Provides instruction and practice in the writing process, emphasizing development of fluency writing and competence in structural and grammatical patterns of written English. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 20. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Improves students' reading proficiency to a level which would allow the student to function adequately in ESL 42 and other college classes. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 20. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Helps students practice and improve listening and speaking skills as needed for functioning successfully in academic, professional, and personal settings. Assesses students' oral skills and includes, as needed, practice with pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Provides exercises, practices, small and large group activities, and oral presentations to help students overcome problems in oral communication. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 20. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides further instruction and practice in the writing process, and introduces advanced language patterns.  Includes practice in developing and improving writing strategies. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 31. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Improves students' reading proficiency to a level that would allow the student to function adequately in the ESL 52 reading class or other college classes. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 32. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides further instruction and practice in helping students to improve listening and speaking skills. Assesses students' oral skills and includes, as needed, practice with pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Emphasizes the development of fluency through exercises, practices, small and large group activities, and formal and informal presentations. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 33. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Prepares for college-level writing by practice in the writing process, emphasizing development of thought in essays of greater length and complexity, and use of appropriate syntax and diction. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 41. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Improves students’ reading proficiency to a level which would allow students to succeed in certificate and degree programs. Emphasizes applying and synthesizing ideas. Includes ways to detect organization, summarize, make inferences, draw conclusions, evaluate generalizations, recognize differences between facts and opinions, and other advanced comprehension strategies. May also include comprehensive library skills. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 42. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides contextualized practice at the high intermediate/advanced level to improve the speech intelligibility of non-native speakers of English. Focuses on problems of American English pronunciation, unclear individual sounds and positional variants, stress, rhythm and intonation common to speakers of different language backgrounds. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Prerequisite: Requires completion of ESL 20 and ESL 24 or placement in Level 3 or higher. Lecture 3 hours per week.