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ESL 501A:    Survival ESL I First Half

Advisory: ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is the first half of a course in survival English for students with little or no oral or written English competency. It will give students basic vocabulary and familiarity in life skill areas such as the family, food, health, and occupations. The course integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing. (ESL 501, 502, and 503 are sequential courses that may be taken in full form or in halves, preferably A before B.) This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2111 L/L HU101 GUZMAN D 3.0 TuWTh 0600P - 0730P  

 

ESL 501B:    Survival ESL I Second Half

Advisory: ESL 501A or ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is a second half of a course in survival English for students with little or no oral or written English competency. It will give students basic vocabulary and familiarity in life skill areas such as the family, food, health, and occupations. The course integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing. (ESL 501, 502, and 503 are sequential courses that may be taken in full form or in halves, preferably A before B.) This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2112 L/L HU101 GUZMAN D 3.0 TuWTh 0745P - 0915P  
2113 L/L HOL4 HOWELL J A 3.0 M WF 0745P - 0915P  

 

ESL 502A:    Survival ESL II First Half

Advisory: ESL 501 or ESL 501A and 501B or ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is the first half of a second course in survival English for students with little oral or written English competency. It will give students expanded basic vocabulary and familiarity in life skill areas such as the weather, transportation, employment, and American holidays and customs. The course integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing. (ESL 501, 502, and 503 are sequential courses that may be taken in full form or in halves, preferably A before B.) This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2114 L/L HU104 MAXWELL K 3.0 TuWTh 0600P - 0730P  
2115 L/L HOL4 HOWELL J A 3.0 M WF 0600P - 0730P  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

ESL 502B:    Survival ESL II Second Half

Advisory: ESL 501 or ESL 501A and 501B or ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is the second half of the second course in survival English for students with little oral or written English competency. It will give students expanded basic vocabulary and familiarity in life skill areas such as weather, transportation, employment, and American holidays and customs. The course integrates listening, speaking, reading, writing. (ESL 501, 502, and 503 are sequential courses that may be taken in full form or in halves, preferably A before B.) This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2116 L/L LI100 POLIZZOTTO J 3.0 MTuW 0600P - 0735P  

 

ESL 503A:    Survival ESL III First Half

Advisory: ESL 502 or ESL 502A and 502B or ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is the first half of a third course in survival English for students with beginning oral or written English competency. It will reinforce basic skills learned and continue to develop vocabulary and ease of communication in life skill areas such as the family, the larger community, health, employment, and leisure activities. The course integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing. (ESL 501, 502, and 503 are sequential courses that may be taken in full form or in halves, preferably A before B.) This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2117 L/L HOL6 DIEHL K 3.0 M WF 0600P - 0730P  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

ESL 503B:    Survival ESL III Second Half

Advisory: ESL 502 or ESL 502A and 502B or ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is the second half of a third course in survival English for students with beginning oral or written English competency. It will reinforce basic skills learned and continue to develop vocabulary and ease of communication in life skill areas such as the family, the larger community, health, employment, and leisure activities. The course integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing. (ESL 501, 502, and 503 are sequential courses that may be taken in full form or in halves, preferably A before B.) This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
2118 L/L SS110 SANIDAD M 3.0 MTuW 0630P - 0800P  
2119 L/L HOL6 DIEHL K 3.0 M WF 0745P - 0915P  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

ESL 510A:    Basic ESL I

Advisory: Assessment Recommendation.
Transferable: No
This is an intensive, integrated-skill course for students with little English. Through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities, students learn to use the structures of English with increasing accuracy, while gaining basic life skills. This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0399 L/L CJ500 WEXLER L 8.0 DAILY&2. 0940A - 1130A  
0885 L/L APE120 MORA J 8.0 MW&2.3 0810A - 1020A  
    APE121 MORA J 8.0 TuThF&2. 0810A - 0935A  
0914 L/L HOL4 QUIJANO L 8.0 MTuWTh&2 0900A - 1120A  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

ESL 510B:    Basic ESL II

Advisory: ESL 510A or ESL assessment recommendation.
Transferable: No
This course is a continuation of ESL 510A. This is an intensive, integrated-skill program for students who function in a limited way in English. Through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities, students continue learning to use the structures of English with increasing accuracy, while gaining further basic life skills. This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0400 L/L CJ500 CISNEROS N 8.0 DAILY&2. 1140A - 0130P  

 

ESL 521:    Beginning ESL Listening/Speaking

Advisory: ESL 510B or ESL Assessment Test Recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 522 and 523.
Transferable: No
This course develops basic listening and speaking skills, moving from a functional survival context to academic readiness. Activities are directed at providing practice through listening exercises, role-play, pair work, small and large group discussion, interviews, and oral presentations.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0401 L/L HU104 CAMPBELL K 4.0 MWF 0810A - 0920A  
2120 L/L BU119 SHELLEY A 4.0 TuWTh 0600P - 0710P  
      SHELLEY A 4.0   0710P - 0800P  

 

ESL 522:    Beginning ESL Reading/Vocabulary

Advisory: ESL 510B or 510C or Assessment recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 521 and 523.
Transferable: No
This course begins the development of reading skills and vocabulary through the application of different reading strategies to a variety of selections on topics of interest to academically-bound students.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0402 L/L HU104 WEXLER L 3.0 TuTh 0810A - 0930A  

 

ESL 523:    Beginning ESL Grammar/Writing

Advisory: ESL 510B or ESL Assessment Test recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 521 and ESL 522.
Transferable: No
This is a beginning grammar/writing course for students with very basic grammar. The focus is on basic grammatical structures, punctuation and sentence skills.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0403 L/L HU101 SANIDAD M 5.0 MTuWTh 1110A - 1215P  

 

ESL 531:    Intermediate ESL Listening/Speaking I

Advisory: ESL 521 or ESL Assessment Test Recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 532 and 533.
Transferable: No
In this course, listening and speaking skills are developed through extended listening exercises, open-ended dialogues, pair and group discussions, oral interviews, and oral reports. Units earned in this course do not count toward the associate degree and/or certain certificate requirements.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0404 L/L HU101 SANIDAD M 4.0 MWF 0945A - 1055A  

 

ESL 532:    Intermediate ESL Reading/Vocabulary I

Advisory: ESL 522 or ESL Assessment Recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 531 and 533.
Transferable: No
This course continues the development of reading skills and vocabulary through the application of different reading strategies to a variety of selections on topics of interest to academically-bound students.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0405 L/L HU101 CISNEROS N 3.0 TuTh 0945A - 1105A  

 

ESL 533:    Intermediate ESL Grammar/Writing I

Prerequisite: ESL 523 with a grade of C or better or ESL Assessment Test recommendation.
Transferable: No
This course involves the practice and refinement of sentence and paragraph skills, structure and punctuation. Students will learn basic use of the computer as a writing tool. Units earned in this course do not count toward the associate degree and/or certain certificate requirements.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0406 L/L LI100 LAWN B 5.0 MTuWTh 1220P - 0125P  

 

ESL 541:    Intermediate ESL Listening/Speaking II

Advisory: ESL 531 or ESL Assessment Recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 542 and 543.
Transferable: No
This course expands listening and speaking skills through extended listening exercises, open-ended dialogues, pair and group discussions, oral interviews, and oral reports. Students broaden vocabulary while listening to and speaking in both formal and informal, conversational and academic situations.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0407 L/L HU104 WEXLER L 4.0 MWF 1140A - 1250P  

 

ESL 542:    Intermediate ESL Reading/Vocabulary II

Advisory: ESL 532 or ESL Assessment Recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 541 and 543.
Transferable: No
This course begins the expansion of reading skills and vocabulary development through the application of different reading strategies to a variety of selections on topics of interest to academically-bound students including selections from literature.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0408 L/L HU101 CISNEROS N 3.0 TuTh 0810A - 0930A  

 

ESL 543:    Intermediate ESL Grammar/Writing II

Prerequisite: ESL 533 with a grade of C or better or ESL assessment recommendation.
Transferable: No
This course is a continuation of ESL 533. Units earned in this course do not count toward the associate degree and/or certain certificate requirements.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0409 L/L LI100 LAWN B 5.0 MTuWF 0945A - 1050A  

 

ESL 552:    Advanced ESL Reading/Vocabulary I

Advisory: ESL 542 or ESL Assessment Recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 553 and/or ESL 555.
Transferable: No
This course focuses on academic and critical thinking skills needed to increase reading comprehension and efficiency. Emphasis is on analyzing, making inferences, taking notes, supporting opinions, summarizing and expanding vocabulary. Readings are from academic texts and literature.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0410 LEC LI100 BAAMEUR K 4.0 MWF 0810A - 0920A  

 

ESL 553:    Advanced ESL Composition I

Prerequisite: ESL 543 with a grade of C or better or ESL Assessment Test recommendation.
Transferable: No
This course is a composition course for ESL students that develops college composition skills through a review of the parts and elements of the English paragraph and an introduction to the essay form. The course focuses on the development of a paragraph and expands to the writing of multiple paragraphs in an essay. Basic rhetorical patterns and methods of organization are covered using the multiple-draft approach to writing.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0411 L/L PB12 CAMPBELL K 5.0 MTuWTh 1100A - 1205P  

 

ESL 555:    Advanced ESL Grammar

Prerequisite: ESL 543 with a grade of C or better or ESL Assessment Test Recommendation.
Advisory: Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 553 and ESL 552.
Transferable: No
This course is designed to help students improve their grammar usage so that they will be able to succeed in English composition courses. Students will enhance their writing skills by practicing with previously encountered basic structures as well as newly acquired more sophisticated ones.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0412 L/L HU104 CAMPBELL K 5.0 TuWThF 0945A - 1050A  

 

ESL 562:    Advanced ESL Reading/Vocabulary II

Advisory: ESL 552 or ESL Assessment recommendation. Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 563.
Transferable: No
This course prepares ESL students for mainstream college classes by reviewing a variety of reading skills, strategies, and topics from different academic disciplines. Students expand their academic vocabulary and read short stories or a novel for literary appreciation.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0414 LEC LI100 LAWN B 4.0 MWF 1100A - 1210P  

 

ESL 563:    Advanced ESL Composition II

Prerequisite: ESL 553 with a grade of "C" or better or ESL Assessment Test recommendation.
Advisory: Recommended concurrent enrollment in ESL 561.
Transferable: No
This course which is designed for ESL students, refines and further expands college composition skills through the writing of essays using the multiple-draft approach to writing. The course focuses on the structuring and development of an essay with the use of personal examples and/or outside sources. Students write in response to a variety of prompts and viewpoints on issues using different rhetorical patterns, and they are introduced to writing tasks used in academic disciplines other than English.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
0415 L/L PB12 BAAMEUR K 5.0 TuThF 0945A - 1050A  
    PB8 BAAMEUR K 5.0 W