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    Irvine Valley College
   
    May 14, 2024  
2016-2017 Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Catalog [ARCHIVED]

English as a Second Language


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Dean: Karima Feldhus, PhD
Academic Chair: Susan Fesler
Faculty: Rebecca Beck; Susan Fesler; Susan Stern, PhD; Brent Warner; Jeff Wilson

Courses

The English as a Second Language (ESL) curriculum offers courses in reading, writing, conversation, and pronunciation for beginning, intermediate, and advanced second-language students. Beginning ESL courses will introduce students to English and lay a foundation upon which to build more sophisticated grammar structures and vocabulary. Upon completion of the advanced ESL sequence, students will be prepared to take college-level English composition courses and/or mainstream into the general college curricula.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the English as a Second Language program, students will be able to

  • Write clearly and accurately in a variety of contexts and formats in English.
  • Read and comprehend authentic texts in a variety of contexts and formats in English.
  • Listen and comprehend spoken English in a variety of contexts and formats in English.
  • Speak with comprehensibility and a high degree of fluency in English.

Chart showing the basic skills sequences for English and ESL

Chart showing the ESL course schematic for the 2015-2016 school year

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