typically Off ered: Fall/Spring.
Lecture 7 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL 191 background. Recommended Preparation: 123
or placement based on a composite of test Concurrent enrollment in an appropriate GRAMMAR AND WRITING II
scores and academic background. Recom- ESL listening and speaking course and a 5.0 Units
mended Preparation: ENGL 192 (ENGL 192 reading course. Course Typically Off ered: NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
may be taken concurrently). Recommended Fall/Spring. ESL 123 focuses on grammar and composi-
Corequisite: LIB 190. Transfer Credit: CSU.
115 tion for students at the low intermediate level
212 LISTENING AND SPEAKING I of English as a second language. Students
ADVANCED SCREENWRITING 3.0 Units write two-to-three paragraph compositions
3.0 Units NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE of 200-250 words in length. The course
ENGL 212 is a continuation of English 112. ESL 115 is designed for students who stresses the correct use of a variety of gram-
Students will learn to think critically and cannot communicate eff ectively even in the matical structures and verb tenses within
develop their screenwriting skills through most basic situations on the community compositions. Lecture 5 hours. Prerequisite:
reading selected screenplays and viewing college campus. Dialogues are presented, Placement is based on a composite of test
dramatic scenes portrayed on fi lm. Students and students participate in role plays of scores and academic background or ESL 111.
will analyze fi lms to learn the fundamentals campus-related situations in class and Recommended Preparation: Concurrent
of character development, three act structure, on the campus at large. Clear speaking, enrollment in an appropriate ESL listening
and cinematic sequences. Students will listening, and pronouncing are stressed in and speaking course and a reading course.
develop a variety of feature length scenarios, classroom drills and activities. Laboratory Course Typically Off ered: Winter/Spring/
choosing one to outline as a feature length assignments may be made by the instructor Summer/Fall.
fi lm. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL based on individual student needs. Lecture
112 or equivalent. Course Typically Off ered: 5 hours. Prerequisite: Placement is based
Spring (Odd Years Only). on a composite of test scores and academic
background. Recommended Preparation:
Concurrent enrollment in an ESL gram-
mar and writing course. Course Typically
Off ered: Fall/Spring.

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