2017-2018 Catalog: August 2017 Edition [ARCHIVED]
English as a Second Language
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Interim Dean: Brooke Choo, 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 basic skills sequences for English and ESL](/mime/media/9/626/Catalog%2016%2017%20ESL%20Chart%20138.jpg)
![Chart showing the ESL course schematic for the 2015-2016 school year](/mime/media/9/800/ESL Course Schematic 17-18.jpg)
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