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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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.