Skyline College Catalog 2011-2012 Program & course descriptions ...

C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N SENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGESESOL 855 ACCENT REDUCTION (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Recommended: Eligibility for ESOL 840 orequivalent.For intermediate to high-intermediate nonnativespeakers who need to improve their spoken English. Thecourse covers the English sound system, listening comprehension,and improving production of standard U.S.English. May be repeated once for credit. (Units do notcount toward the Associate Degree.)ESOL 861 HIGH-BEGINNING ESL READING ANDWRITING (4)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 64 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Appropriate skill level of ESOL 810, or 811, as indicated byESL placement test and other measures as necessary.Development of reading and writing skills at the highbeginninglevel of English acquisition. Reading strategies,fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and sentence andshort paragraph writing. (Units do not count toward theAssociate Degree.)ESOL 862 PRE-INTERMEDIATE ESL READING ANDWRITING (4)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 64 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Satisfactory completion of ESOL 810, or ESOL 811 and812, or ESOL 861, or appropriate skill level as indicated byESL placement test and other measures as necessary.Students are strongly advised to complete or enroll concurrentlyin ESOL 852 and ESOL 872.Development of reading and writing skills at thepre-intermediate level of English acquisition. Readingstrategies, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and shortparagraph writing. ESOL 862, when taken with ESOL 852and ESOL 872, is equivalent to ESOL 820. (Units do notcount toward the Associate Degree.)ESOL 863 INTERMEDIATE ESL READING ANDWRITING (4)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 64 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Satisfactory completion of ESOL 820, or ESOL 821 and822, or ESOL 862, or appropriate skill level as indicated byESL placement test and other measures as necessary.Students are strongly advised to enroll concurrently inESOL 853 and ESOL 873.Development of reading and writing skills at the intermediatelevel of English acquisition. Reading strategies,fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and paragraphwriting. ESOL 863, when taken with ESOL 853 and ESOL873, is equivalent to ESOL 830. (Units do not counttoward the Associate Degree.)ESOL 864 HIGH-INTERMEDIATE ESL READINGAND WRITING (4)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 64 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Satisfactory completion of ESOL 830, or ESOL 831 and832, or ESOL 863, or appropriate skill level as indicated byESL placement test and other measures as necessary.Students are strongly advised to enroll concurrently inESOL 854 and ESOL 874.Development of reading and writing skills at the highintermediatelevel of English acquisition. Reading strategies,fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, paragraph andessay writing. ESOL 864, when taken with ESOL 854 andESOL 874, is equivalent to ESOL 840. May be repeatedtwice for credit. (Units do not count toward the AssociateDegree.)ESOL 871 HIGH-BEGINNING ESL GRAMMAR (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Appropriate skill level as indicated by ESL placement testand other measures as necessary.Development of sentence variety and grammatical andmechanical accuracy of standard spoken and writtenEnglish at the high-beginning level. (Units do not counttoward the Associate Degree.)ESOL 872 PRE-INTERMEDIATE ESL GRAMMAR (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Satisfactory completion of ESOL 810, or ESOL 811 and812, or ESOL 871, or appropriate skill level as indicated byESL placement test and other measures as necessary, orequivalent.Development of sentence variety and grammatical andmechanical accuracy of standard spoken and writtenEnglish at the pre-intermediate level. (Units do not counttoward the Associate Degree.)ESOL 873 INTERMEDIATE ESL GRAMMAR (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Satisfactory completion of ESOL 820, or ESOL 821 and822, or ESOL 872, or appropriate skill level as indicated byESL placement test and other measures as necessary, orequivalent.Development of sentence variety and grammatical andmechanical accuracy of standard spoken and writtenEnglish at the intermediate level. (Units do not counttoward the Associate Degree.)180 w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u 2011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G