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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.)

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 001 This course is designed to review and reinforce proper use of the verbs "to be" and "to have", and the simple present and present progressive verb forms. It is a recommended supplement for students in Beginning and Low Intermediate ESL courses. (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)

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)

Prerequisites: ESL 011 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate placement. Recommended Companion Courses: ESL 002, ESL 041, ESL 042, ESL 051, ESL 052 ESL 012 is a grammar based speaking class in an English-only Environment for the low intermediate ESL student. Students will further develop listening comprehension and will increase fluency, accuracy, and confidence in oral production. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)

Prerequisites: ESL 024 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate placement. This course is designed to assist advanced ESL students in further developing reading skills and reading efficiency in English. Focus will be placed on understanding text understanding text structure and overall comprehension of a variety of texts. Further development of reading skills will also be emphasized. (Nontransferable, nondegree applicable)

Recommended Companion Courses: ESL 002 and ESL 012 ESL 052 is a short-term intensive pronunciation course designed for students whose main interest is to focus on clearer articulation of English vowels and consonants, and on the increased development of basic English patterns of stress, intonation, and rhythm. (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.)