Effective beginning with the Fall semester 2009, the Virginia Community College System approved the following changes in the numbering system of all the English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. (These changes are not reflected in the 2009-2010 printed TCC Catalog.)
| ESL 20 English as a Second
Language II (formerly ESL 2) |
12 credits |
Provides
intensive instruction and practice at the low intermediate
level. Provides an introduction to the sound system, stress,
intonational and rhythmic patterns of English through listening
and speaking exercises. Includes individualized instruction
to improve basic reading comprehension. Requires practice
in writing with emphasis on building basic sentence structures,
grammar and sentence- level writing. Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test. Lecture 12 hours per week. |
| ESL 32 English as a Second
Language: Reading I (formerly ESL 5) |
4 credits |
| Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary. Improves students' reading proficiency to a level which would allow the students to function adequately in ESL 06 and other college classes. Prerequisite: ESL 2 or ESL Placement
Test. Lecture 4 hours per week. |
| ESL 42 English as a Second
Language: Reading II (formerly ESL 6) |
4 credits |
| Helps students improve
their reading comprehension and vocabulary. Improves students' reading proficiency to a level which would allow students to function adequately in the ESL 17 reading class and other college classes.
Prerequisite: ESL 5 or ESL Placement Test.
Lecture 4 hours per week. |
| ESL 33 Oral Communication I (formerly ESL 7) |
4 credits |
| 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. Prerequisite: ESL 2 or ESL Placement Test. Lecture 4 hours per week. |
| ESL 43 Oral Communication II (formerly ESL 8) |
4 credits |
| 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 7 or ESL Placement
Test. Lecture 4 hours per week. |
| ESL73 Accent Reduction (formerly ESL 9) |
3 credits |
| 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 sound/spelling patterns, word endings, syllables, stress, rhythm and intonation common to speakers of different language backgrounds. May include individualized practice in consonant and vowel production. Lecture 3 hours per week. |
ESL 31 English as a Second
Language: Composition I (formerly ESL 11)
|
4 credits |
| Provides instruction and practice in the writing process, emphasizing development of fluency writing and competence in structural and grammatical patterns of written English. Prerequisite: ESL 2 or ESL Placement Test. Lecture 4 hours per week. |
| ESL 41 English as a Second
Language: Composition II (formerly ESL 12) |
4 credits |
| Provides further instruction and practice in the
writing process, and introduces advanced language patterns. Includes practice
in developing and improving writing strategies. Prerequisite:
ESL 11 or ESL Placement Test. Lecture 4 hours per week. |
| ESL 51 English as a Second
Language: Composition III (formerly ESL 13) |
4 credits |
| 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. Prerequisite: ESL 12 or ESL Placement Test.
Lecture 4 hours per week. |
| ESL 52 English as a Second
Language: Reading III (formerly ESL 17) |
4 credits |
| 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,
and recognize differences between facts and opinions, and other
advanced comprehension strategies. May also include comprehensive
library skills. Prerequisite: ESL 6 or ESL Placement Test. Lecture 4 hours per week. |
