Course Syllabi

Intercambio/Conversation Exchange focuses on true conversational practice of English and Spanish between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Students of each language background will practice their target language with native speakers in groups and/or pairs.

Structure 1A incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on beginning grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully, and communicatively.

Structure 1B incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on beginning grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully, and communicatively.

Basic communication skills with emphasis on oral communication and pronunciation in social situa- tions.

This course introduces students with little to no English communication skills to the English language and culture in the United States. It emphasizes the development of listening and speaking skills, including recognizing and responding to basic word and sentence sound patterns and communicative functions in English. It also introduces basic reading and writing skills. Classroom activities will give students practice using the language in everyday situations.

Reading and writing more complex material.

This course is designed to increase integrated language acquisition with emphasis on aural/oral communication skills for beginners. It is recommended that this course be taken concurrently with a structure course (ESL 91S or 91A or 91B) and a reading and writing course (ESL 91R or 91F or 91G).

Reading and Writing 1 incorporates integrated language instruction with an emphasis on reading and writing skills as well as vocabulary develop- ment. Students will be exposed to a variety of themes in reading and use pertinent grammatical structures in writing assignments.

Structure 1 incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on beginning grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully, and communicatively.

Structure 2A incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on low-intermediate grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully and communicatively.

Structure 2B incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on low-intermediate grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully and communicatively.

This course builds upon students’ basic communication skills and cultural awareness of English in the United States. It emphasizes the development of listening and speaking skills, including recognizing and responding to basic word and sentence sound patterns and communicative functions in English. It also continues to develop basic reading and writing skills. Classroom activities will give students practice using the language in everyday situations. These activities will also facilitate the development of a more advanced ability to communicate.

Expansion of skills for reading and writing compositions and longer written material.

This course is designed to increase integrated language acquisition with emphasis on aural/oral communication skills for high beginners. It is recommended that this course be taken concurrently with a structure course (ESL 92S or 92A or 92B) and a reading and writing course (ESL 92R or 92F or 92G).

Reading and Writing 2 incrporates integrated language instruction with an emphasis on reading and writing skills as well as vocabulary develop- ment. Students will be exposed to a variety of thematic readings that lead to extended written discourse.

Structure 2 incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on low-intermediate grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully and communicatively.

This course introduces students with intermediate English communication skills to intermediate reading and critical thinking in English. Classroom activities will give students an opportunity to read, listen, speak, develop vocabulary, and collaborate in English.

This course is designed to develop fluency in writing for intermediate ESL students. Emphasis will be placed on improving students’ vocabulary, writing, and grammatical skills.

Intermediate communication skills with emphasis on oral communication and pronunciation in social situations.

This course is designed to develop fluency in reading and writing for intermediate ESL students. Emphasis will be placed on improving students? vocabulary development, reading strategies and written organizational skills in paragraphs using appropriate grammatical structures.