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PROGRAMS / COURSE DESCRIPTION<br />
NON-CREDIT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE<br />
AENG 10.2 ESL LOW BEGINNING READING AND<br />
WRITING – Units: 0.0<br />
This class is for people who do not read or write any<br />
English. It will focus on basic reading and writing skills.<br />
Students will learn to read and fill out everyday forms,<br />
such as job applications. They will learn the alphabet,<br />
basic vocabulary and spelling rules, and also basic<br />
grammar.<br />
AENG 10.3 ESL HIGH BEGINNING SPEAKING AND<br />
LISTENING – Units: 0.0<br />
This class continues from AENG 10.1. It is for people<br />
who speak and understand a little English. Students will<br />
continue to learn new vocabulary and sentence patterns<br />
useful in everyday situations.<br />
AENG 10.4 ESL HIGH BEGINNING READING AND<br />
WRITING – Units: 0.0<br />
This class continues from AENG 10.2. It is for people<br />
who read and write a little English. Students will<br />
continue to develop reading and writing skills useful for<br />
everyday situations, such as reading advertisements<br />
and finding and using sources of information.<br />
AENG 10.4A REVIEW CLASS FOR ESL BEGINNERS<br />
– Units: 0.0<br />
This class is for people who completed beginning level<br />
English (AENG 10.1-10.4). Students practice reading,<br />
writing, listening, and speaking skills that they have<br />
already learned. The class focuses on practical,<br />
everyday situations such as shopping and work<br />
situations.<br />
AENG 10.5 ESL LOW INTERMEDIATE SPEAKING<br />
AND LISTENING – Units: 0.0<br />
This class continues from AENG 10.3. It is for people<br />
who already speak and understand English fairly well. In<br />
this class students will also learn more sentence<br />
structure and grammar useful in a variety of everyday<br />
speaking and listening situations. Students will also be<br />
introduced to non-verbal communication, as well as<br />
certain idiomatic expressions. There will be a strong<br />
emphasis on simulation and role play.<br />
AENG 10.6 ESL LOW INTERMEDIATE READING<br />
AND WRITING – Units: 0.0<br />
This class continues from AENG 10.4. It is for people<br />
who already speak and understand English fairly well.<br />
Students in this class will continue to develop reading<br />
and writing skills in English. They will continue learning<br />
grammar and spelling rules, and will write at the<br />
sentence level. They will learn to read and respond to<br />
simple stories and news articles, and other common<br />
forms of written material, such as instructions and<br />
simple warranties.<br />
AENG 10.7 ESL HIGH INTERMEDIATE SPEAKING<br />
AND LISTENING – Units: 0.0<br />
This class is for people who already speak and<br />
understand English enough to describe everyday<br />
situations, problems, and needs. In this class students<br />
will learn more advanced vocabulary, idiomatic<br />
expressions, sentence structure, and grammar needed<br />
in a variety of specific everyday speaking and listening<br />
situations. There will be continued emphasis on<br />
simulation and role play.<br />
AENG 10.7A ESL INTERMEDIATE SPEAKING I –<br />
Units: 0.0<br />
This class is for people who already speak and<br />
understand English enough to describe familiar<br />
situations, problems, and needs. In this class students<br />
will learn more advanced vocabulary, idiomatic<br />
expressions, sentence structure, and grammar needed<br />
in a variety of communicative situations. Students<br />
develop speaking and listening skills needed for<br />
success in work and education.<br />
AENG 10.7B ESL INTERMEDIATE SPEAKING III –<br />
Units: 0.0<br />
This class continues from AENG 10.7A. It focuses on<br />
English needed for specific formal situations at school<br />
and work such as expressing agreement/disagreement<br />
and confronting, and job interviews.<br />
AENG 10.10 INTERMEDIATE WRITING II – Units: 0.0<br />
This class continues from AENG 10.8. Students write<br />
compositions on familiar and unfamiliar topics, read<br />
short stories, and learn more advanced grammar. This<br />
course is useful in preparation for the GED and for<br />
college-level writing courses.<br />
AENG 10.13A LOW INTERMEDIATE READING AND<br />
VOCABULARY – Units: 0.0<br />
A reading course for low intermediate ESL students<br />
emphasizing main ideas, outlining, and vocabulary in<br />
context. Students should already have basic skills in<br />
decoding information and understanding at a literal<br />
level. They should be able to read and understand<br />
short, authentic texts such as letters and instructions.<br />
314 2012-2013 <strong>Victor</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>College</strong> Catalog