| COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
1. Beginning Level
ESL 100A: Target 2000 (3 units)
In this course, students will learn the 2000 most frequently used
Basic English words and how to properly use these words in Appropriate
contexts.
ESL 100B: Target 1000 (8 units)
In this course, students will add another 1,000 English
words to the 2,000 words learned in ESL 100A. These words are
more complex and abstract than those previously learned.
ESL 101: Pre-Conversation (4 units)
Pre-Conversation is a course for students who have had no Experience
with conversation courses, as well as for students who may have
had previous experience but would to brush up
their skills.
ESL 102A: Basic Conversation (3 units)
Students will learn basic conversational skills at the
beginning level based on a communicative syllabus. Lessons will
be organized around specific contextual situations, while teaching
only the vocabulary and the grammar necessary for understanding
the message.
ESL 102B: Language Lab (3 units)
This is a required laboratory course for students enrolled
in ESL 102A and must be taken concurrently.
ESL 120: Popular Culture- Songs (1 units)
Students will gain competence in idiomatic and colloquial
expressions, cultural references, and other items of culture through
the study of popular songs.
ESL 125: American Cultural Orientation
(1 units)
This course focuses on the paralinguistic aspects of communication
(e.g. American gestures, expressing emotions, showing approval
and disapproval, and greetings).
ESL 130: Language Fieldwork 130 (3 units)
This course offers students the opportunity to get out
into the “real” world and try out their language skills. Students
learn how to communicate in simple language situations, such as
ordering meals at a fast food restaurant, making purchases in
store, mailing packages at the post office, and many others.
ESL 140: Pre-Beginning Reading (3 units)
This course offers the student instruction and practice of basic
skills using real storybooks. The focus is on vocabulary development
and improving reading rate and comprehension.
ESL 141: Reading comprehension (3 units)
The reading comprehension class provides opportunities
to read real texts and stories commonly known to most Americans.
Again the focus is on vocabulary development and improving reading
rate and comprehension.
ESL 150: Pre-beginning writing (2 units)
Students will begin to learn to express themselves in writing
when completing elementary writing tasks. They will learn how
to write simple descriptions, chronologies, and analysis.
ESL 151: Beginnings writing (2 units)
This course combines writing skills with reading /thinking
skills necessary for success in academic writing tasks.
2. Low Intermediate Level
ESL 201A: Intermediate Conversation (3
units)
Students learn and practice English conversational skills
while following a grammatical syllabus focused on situational
and functional units.
ESL 201B: Language lab (3 units)
This is a required laboratory course for students enrolled
in ESL 201A and should be taken concurrently.
ESL 210: Creative Conversation (2 units)
In this course, students create individual dialogues, varying
by situation, appropriate to the solving of problems, obtaining
needed information, making friends, getting around, and others.
Students learn to recognize the cultural nuances inherent in verbal
and non-verbal communications.
ESL 220: Popular Culture- Songs (1 units)
Students will increase listening comprehension, writing, reading,
and speaking skills through the study of popular songs. Students
will learn related items of popular culture. Elementary details
about cultural icons, trends, movements, etc., are presented and
discussed. Students will gain competence in idiomatic and colloquial
expressions, cultural references, and other items of popular culture
through the study of popular songs.
ESL 230: Language Fieldwork (2 units)
In this course, students study aspects of more complex
language situations (i.e., restaurant protocol, department store
shopping-working with clerks, map reading and asking directions).
Weekly field trips are made to specific locales where students
are required to complete
specific language tasks and to participate in debriefing sessions.
ESL 240: Reading comprehension (3 units)
The reading class provides opportunities to read real texts
and stories suitable for intermediate ESL students. The focus
is on intensive vocabulary development including idioms and idiomatic
expressions used by Americans of all ages. Exercises for improving
reading rate and comprehension are part of the course requirements.
ESL 250 A: Intermediate Writing Skills
(2 units)
Students are required to read true stories in order to
develop vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, and writing skills.
After work on each lesson, students will be asked to write short
summaries and critical commentaries on chosen newspaper or magazine
articles (i.e., science news, political news, features, “Dear
Abby”, straight news, editorials, columns), short
academic pieces, or items from the class text.
ESL 270: Academic Writing (2 units)
Students study and practice, utilizing a step-by-step process,
requisite skills for successful writing. They will learn how to
create different kinds of writing products, along with the grammar
needed to produce them.
Students will learn about organizing writing tasks in this course
and should complete the course as more proficient and confident
writers.
