This course is designed to help students improve their reading proficiency in order to manage college textbooks successfully.
This course is designed to help students expand their academic vocabulary and improve comprehension skills. Students will learn and utilize a variety of reading strategies to be used in the reading of varying materials and to further their learning in their program of choice.
This course provides students with instruction of the reading skills necessary for success in college. Through the use of college-level materials, students are afforded opportunity for demonstration and application of critical reading skills.
This course provides students with the opportunity to improve their chances for success in college by introducing students to reading and study strategies appropriate for college-level textbooks and classroom experiences. More important, it provides students with the opportunity to put these strategies into practice.
This course provides a focused examination of the strategies and skills needed for students to be successful at the college level. Students will be introduced to and given opportunity for practice of a variety of skills for academic success and study strategies.
This course is the first in the college writing sequence. It provides students with opportunities to read and comprehend increasingly difficult texts in a variety of genres; to think more deeply and critically about the issues and ideas presented in these texts; and to respond to those texts in writing with increasing fluency, confidence, and clarity. Students should connect personally with assigned reading material and communicate their thoughts clearly in writing using Standard English. This course emphasizes responses grounded in the writer's personal interaction with the assigned text. It prepares students for the next level in their writing sequence.
This course encourages students to improve their critical thinking skills, reading comprehension, and writing proficiency for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communication. Students will read, discuss, and respond to a variety of texts of different genres so as to analyze texts and writing for different purposes. Students will work individually and collaboratively to produce, revise, and edit written work. Central to the objective of this course is developing a personal writing process: generating ideas, producing multiple drafts, revising, and editing. This course prepares students to advance into their appropriate program writing sequence.
This course is designed to help students meet minimum competencies for their basic skills in mathematics in the areas of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percent, and ratio/proportion. Critical thinking, problem solving, and conceptual development are emphasized. Students will be prepared for learning higher order mathematical concepts.
This course is designed to combine both classroom instruction and individualized instruction to prepare students for Algebra. Teacher-student interaction as well as student interaction with one another will be provided for and encouraged.
This course is designed to combine both classroom instruction and individualized instruction to provide students with the critical thinking skills necessary for their subsequent courses and programs. Teacher-student interaction, as well as student interaction with one another, will be provided for and encouraged.
Pre-technical Biology is a one semester study of living organisms. Topics include classification, the chemical basis of life, cell structure and function, cellular respiration and energy production, genetics, and reproduction, as well as medically significant organisms. This course gives students a foundation in biology on which to build a specific health science curriculum.
This is the first of two courses designed for non-native speakers of English to acquire basic reading skills. The course introduces students to effective reading strategies, approaches to reading in a variety of genres, strategies to expand vocabulary, and basic library research. Students are also encouraged to improve their reading fluency through extensive reading.
This is the first of two courses designed for non-native speakers of English in the acquisition of basic grammatical structures of English and writing skills. The primary focus of the course is to develop students' competence and confidence in writing for academic purposes. Students will review basic grammatical rules and structures, understand the elements of paragraph through process writing, practice writing for different purposes, expand vocabulary, and develop fluency in writing.
This is the first of two courses designed for non-native speakers of English to acquire basic aural and oral skills. The primary focus of the course is to prepare students for academic content. Students will be involved in a variety of communicative activities to increase their confidence in understanding and communicating with others, to improve fluency as well as accuracy, to expand vocabulary, to practice note-taking skills, and to learn about American culture.
The purpose of the course is to provide the non- native speaker of English with a variety of realistic laboratory tasks that will improve and expand their English fluency. The primary focus of the course is to expand vocabulary, improve pronunciation, and to provide the students with experiences that will enhance their confidence in their English ability. This course can be used to prepare the ESL student for wither the ESL I or ESL II course in the fall. It is designed to accommodate students at both the intermediate and advanced levels.
This is a course for non-native speakers of English in the acquisition of advanced grammatical structures and writing skills (necessary for academic English). The course is especially designed to develop advanced writing skills that will be needed in order to successfully complete transferable academic classes. Students will review problems in English grammar, analyze academic writing, practice writing for different purposes, and be introduced to different documentation styles.
This is a course in continuing the acquisition of reading skills in English for non-native speakers. The primary goal of the course is to prepare students to become independent readers and to manage academic texts. Students are given opportunities to apply reading strategies effectively, to improve comprehension skills, to expand vocabulary, and to develop library research skills needed for academic study.
This is a course in continuing the acquisition of aural and oral skills in English for non-native speakers. The course is designed to help students develop listening and speaking skills that will be needed to be successful in fully transferable college courses. Skills taught include listening strategies, note taking, oral presentations, and vocabulary development. Students will also develop a deeper understanding of American culture through various activities.
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