Las Positas College - Spring 2025 - Class Schedule

SPRING 2025 9 25. 424. 1 000 | l p c - a d m i s s i o n s @ l a s p o s i t a s c o l l e g e . e d u S P R I N G 2025 - C O U R S E L I S T I N G S Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. present, including poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays. Emphasizes literary analysis and the exploration of each work in relation to its social, cultural and historical contexts. Prerequisite: ENG 1A with a minimum grade of C ENG 115 PERSONALIZED COACHING 0.5 Units This credit course provides whole group, small group, and individualized support with writing and reading assignments. Students meet regularly with an English 115 instructor during prescribed hours as well as with English tutors, on a customized learning plan. Student hours spent with Reading and Writing faculty tutors and in Smart Shops also count towards the variable hours of this course. Students can choose to focus on developing their skills in academic reading, composition, research, sentence- level writing skills, or some combination of these. This course is intended to help students be successful in college-level credit coursework. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE ESL 24 ADV.READING AND COMPOSITION I 6.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year advanced reading and writing course for academic purposes. Emphasis is on critical reading techniques and writing expository essays as well as on grammar and vocabulary development. Prerequisite: ESL 121B or NESL 221B with a minimum grade of Pass or Placement through the ESL assessment process ESL 25 ADV.READING AND COMPOSITION II 6.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year advanced reading and writing course for academic purposes. Emphasis is on critical reading and techniques of exposition, analysis, and argumentation. Prerequisite: ESL 24 with aminimumgrade of C or Placement through the ESL assessment process. ESL 26 ADVANCED EDITING 3.0 Units This course is designed to increase students’ awareness of their own use of written language, and give them practice in editing strategies whichwill enable them to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. Prerequisite: ESL 120B or NESL 220B and ESL 121B or NESL 221B with a minimum grade of P or placement through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 26 and ESL 24 or 25. ESL 110 BEGINNING VOCABULARY SKILLS 1.0 Units This is a beginning level vocabulary skills class, designed to enable English language learners to improve language proficiency by learning new vocabulary and developing vocabulary-building skills. The class will focus on the 0-1000 most common words in English, dictionary skills, and beginning morphology including prefixes, suffixes and roots. ESL 113 SPEAKING AND LISTENING FLUENCY 2.0 Units This is an oral communication course that will enable students to develop advanced speaking and listening fluency and enable students to fluently use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately, emphasizing academic and professional discourse. Students will practice listening and responding to academic lectures and presentations like TED Talks, including note-taking, summarizing, and other forms of critical analysis. Speaking practice will emphasize advanced rhetorical strategies through group discussions, debates, impromptu speeches and oral presentations and cultural norms in academic and professional contexts. It is the fifth and highest level of the ESL Speaking and Listening Fluency Pathway. Prerequisite: ESL 123 or NESL 223 or ESL 126 or NESL 226 with a minimum grade of Pass or Placement into Advanced ESL courses through the ESL Assessment Process. ESL 120A INTERM. GRAMMAR/READ, WRITE I 3.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in intermediate grammar for academic writing and reading designed to enable students to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. This course focuses on compound and complex sentences, verb tense and form, and modals. This course also emphasizes grammar analysis, detecting and correcting grammatical errors, and self-editing skills. Prerequisite: ESL 130B or appropriate skill level demonstrated through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120A and 121A and 123 or 126. ESL 120B INTERM. GRAMMAR/READ, WRITE II 3.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in intermediate grammar for academic writing and reading designed to enable students to use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. The course focuses on compound and complex sentences and short paragraphs, overview of the verb tense system in English, verb forms with gerunds and infinitives, verb forms in modifying phrases, and modals. This course also emphasizes analyzing grammar and meaning, detecting and correcting grammatical errors, and self- editing skills. Prerequisite: ESL 120A or appropriate skill level demonstrated through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120B, 121B, and 123 or 126. ESL 121A INTERM. READING ANDWRITING 6.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in intermediate academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing sentences, paragraphs and compositions, developing strategies for reading comprehension and flexibility, on interactive reading, and on academic vocabulary development. Students will develop cultural understanding, vocabulary, and fluency through a variety of academic writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: ESL 131B with a minimum grade of Pass or placement through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120A, 121A and 123 or 126. ESL 121B HIGH-INTERMEDIATE READING 6.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in intermediate academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing sentences, paragraphs and compositions, developing strategies for reading comprehension and flexibility, on interactive reading, and academic vocabulary development. Students will develop cultural understanding and fluency through a variety of academic writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: ESL 121A with a minimum grade of C or placement through the ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in ESL 120B, 121B and 123 or 126. Scan here to visit the current Spring 2025 class schedule online ESL FLOW CHART on pg. 65