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    Irvine Valley College
   
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Catalog: March 2018 Edition 
    
2018-2019 Catalog: March 2018 Edition [ARCHIVED]

English as a Second Language


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Interim Dean: Brooke Bui, PhD
Academic Co-Chairs: Rebecca Beck; Jeff Wilson
Faculty: Rebecca Beck; 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 ESL sequence to Writing 1. AESL 505 and below, as well as ESL 361B and below, lead to ESL 370, which leads to ESL 301, which leads to ESL 201 and 201L, which leads to WR 1 or 1H.

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

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