English as a Second Language (ESL) Courses
ESL 37 Novice-High Integrated Reading and Writing
- Units:6
- Hours:108 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLR 20 and ESLW 20 with grades of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.; ESLR 20 (Novice Reading) and ESLW 20 (Novice Writing) with grades of "C" or better, or equivalent skills demonstrated through the assessment process.
- Corequisite:ESL 91
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This course focuses on learning academic reading and writing skills at the novice-high level, with an emphasis on vocabulary, reading comprehension, and the writing process. Students will develop simple and compound sentence control and will practice writing paragraphs with a clear beginning, middle, and end. This course is part of the reading and writing sequence which prepares ESL students to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree, and/or transfer.
ESL 47 Intermediate-Low Integrated Reading and Writing
- Units:6
- Hours:108 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESL 37 with a grade of "C" or better; or, for students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios District, placement through the assessment process.
- Corequisite:ESL 92
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
ESL 47 is an integrated reading and writing course for English language learners at the intermediate level. In preparation for academic writing, students build skills in pre-writing, learn to write strong paragraphs, and practice the basics of essay structure. Students also build academic reading skills and vocabulary. With the information gathered through readings, students begin to use academic content to supplement their ideas in writing. This course is part of the reading and writing sequence, which prepares ESL students to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree, and/or transfer.
ESL 55 Intermediate-Mid Integrated Reading and Writing
- Units:6
- Hours:108 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESL 47 with a grade of "C" or better; ESL 47, or, for students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios district, placement through the Los Rios assessment process.
- Corequisite:ESL 92
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
ESL 55 is an integrated reading and writing course for English language learners at the intermediate-mid level. Emphasis is on vocabulary expansion, literal comprehension, inference, and academic writing skills in multi-paragraph essays. Reading and writing topics are integrated; students will practice critical thinking skills to understand, analyze, discuss, and write academic compositions based on ideas expressed in readings. This course is part of the reading and writing sequence, which prepares ESL students to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree, and/or transfer.
ESL 90 Language Skills Laboratory
- Units:0.5
- Hours:27 hours LAB
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
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 9 weeks of the semester. This course is graded on a pass/no pass basis.
ESL 91 Beginning Independent Lab
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Hours:27 - 216 hours LAB
- Prerequisite:None.
- Corequisite:Concurrent enrollment in a speaking and listening, reading, or writing class at levels 20 through 50.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This course provides individualized, self-paced, and/or small group instruction to non-native English speakers at the beginning levels. A variety of self-study materials are available on topics such as grammar, composition, reading, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, study skills, and workplace skills to develop and reinforce the use of the English language. Students may register until the end of the ninth week of the semester if space allows. This course is pass/no pass and is not a substitute for other ESL courses. Students must complete 27 hours of work to earn 0.5 unit of credit. This course may be taken for up to 4 units total, at a rate of .5 or 1.0 unit per semester, until the 4-unit limit is reached.
ESL 92 ESL Center: Intermediate Independent Lab
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Hours:27 - 216 hours LAB
- Prerequisite:None.
- Corequisite:Concurrent enrollment in a speaking and listening, reading, or writing class at levels 20 through 50.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This course provides individualized, self-paced, and/or small group instruction to non-native English speakers at the intermediate levels. A variety of self-study materials are available on topics such as grammar, composition, reading, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, study skills, and workplace skills to develop and reinforce the use of the English language. Students may register until the end of the ninth week of the semester if space allows. This course is pass/no pass and is not a substitute for other ESL courses. Students must complete 27 hours of work to earn 0.5 units of credit. This course may be taken for up to 4 units total, at a rate of .5 or 1.0 unit per semester, until the 4-unit limit is reached.
ESL 299 Experimental Offering in English as a Second Language
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is the experimental courses description.
ESL 315 Intermediate-High Integrated Reading and Writing
- Units:6
- Hours:108 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESL 55 with a grade of "C" or better, or, for students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios District, placement through the Los Rios assessment process.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This integrated-skills course focuses on strengthening academic reading and writing skills at the intermediate-high level. The emphasis is on vocabulary expansion, comprehension, inference and analysis, and developing the ability to respond to readings through a variety of essay assignments. Students will use critical thinking skills to understand, paraphrase, summarize, and respond orally or online and in writing to ideas expressed in fiction and non-fiction readings. They will refine their ability to control a range of grammatical structures. Students will be assigned a minimum of 4,000 words including essays and a final exam. This course is part of the reading-writing sequence which prepares ESL students to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree, and/or transfer.
ESL 325 Advanced-Low Integrated Reading and Writing
- Units:6
- Hours:108 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESL 315 with a grade of "C" or better or, for students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios district, placement through the Los Rios assessment process.
- Advisory:Concurrent enrollment in ESLG 320.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This course prepares students for ENGWR 300 and college writing in general. It focuses on college reading strategies and academic writing skills with an emphasis on reading analysis, academic vocabulary, reading-based writing. Students write a minimum of 6,000 words, including in-class essays and a final exam.
English as a Second Language - Grammar (ESLG) Courses
ESLG 31 Basic English Grammar
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLW 20 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This course provides English language learners with an introduction to the basics of English grammar including parts of speech, word form, word order, and the fundamental verb tenses necessary for writing. The course is designed to provide English language learners with a fundamental understanding of English grammar and is part of the grammar sequence which prepares ESL students to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree and/or transfer.
ESLG 41 Elements of English Sentences
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLG 31 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This course focuses on grammar skills at the intermediate-low level. The emphasis is on fundamental grammatical structures in statements and questions and a review of the basic English sentences including parts of speech, word order, word forms, and the simple and progressive verb tenses. This course is part of the grammar sequence which prepares ESL students to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree, or transfer.
