NC 330 — ESL: College Readiness - Reading and Writing 0 Units 90 lecture hours
The ESL: College Readiness - Reading and Writing course is designed for students at the high intermediate level of English acquisition. The course places a special emphasis on college-level reading skills and academic writing skills. Students will acquire academic vocabulary through context and word stem study, improve reading comprehension through language learning strategies, and practice paraphrasing and summarizing skills. Students will also study complex grammatical structures as well as connectives and incorporate these structures into writing. This course aims to develop students’ writing skills, from paragraph writing to multi-paragraph essay. Open entry/exit.