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Prerequisites: ESL 023 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate placement. This course is designed to assist high-intermediate ESL students in developing reading skills and reading efficiency in English. Focus will be placed on understanding text structure and overall comprehension of a variety of texts. Further development of reading skills will also be emphasized. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)

Recommended Preparation: ESL 002 with a "C" or better or ACCUPLACER score 4003 This course is designed to review and reinforce proper use of the simple present, present progressive, simple past, and past progressive verb tenses. Is a recommended supplement for students in Low Intermediate and Intermediate ESL courses. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)

Recommended Preparation: ESL 002 ESL 062 provides students additional review, practice and instruction in basic vocabulary. Topics to be covered include: shopping, community services, health, and school. Focus will be on written and communicative activities designed to increase fluency for learners at the high beginning level of English. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)

Prerequisite: Spanish speaking fluency, native or near-native or 3 years of high school Spanish. The course is designed to develop in the student the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing with a constant comparison between Spanish and English usage. Emphasis will be on the indicative tenses: present, preterit, imperfect, and future. These skills will be explored through reading in the contemporary culture of Spain, Latin America, and the Spanish speaking communities in the United States - Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Sephardic. (CSU) (UC credit limited. See a counselor.)