3 courses with the subject ESL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ESL 091English as a Second Language I6
This course is designed to help non-native speakers of English to become proficient in the use of the English language. Instruction is provided in all the basic skills: listening, comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. English as a second language courses are required for all non-native speakers of English unless exempted by a proficiency test which will be administered by the TESOL faculty. Students will be placed in the appropriate level of ESL courses through testing administered by the TESOL faculty, and will be assigned work in the classes based on levels of competency in all basic skills. Progress will be monitored through course work and progress exams. Students placed in 091 may progress to credit English classes by demonstrating proficiency in all areas through an exit exam administered by the TESOL faculty or by successfully remediating any areas of weakness as required by the TESOL faculty. Students who cannot successfully complete the exit exam or the remediation must successfully complete 092 before progressing to credit English classes. This course does not count toward graduation requirements, and the grades earned are not included in the grade point average.
This course is designed to help non-native speakers of English to become proficient in the use of the English language. Instruction is provided in all the basic skills: listening, comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. English as a second language courses are required for all non-native speakers of English unless exempted by a proficiency test which will be administered by the TESOL faculty. Students will be placed in the appropriate level of ESL courses through testing administered by the TESOL faculty, and will be assigned work in the classes based on levels of competency in all basic skills. Progress will be monitored through course work and progress exams. Students placed in 092 may progress to credit English classes by demonstrating proficiency in all areas through an exit exam administered by the TESOL faculty or by successfully remediating any areas of weakness as required by the TESOL faculty. This course does not count toward graduation requirements, and the grades earned are not included in the grade point average.
ESL 094English as a Second Language Special Topics3
This course will be taught as interest among the students and availability of faculty allow. Possible topics include English for Academic Purposes (EAP), including English that will support college coursework, and English for Specific Purposes (ESP), such as English that will assist educators, businesspeople, medical professionals, lawyers, engineers, scientists, artists, and other learners with focused language needs. In general, this course will focus on listening comprehension; authentic listening situations; presentations; discussion; vocabulary acquisition; fluency; accuracy in pronunciation; morphosyntactical, semantic, and pragmatic competence with grammatical structures; the application of reading strategies to a variety of academic and/or professional texts; reading comprehension; vocabulary acquisition; phonemic awareness (with phonics); writing as a rhetorical process; and mechanics. This course does not count toward graduation requirements, and the grades earned are not included in the grade point average.
