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ESLG
0095 Writing
(4-0-4)
This course focuses on refining organizational and editing skills and individual
needs of the students who need only to pass the Departmental Essay Competency
Exam in order to exit the writing portion of the ESL Program.
Offered: On demand.
ESLL
0070 Basic Listening and Speaking
(4-0-4)
The course focuses on comprehending and conducting brief conversations
supported by clues in context, as well as letter and word pronunciation.
Placement: Placement from ESOL skills assessment test.
Offered: On demand.
ESLL
0080 Intermediate Listening and Speaking
(4-0-4)
This course focuses on producing and understanding conversations about self,
basic academic and/or occupational interests and situations, and multiple verb
tenses.
Placement: ESLL 0070 with a grade of C or better or a qualifying score on the
ESOL skills assessment test.
Offered: On demand.
ESLL
0090 Advanced Listening and Speaking
(4-0-4)
This course focuses on complex discussions and understanding of academic,
social, and/or business lectures. Advanced idiomatic expressions, inferences, and
emotional overtones are studied, as well as shifts in registers, reductions, blends,
and American Culture protocols.
Placement: ESLL 0080 with a grade of C or better or a qualifying score on the
ESOL skills assessment test.
Offered: On demand.
ESLR
0072 Basic Reading and Vocabulary
(4-0-4)
This course focuses on reading short, simple sentences supported by pictures;
present, past, and future tense forms; common idioms; drawing simple contextual
conclusions; and content based vocabulary.
Placement: Placement from ESOL skills assessment test.
Offered: On demand.
ESLR
0082 Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary
(4-0-4)
This course focuses on the use of contextual clues to predict meaning and ideas
within a paragraph. Limited occupational, academic, internet, or news items are
studied, as well as skimming, scanning, distinguishing between main and
supporting ideas, and developing spelling and vocabulary skills through the use of
key terms in readings.
Placement: ESLR 0072 with a grade of C or better or a qualifying score on the
ESOL skills assessment test.
Offered: On demand.
ESLR
0092 Advanced Reading and Vocabulary
(4-0-4)
This course focuses on understanding contextual meaning, word forms,
synonyms, and connotation. Distinction between fact and opinion in writing is
studied, as well as paraphrasing sentences, and reading articles, periodicals,
academic texts with more abstract and grammatical complexity, and internet
research.
Placement: ESLR 0082 with a grade of C or better or a qualifying score on the
ESOL skills assessment test.
Offered: On demand.