| Course Name |
Hrs/Wk |
Description |
| Pre-Beginning |
6 |
basic English literacy and oral language |
| Level 1 ESL |
7.5 |
Beginning English listening, speaking, reading and writing with an emphasis on English for daily living |
| Level 2 ESL |
7.5 |
High beginning listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar skills. This class uses an integrated approach with a focus on themes of importance for daily living. |
| Level 3 ESL |
7.5 |
Low intermediate listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar skills. This class uses an integrated approach also with a focus on themes of use for daily living. |
| Level 4 ESL |
7.5 |
Intermediate listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar presented in an integrated skills approach. The goal is to improve student ability to communicate in everyday life, at work and in school. |
| Level 5 ESL |
7.5 |
High intermediate listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar presented in an integrated skills approach. The goal is to build student confidence in using more complex grammatical patterns, especially for academic purposes. |
| Level 6 ESL |
7.5 |
Advanced listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar presented in an integrated skills approach. The goal is to develop mastery in using advanced English grammar patterns primarily for academic communication. |
| Reading/Writing 3 |
7.5 |
The class focuses on developing low-intermediate reading and writing skills, especially at the sentence and paragraph level. |
| Reading/Writing 4 |
7.5 |
This class develops reading skills—both fluency and comprehension; and writing skills at the paragraph level. Students also begin learning how to write a short essay. |
| Reading/Writing 5 |
7.5 |
This class focuses intensively on learning how to write a short essay. The goal is for students to be able to express themselves clearly in writing and to improve their understanding of what they read. |
| Academic Reading/Writing |
7.5 |
This class focuses on developing the reading fluency of students, increasing their academic vocabulary and lots of practice writing short essays for different academic purposes. |
| College Transition |
7.5 |
This class is intended to prepare students for success in academic programs by teaching students how to successfully complete typical academic assignments requiring reading, writing, listening and speaking. The focus of the content is American culture and current events. |
| Intermediate Listening/Speaking |
3 |
This class builds students ability to communicate about daily life topics including on the telephone and in common situations. |
| High Intermediate L/Speaking |
3 |
This class focuses on building speaking and listening fluency—the ease with which students can understand and speak at a normal rate of speed. There is also an emphasis on vocabulary development and the ability to express personal opinions in English. |
| Advanced Listening/Speaking |
5 |
This class emphasizes improving accuracy as well as fluency in listening and speaking. The required speaking lab includes is a placement as a volunteer in the community where students can develop their skills at communicating with native speakers of English. |
| Conversation Circles |
3 |
Extra practice speaking English in a relaxed, but semi-structured setting. |
| Computer Skills for ESL |
1.5 |
An introduction to the basics of using computers in schools intended for students who don’t have any background in using computers. |
| TOEFL Prep |
3 |
Practice focused on the question types of the new TOEFL. The purpose is to build student confidence and ease with the new test format. |
| Pronunciation Tutorial |
1 |
Small group lessons on English pronunciation for students who need extra work I this area. |
