Area
English as a Second Language
Course Number
ESL 160
Semester Offered
F/S
Credits
6
This course covers the integration of critical reading and writing skills needed for college success. Students demonstrate their ability to comprehend, analyze, and synthesize information from course readings and to write effective academic essays based on those readings. Students focus their ability to use academic vocabulary; write with appropriate sentence structure and grammatical form; and to summarize, paraphrase, synthesize, and document sources. The goal of this course is to prepare students to enter ENG 101.
Prerequisites
Non-native speaker of English, High School Diploma or equivalent and ESL 105 and ESL 115 or placement by ESL Coordinator (Coordinator will make decision by combination of CELSA score, Accuplacer Reading score, and a short writing sample)