3. High Intermediate Level
ESL 202A: Intermediate Conversation (3
units)
Students study and practice English conversational skills
and at the same time develop skills in speaking, reading, writing,
and listening.
This course is based on a multiple-skills approach, which links
grammar, communications skills, functions, and topics.
ESL 202B: Language Lab (3 units)
This is a required laboratory course for students enrolled
in ESL 202A, and must be taken concurrently.
ESL 215: Listening Comprehension (2 units)
In this course, students focus on developing solid listening
comprehension skills. Success in academic environments depends
on understanding a large majority of what is presented, discussed,
and analyzed and being able to record and discuss what one has
comprehended. This course will begin to develop such skills.
ESL 241: Reading Comprehension (3 units)
This reading class continues the development of reading
skills presented in ESL 240. However the texts and stories used
are somewhat more difficult.
The focus remains the same.
ESL 250B: Intermediate Writing Skills (2
units)
Students are required to read true stories in order to
develop vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, and writing skills.
After study of each lesson, students will be asked to write short
summaries and critical commentaries on chosen newspaper or magazines
articles (i.e., science news, political news, features, “Dear
Abby”, editorials, columns), short academic pieces,
and/or items from textbooks.
ESL 271: Academic Writing (2 units)
This course builds on ESL 270 by trai9ning students in
the fundamentals of academic writing, such as composing good topic
sentences, supporting details, ordering details, eliminating irrelevancies,
transitional words, developing conclusions.
ESL 275: Speech (2 units)
In this course, students will gain ease and confidence
in public speaking.
Students will practice giving short and long speeches about anything-
from the trivial to the important - and, in the process, will
learn how to think quickly and to present articulately what comes
to mind. Also, students will learn how to organize one’s thoughts
while on one’s feet
and then present them in interesting ways.
ESL 295: Writing Tutorial (1 unit)
Students will receive one-on-one instruction on writing tasks
specific to each student’s on-going academic work. This course
will refine and perfect writing and communication skills relevant
to other course work.
4. Advanced Level
ESL 301: Advanced Conversation (3 units)
Students will learn how to use American idioms in conversation.
Students will study how idioms are used in a variety of communicative
settings - newspaper articles, letters, radio talk shows - within
such wide-ranging topics as intellectual ideas and romance.
ESL 302: Advanced Conversation (3 units)
Students will learn how to use more effectively the English they
have acquired. They will learn communicative skills such as persuading,
apologizing, and presenting complaints and others.
ESL 315: Listening Comprehension (2 units)
Students will increase listening skills needed for success
at the college level. Students will gain confidence in such skills
as selective listening, note-taking, reviewing of key ideas, retaining
information, and applying new knowledge.
ESL 320: Popular Culture (2 units)
In this course, students have the opportunity to make an
in-depth look at various lifestyles current in American culture,
such as New Age philosophy, homosexuality, multiculturalism, vegetarianism,
body building.
ESL 340: Reading comprehension (3 units)
This advanced reading class provides opportunities to read
academic texts and works of literature which are familiar to a
majority of educated Americans. The focus is on rapid vocabulary
development including antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, and idiomatic
expressions.
Timed reading exercises and comprehension quizzes are used often.
ESL 365: Video Lab (2 units)
Students develop all language skills during this course:
listening, speaking, analyzing/thinking, reading, and writing.
Various video technologies are used.
ESL 366: Video Lab (2 units)
Students further increase all language skills during this
course, utilizing various video modalities: listening, speaking
analyzing/thinking, reading, and writing.
ESL 370: Advanced Writing (2 units)
In this course students will examine the mechanics of narrative
writing skills and develop expository writing skills.
ESL 371: Academic Writing (2 units)
Students will refine and perfect their writing skills with
particular emphasis on how to use outside references to benefit
academic writing and make use of the wealth of knowledge available
in libraries.
ESL 375 Speech and Debate (2 units)
This course is designed to develop critical intellectual
inquiry and debate skills, focusing on argumentation and persuasion.
ESL 376: Speech and Debate (2 units)
In this course, students further develop critical intellectual
inquiry and debate skills.
ESL 395: Writing Tutorial (2 units)
One-on-one instruction is provided for writing tasks specific
to each student’s on-going academic work. This course will refine
and perfect writing and communication skills relevant to other
course work also.
ESL 396: Writing Tutorial (2 units)
In this continuation of ESL 395, students receive additional
one-on-one instruction on writing tasks specific to each student’s
on-going academic work. This course will refine and perfect
writing and communication skills relevant to other course work
also.
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