Course Descriptions

ESL 90
Language Skills Laboratory
.5-1 Units
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 54 hours LAB

This is a laboratory course designed to enable students to focus on specific English language skills through interaction with tutors, faculty, and computer software programs. This class is recommended for ESL students at any level who need further, focused attention to very specific skills including, but not limited, to pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary development and spelling. Students may enter the course at any time during the first nine weeks of the semester and earn either .5 or 1 unit. For each semester of enrollment, a specific study plan will be developed by faculty in consultation with the student. Students may repeat the course, earning a maximum of six units. This course is graded on a credit no/ credit basis.

ESL 299
Experimental Offering in English as a Second Language
.5-4 Units
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB