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Academic Credits - The number of academic credits for each course is the number of credits earned in one semester with successful completion of that course.
Prerequisite and Corequisite - “Prerequisite” means that the listed course[s] must be successfully completed with the indicated grade. A “corequisite” may be taken in the same semester.
Course #
Course Description
Credits
ENG 010 English as a Second Language - Reading I -- Prerequisite: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment. Develops basic reading skills in English using texts on subjects relating to American culture. Emphasizes vocabulary acquisition, dictionary use, reading strategies for basic comprehension and interpretation. Uses collaborative technique of student interaction. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 011 English as a Second Language - Reading II -- Prerequisites: ENG 010 or assessment/waiver. Stresses comprehension skills using texts that focus on American cultural values. Focuses on vocabulary expansion, comprehension and interpretation strategies, and experience with various forms of reading material. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 012 English as a Second Language - Reading III -- Prerequisites: ENG 011 or assessment/waiver. Stresses comprehension skills and reading strategies for academic materials. Focuses on vocabulary expansion, transitional development, theme development and critical analysis of academic writing. Allows for practice in increased reading proficiency. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 013 English as a Second Language - Listening/Speaking I -- Prerequisite: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment. Focuses on listening and speaking strategies for comprehensible input. Provides practice recognizing and producing speech patterns of American English. Allows for conversational practice on topics of cultural values and behaviors. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 014 English as a Second Language - Listening/Speaking II -- Prerequisites: ENG 013 or assessment/waiver. Provides practice in recognizing and producing speech patterns of American English. Allows for conversational practice with emphasis on cross-cultural values and behaviors and the use of idioms.3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 016 English as a Second Language - Grammar/Structure I -- Prerequisite: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment. Focuses on the acquisition of basic patterns of structure and syntax for controlled communication. Emphasis is on the form, meaning and usage of basic structures in American English, providing practice through extensive and varied communicative activities. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 017 English as a Second Language - Grammar/Structure II -- Prerequisites: ENG 020 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment. Focuses on the study of patterns of more advanced structure and syntax. Emphasis is on the acquisition of sentence structure for verbal and written communication of the relationship of ideas. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 018 English as a Second Language - Grammar/Structure III -- Prerequisites: ENG 020 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment. Focuses on the acquisition of more advanced patterns of structure and syntax. Emphasis is on the development of competent verbal and written expression in critical analysis for academic purposes. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 019 English as a Second Language - Writing I -- Prerequisites: ENG 020 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment.. Focuses on conventions for basic written communication in English emphasizing sentence construction and paragraph development. Uses writing strategies to produce coherent expression in journals, free writing exercises, paragraphing and short essays. Student collaboration is a part of the learned writing process.3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 020 English as a Second Language - Writing II -- Prerequisites: ENG 020 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment. Focuses on techniques of written communication for coherent expression of ideas through paragraph development and essay writing. Emphasizes the writing process using strategies of revision and editing through peer collaboration. Stresses the structure and syntax of written expression for effective communication. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
ENG 021 English as a Second Language - Writing III -- Prerequisites: ENG 020 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment. Focuses on techniques of written communication for the analysis and elaboration of academic material through paragraph and essay writing. Emphasizes the strategies of the writing process through rhetorical modes of composition for varied purposes. Extensive use of structure and syntax for thoroughly coherent expression. 3 lecture hours.
3
   
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