Oct 07, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog
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ESL-0101 English as a Second Language: Intermediate I


Credits 3
Equivalent Hours 4
ESL 0101 is the second writing course in the English as a Second Language reading/writing series.  It is for non-native English speakers whose academic writing ability is limited.  In this course, students continue to develop the basic grammar skills by producing the four basic sentence structures, but with more advanced verb tenses including the progressive and the perfect tenses in the past, present and future.  Students further develop writing coherence by recognizing and producing gerunds and infinitives in original writing.  Additionally, students use the writing process by editing sentence level errors in target grammar and mechanics.

 

A grade of C or higher is required to successfully complete this course.
Prerequisite(s): Placement by exam or successful completion of ESL - 0100
Corequisite(s): ESL - 0105 recommended
Course Outcomes
 

  1. Generate statements, negative statements, yes/no questions, and Wh-questions using the simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive forms in the past, present, and future.
  2. Distinguish the basic forms and uses of the gerunds and infinitives.
  3. Write multiple sentences in response to a single prompt using the course target grammar.
  4. Edit sentence level errors in target grammar and mechanics.




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