ESLG 51 Grammar for Intermediate ESL Writers
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLG 41 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent skills demonstrated through the assessment process.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is a course for non-native speakers at the intermediate-mid level, which focuses on the fundamental grammatical structures of English. This course reviews the form and use of the simple and continuous tenses in the present, past and future as well as the present perfect, past perfect, and present perfect continuous. It also provides instruction in other intermediate-level grammar topics such as gerunds and infinitives, articles, and nouns. It is intended for students who need additional grammar instruction to support their development as writers in English.
ESLG 299 Experimental Offering in English as a Second Language - Grammar
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is the experimental courses description.
ESLG 310 Intermediate-High Grammar
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLG 51 with a grade of "C" or better; ESLG 51 with a grade of "C" or better; or, for those students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios District, placement through the LRCCD ESL assessment process.
- Advisory:ESL 315 and ESLL 310
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is a course for non-native speakers of English, which focuses on further practice of the forms, meanings, and usage of grammatical structures of English at the intermediate-high level. Students will develop skill and accuracy in using grammatical structures of English. There will be opportunities for oral and written practice with an emphasis on sentence structure, verb tenses, and dependent clauses.
ESLG 320 Advanced-Low Grammar
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLG 310 with a grade of "C" or better; or, for those students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios district, placement through the LRCCD ESL assessment process.
- Advisory:ESL 325
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This course focuses on the forms and meanings of major structures used in writing at the advanced-low level with an emphasis on clause structure. Oral practice reinforces the structures studied. Students practice writing extensively, both in and out of class. Assignments emphasize sentence structure in the context of longer written work.
English as a Second Language - Listening (ESLL) Courses
ESLL 20 Novice Listening and Speaking
- Units:4
- Hours:72 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Corequisite:ESL 91
- Advisory:ESLR 20 and ESLW 20; one year of adult school and concurrent enrollment in ESL Reading and Writing courses at the student's assessed levels are highly recommended.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is a course in listening comprehension and basic conversation for non-native English speakers at the novice level. Students will develop the skills required for basic communication, such as dates, time, weather, food, family etc. Students will learn the sounds of English and be introduced to the stress and intonation patterns of American English. Communication will be comprehensible to a sensitive listener accustomed to interacting with non-native speakers.
ESLL 31 Listening and Speaking for College Readiness
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLL 20 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
English language learners at the novice-high level develop the listening and speaking strategies necessary for college and workforce readiness. Basic listening strategies include listening for main ideas and supporting details in a variety of situations. Basic speaking strategies include the utilization of appropriate level vocabulary and continued development of the production of English sounds, stress patterns, and intonation patterns. Students will also develop effective small group and class discussion strategies. This course is part of the ESL listening and speaking sequence, which is designed to prepare English language learners to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree, and/or transfer.
ESLL 41 Listening, Speaking and Presentation Skills for College
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLL 30 or ESLL 31 with a grade of "C" or better; or for students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios district, placement through the Los Rios assessment process.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
ESLL 41 is part of the ESL listening sequence at the intermediate-low level and is designed to prepare English language learners to take college courses leading to a certificate, degree, and/or transfer. This course includes group and individual activities. Students improve their listening skills by learning to take notes while watching short lectures and develop their speaking skills through class discussions and short presentations. Students also practice the stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns of standard American English.
ESLL 51 Academic Communication, Notetaking, and College Success Skills
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESLL 41 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.
- Advisory:ESL 55 and ESLG 51
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is an intermediate mid-level course in listening comprehension and speaking strategies, intended for non-native speakers of English. Students will be introduced to academic listening and speaking activities, including note-taking and will continue to work on improving their pronunciation and communication skills.
ESLL 299 Experimental Offering in English as a Second Language - Listening
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is the experimental courses description.
ESLL 310 Intermediate-High Listening and Speaking
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:or, for those students not previously enrolled in ESL courses within the Los Rios District, placement through the LRCCD ESL assessment process.
- Advisory:Concurrent enrollment in an ESL Reading and Writing course at the student's assessed level.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is a course for non-native English speakers at the intermediate-high level designed to further practice and develop listening and speaking for academic purposes, including comprehension of lectures, note-taking, and classroom discussion. This course covers a review of American English sounds with emphasis on understanding and producing stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns to communicate effectively.
English as a Second Language - Writing (ESLW) Courses
ESLW 20 Novice Writing
- Units:4
- Hours:72 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Corequisite:ESL 91
- Advisory:ESLL 20 and ESLR 20; one year of adult school and concurrent enrollment in ESL Reading and Listening/Speaking courses at the student's assessed levels are highly recommended.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
ESLW 20 is a writing course for non-native English speakers at the novice level. This course is an introduction to writing in English. Students write about familiar topics focusing on the structure of English sentences including parts of speech and word order. Emphasis is on the production of clear, basic written sentences using common everyday vocabulary. Question formation is also demonstrated and practiced. By the end of the semester, students will be able to write simple sentences using correct grammar.
ESLW 340 Advanced Composition
- Units:4
- Hours:72 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ESL 325 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area II(a); CSU Area A2; IGETC Area 1A
- C-ID:C-ID ENGL 100
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This college composition course emphasizes writing, reading, critical thinking skills and research skills essential for completion of a college degree. It focuses on the needs of multilingual writers by addressing specific language and cultural content required for academic success at the college level. Writing assignments include expository and argumentative essays (5,000 words minimum in total) using MLA documentation and format. Writing assignments are based on reading of transfer-level texts that include diverse perspectives.
ESLW 499 Experimental Offering in English as a Second Language - Writing
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2024
This is the experimental courses description.
