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English as a Second Language
School of Language and Literature To contact instructors, click on their names to get the email addresses of full-time professors or the appropriate school contact information for adjunct faculty. ESL 12 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: PRACTICUM I - 1 Unit Pass/No Pass only. Provides development, maintenance, and reinforcement of English language skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking to beginning-level students. [ND]
ESL 13 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: PRACTICUM II - 1 Unit Pass/No Pass only. [Recommended Preparation: ESL 20 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Provides development, maintenance, and reinforcement of English language skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking to intermediate-level students. [ND]
ESL 15 PRONUNCIATION FOR ESL STUDENTS - 2 Units Pass/No Pass only. [Recommended Preparation: ESL 21 or equivalent.] Designed for English as a Second Language students who wish to improve their intelligibility and aural comprehension in the English language. Emphasis will be given to the stress, rhythm, and intonation of English. Additional emphasis will be on the sounds of the vowels and consonants in English, and on how to use phonetic symbols to interpret those sounds. Strategies for self monitoring and individual study will also be presented. [ND]
ESL 20 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: GRAMMAR I - 5 Units [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 21 and 25. Recommended Preparation: Placement as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] First of a series of three English as a Second Language grammar courses. Designed for students with very limited English background. Basic English grammar skills to be used in conversational and academic context. [ND]
ESL 21 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: LISTENING AND SPEAKING I - 3 Units [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 20 and 25.] First of a series of three listening and speaking courses for ESL students. Emphasizes listening, comprehension, and oral production. As a recommended corequisite for ESL 20 and 25, it provides coordinated grammar, syntax, and vocabulary practice with these courses. Introduction to aspects of culture. Includes laboratory activities. [ND]
ESL 25 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: WRITING I - 4 Units Fee: $1. [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 20 and 21. Recommended Preparation: Placement as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Provides beginning level ESL students with a basic knowledge of the writing process which includes pre-writing communicative activities, writing, editing, and re-writing skills. Emphasis will also be placed on vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, grammar usage, and capitalization. [ND]
ESL 27D ESL FOR CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY - 1 Unit [Limitation on Enrollment: Enrollment is limited to students enrolled in the Spanish to English Associate Teacher certificate program.] Integrates the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Supports students who wish to take CD 284 in order to receive a certificate of completion from the Child Development department. Focuses on oral and written English skills needed to interact with parents and community members. [ND]
ESL 30 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: GRAMMAR II - 5 Units [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 31, 103, and appropriate reading course. Recommended Preparation: ESL 20 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Covers the second in a series of three English as a Second Language grammar courses for students at the intermediate level. Continues to emphasize grammar while covering all the necessary skills needed to learn academic English. [ND]
ESL 31 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: LISTENING AND SPEAKING II - 3 Units [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 30 and 103.] Second of a series of three listening and speaking courses for ESL students at the intermediate level. Emphasizes listening and comprehension. As a recommended corequisite for ESL 30 and ESL 35, provides coordinated practice for grammar, syntax and vocabulary practice with these courses. Introduction to aspects of culture and practice in communicative activities. Includes laboratory activities. [ND]
ESL 40 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: GRAMMAR III - 5 Units [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 41 and 104. Recommended Preparation: ESL 30 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Completes the last in the series of English as a Second Language grammar courses for students at an advanced level. Develops grammar skills and related language competencies in sentence and paragraph writing and more advanced vocabulary. [D]
ESL 41 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: LISTENING AND SPEAKING III - 3 Units [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 40 and 104.] Designed for advanced ESL students. Promotes and emphasizes independent expression and requires demonstration of greater oral language competency. As a companion course to ESL 40, it provides coordinated practice for grammar, syntax, and vocabulary which students are learning in that course. Laboratory activities are based on communicative methodologies and include culture, as well as vocational and academic material. [D]
ESL 52 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE---BASIC READING - 4 Units [Recommended Preparation: ESL 50 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Improves student's basic reading skills. Focuses on the specialized needs of the ESL and developmental student. Provides effective strategies for reading: vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and critical thinking skills at the fourth grade level. (Same as RDG 52.) [ND]
ESL 54 ESL FOR TECHNOLOGY - 1 Unit Pass/No Pass only. Provides the linguistic and basic technology skills English as a Second Language (ESL) learners need in order to be able to succeed in web-enhanced, hybrid, and online ESL classes. It also prepares students linguistically to take CIS classes on technology. (Formerly ESL 295M.) [ND]
ESL 103 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: WRITING II - 4 Units Fee: $1. [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 30 and 31. Recommended Preparation: ESL 25 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Second writing course in a series of three. Continues to emphasize pre-writing communicative activities, writing, editing, and re-writing skills. Also, emphasizes sentence combining at a compound/complex level. [D; CSU]
ESL 104 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: WRITING III - 4 Units Fee: $1. [Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: ESL 40 and 41. Recommended Preparation: ESL 103 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Advanced level ESL writing course--the last in a series of three. Continued emphasis on pre-writing communicative activities, writing, editing, and re-writing skills. Also emphasizes independent writing. [D; CSU]
ESL 115 COLLEGE SUCCESS FOR ESL STUDENTS - 2 Units Team-taught, activity-centered course designed to assist students in developing specific skills and knowledge to manage their personal and academic lives in order to achieve their educational goals of preparing for transfer to a university. Cooperative learning will be stressed. Class will be conducted in English and Spanish. (Same as PD 115.) [D; CSU]
Total Courses: 16 Total Sections: 25 |
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