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Prerequisite: ESL 003 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate placement. Recommended Companion Course: ESL 014 ESL 004 is a grammar class in an English-only environment designed for the high-intermediate ESL student. The course will emphasize grammar, writing sentences, and paragraphs. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)

Prerequisite: The student must be able to speak and read English. Not open to students with native ability in Spanish or those who have studied in a Spanish speaking country. (See SPAN 220). For additional oral practice, concurrent enrollment in SPAN 113 is recommended. The beginning Spanish course is based on a contrastive analysis between Spanish and English and is designed to develop in the English-speaking student rudimentary abilities in the four basic language skills: hearing, speaking, reading, and writing. The main emphasis is on the present tense of both regular and irregular verbs. The student will be familiarized with those features of Hispanic culture through authentic language and cultural products, which reflect the different frame of reference from which the native speaker of Spanish views the world. The class is conducted in Spanish. (C-ID SPAN 100) (CSU, UC)

Recommended Companion Courses: ESL 001, ESL 041, ESL 042, ESL 051, ESL 052 ESL 011 is a grammar-based speaking class in an English-only Environment for the beginning or false-beginning ESL student. Listening comprehension and speaking skills will be developed through basic dialogues, modeled tasks, and communicative activities. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)

Prerequisites: ESL 012 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate placement. Recommended Companion Courses: ESL 003 ESL 013 is a grammar-based speaking class in an English-only Environment for the intermediate ESL student. Students will further develop listening comprehension and will increase fluency, accuracy, and confidence in oral production. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)