This is a reading class. The goal of the class is to improve your reading comprehension skills. This will be achieved by mastering the lessons in the text book. By the end of the term you should be able to identify the main idea of a reading passage; distinguish major from minor details; recognize patterns of organization; understand the author’s purpose, and other things that will help you read faster with better comprehension. The class will also focus on developing your English vocabulary.
Welcome to Advanced Reading in College ESL. This course will focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, the use of the dictionary, and study skills, through texts of advanced difficulty.
In this course, you will continue building on the competencies achieved in ESOL011 by further developing your writing, reading and language skills, including expanding college-level vocabulary, and developing more complex sentence structure. You will work on writing multiple drafts of essays responding to texts, proofreading and editing, and preparing you to re-take the CATW exam.
This is a course in American English pronunciation and communication skills for non-native speakers of English. Students will learn and practice the sound system and work on intonation and accent.
This is the third level writing course in our ESOL program. The course focuses on further development of academic writing skills and CATW preparation with support in reading comprehension, vocabulary, syntax and grammar.
This is the site of the ESOL Language and Writing Lab. It houses tutoring materials and sites for students who are learners and speakers of English as a foreign, other or second language. The Lab assists students with second language composing, grammar and syntax practice and successful communication workshops.
