Noncredit English as a Second Language Courses (NESL)
NESL 203 SCHOOL MATTERS 1: LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING
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School Matters 1 will teach English Learners the listening and speaking, reading and writing, and vocabulary skills necessary to help support their child's learning in the K-12 school system. This class focuses specifically on supporting your child in their classroom (for example, language skills for contacting your child's teacher), and supporting your child's learning at home (for example, reading and writing skills for helping your child with homework). Recommended Course Preparation: NESL 231A and/or NESL 230A. Enrollment limitation: Completion of ESL Leveal 1A, or placement into ESL Level 1B through the ESL Assessment. 8 hours.
Non-Degree Applicable, Noncredit Grading Option: P/NP
NESL 204 SCHOOL MATTERS 2: LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL COMMUNITY
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School Matters 2 will teach English Learners the listening and speaking, reading and writing, and vocabulary skills necessary to engage with their child’s K-12 school community. This class focuses specifically on language skills for interacting with school administration (for example, speaking skills for engaging office staff about a child’s absence), and interacting with the greater school community (for example, speaking skills for volunteering at your child’s school). Recommended Course Preparation: NESL 231A and/or NESL 230A. Enrollment limitation: Completion of ESL Leveal 1A, or placement into ESL Level 1B through the ESL Assessment. 8 hours.
Non-Degree Applicable, Noncredit Grading Option: P/NP
NESL 213 SPEAKING AND LISTENING FLUENCY FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
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This is an oral communication course that will enable students to develop advanced speaking and listening fluency for academic and professional purposes. ESL 113 will enable students to fluently use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately, emphasizing academic and professional discourse. Students will practice listening and responding to academic lectures and presentations like TED Talks, including note-taking, summarizing, and other forms of critical analysis. Speaking practice will emphasize advanced rhetorical strategies through group discussions, debates, impromptu speeches and oral presentations and cultural norms in academic and professional contexts. It is the fifth and highest level of the ESL Speaking and Listening Fluency Pathway. Prerequisite: ESL 123 with a minimum grade of P or NESL 223 with a minimum grade of P or ESL 126 with minimum grade of P or NESL 226 with a minimum grade of P. Enrollment Limitation: Placement into Advanced ESL couress through the ESL Assessment Process. 54 hours.
Non-Degree Applicable, Noncredit Grading Option: P/NP
NESL 223 INTERMEDIATE ORAL COMMUNICATION
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This is an intermediate level oral communication course. This course will enable students to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately, emphasizing academic listening and speaking skills: listening and speaking in small groups, listening to short lectures on academic topics, learning academic vocabulary and expressions, making presentations on new topics. Prerequisite: ESL 130B with a minimum grade of P or ESL 131B with a minimum grade of P or ESL 133 with a minimum grade of P or placement through the ESL assessment process. 54 hours.
Non-Degree Applicable, Noncredit Grading Option: P/NP
NESL 226 INTERMEDIATE PRONUNCIATION AND FLUENCY
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Focused practice on recognizing and producing individual speech sounds, stress patterns, rhythm and intonation patterns, and grammatical signals through activities such as oral presentations, role play, authentic dialogue, and reading presentations. Prerequisite: ESL 130B with a minimum grade of P or ESL 131B with a minimum grade of P or ESL 136 with a minimum grade of P or placement through ESL assessment process. 54 hours.
Non-Degree Applicable, Noncredit Grading Option: P/NP
NESL 233 BEGINNING ORAL COMMUNICATION
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This is a beginning oral communication course. Th is course will enable students to use English accurately, meaningfully and appropriately, emphasizing conversational skills: listening and speaking in small groups, using new grammar structures orally, learning new words and expressions, comprehending and using idiomatic expressions. Recommended Course Preparation: Placement through the ESL assessment process 54 hours.
Non-Degree Applicable, Noncredit Grading Option: P/NP
NESL 236 BEGINNING PRONUNCIATION AND FLUENCY
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Focused practice on recognizing and producing individual speech sounds, stress patterns, rhythm and intonation patterns, and grammatical signals through activities such as oral presentations, role play, authentic dialogue, and presentations. Students will focus on developing listener friendly pronunciation. Course content includes individual as well as group work. Recommended Course Preparation: Placement through the ESL assessment process. 54 hours.
Non-Degree Applicable, Noncredit Grading Option: P/NP