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ESL 501:    Survival ESL I

Advisory: ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is 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
4406 L/L HOL4 GUZMAN D 6.0 DAILY 0910A - 1105A  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

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
6111 L/L HOL4 DIEHL K 3.0 M WF 0600P - 0730P  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

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
6113 L/L HU101 CARRILLO L 3.0 M W 0630P - 0855P  

 

ESL 502:    Survival ESL II

Advisory: ESL 501 or ESL 501A and 501B or ESL assessment recommendation
Transferable: No
This is 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 halved, preferably A before B.) This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
4407 L/L HOL4 POLIZZOTTO J 6.0 DAILY 1115A - 0110P  
Above class meets at the Hollister Briggs site

 

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
6114 L/L HOL6 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
6116 L/L HU104 SHELLEY A 3.0 M W 0630P - 0855P  
6117 L/L HOL4 HOWELL J A 3.0 M WF 0745P - 0915P  
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
6119 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
4408 L/L CJ500 MORA J 8.0 DAILY&2. 0910A - 1105A  
4409 L/L CJ500 WEXLER L 8.0 DAILY&2. 1115A - 0110P  

 

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
4410 L/L HU101 CISNEROS N 8.0 DAILY&2. 1115A - 0110P  

 

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
4411 L/L HU104 CAMPBELL K 4.0 MWF 0810A - 0920A  

 

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
4412 L/L HU101 CISNEROS N 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
4413 L/L PB12 SANIDAD M 5.0 MTuWTh 1105A - 1210P  
6120 L/L LI100 SHELLEY A 5.0 TuTh&1 0630P - 0855P  
      SHELLEY A     0900P - 0930P  

 

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
4414 L/L HU101 WEXLER L 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
4415 L/L HU101 CISNEROS N 3.0 TuTh&2.3 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
4416 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
4417 L/L HU104 BAAMEUR K 4.0 MWF 1215P - 0125P  

 

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
4418 L/L HU104 WEXLER L 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
4419 L/L LI100 LAWN B 5.0 TuWThF 0945A - 1050A  

 

ESL 546:    Introduction to Computers for ESL Students

Advisory: CSIS 122. Eligible for Gavilan College ESL Program Intermediate.
Transferable: No
Introduction to basic computer hardware functions and terminology; overview of Windows operating environment and word processing for ESL students.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
4420 L/L BU119 CARRILLO L 1.0 F&1.7 1105A - 1155A  

 

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
4421 LEC LI100 SANIDAD M 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
4422 L/L HU104 CAMPBELL K 5.0 MTuWTh 1105A - 1210P  

 

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
4423 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
4424 LEC LI100 LAWN B 4.0 MWF 1105A - 1215P  

 

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
4425 L/L PB12 BAAMEUR K 5.0 TuWThF 0945A - 1050A  

 

ESL 584:    Culture Through Film

Advisory: ESL 541 or ESL Assessment recommendation.
Transferable: No
This course is designed to practice listening and speaking skills through the use of selected films. The course highlights different intercultural issues and aspects of American culture, and students enhance their listening and speaking skills by means of authentic discourse. Because film provides a real sample of speech in a multi- dimensional experience, ESL learners can experience the language in a more complete manner while analyzing cultural issues. This is a credit/no credit course.
Sect# Type Room Instructor Units Days Time Start-End Footnotes
4426 LEC LI100 MAXWELL K 3.0 TuTh 0810A - 0930A