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Course Descriptions

 

Noncredit English as a Second Language
  

  • NESL 05B - ESL for Childhood Educators II

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: NESL 05A  
    Noncredit
    This is the second course in a two-course sequence that prepares intermediate-level ESL students for a career in childcare, with special emphasis on vocabulary and entry level skill acquisition as well as familiarity with common phrases for interacting with English speaking children, staff, and parents. Topics include infant development, toddler development, preschooler development, and school-age child development. This course prepares students for the Childhood Education credit program.
  

  • NESL 06 - ESL Support for Career and Technical Programs

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: NESL 03D  
    Noncredit
    This course, designed for students whose primary language is not English, is intended for students currently enrolled in an entry-level vocational class. Students will receive instruction in writing, reading, speaking, vocabulary building and test taking skills designed to help them succeed in the content area course. Subsequent enrollment in an additional semester will provide the student with an opportunity for continued skills and competency development within the level and subject matter.
  

  • NESL 07A - ESL for Math I

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: NESL 03D  
    Noncredit
    ESL for Math I helps students acquire the English necessary to do basic math. Students practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills related to math concepts such as numbers, measurement, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. This course provides ESL support for students who plan to take or who concurrently take MATH 12 , MATH 23 , or MATH 37 .
  

  • NESL 07B - ESL for Math II

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: NESL 03D  
    Noncredit
    ESL for Math II helps students acquire the English necessary to succeed in algebra and geometry courses. Students practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills related to algebra and geometry. This course provides ESL support for students who plan to take or who concurrently take MATH 40 , MATH 60 , MATH 67 , MATH 73 , and MATH 80 .
  

  • NESL 07C - ESL for Math III

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: NESL 03D  
    Noncredit
    ESL for Math III helps students acquire the English necessary for statistics courses offered at El Camino College. Students practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills related to statistical concepts. This course provides ESL support for students who plan to take or who concurrently take MATH 150  or MATH 67 .
  

  • NESL 08 - ESL for Medical Terminology

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: ESL 52A  
    Noncredit
    In this high-intermediate ESL course students study key medical terms in anatomy and physiology and vocabulary for diseases, symptoms, procedures, common medical tests, and abbreviations. Emphasis is placed on word parts (prefixes, roots, and suffixes), pronunciation, and spelling. Students practice listening to and reading medical terms as well as utilizing them in writing and in speech. This course provides ESL support for students who plan to take or who concurrently take Medical Terminology I.
  

  • NESL 09A - ESL for Anatomy and Physiology I

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: NESL 08  
    Noncredit
    This first course in a two-course sequence prepares high-intermediate to advanced ESL students for credit anatomy and physiology courses. Several body systems and their functions as well as the basics of chemistry and cell biology are covered with reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities. Emphasis is on pronunciation, spelling, and study skills useful for success in healthcare programs. This course provides ESL support for students who plan to take or who concurrently take ANAT 30 , ANAT 32 , Anatomy and Physiology 34A, and Anatomy and Physiology 34B.
  

  • NESL 09B - ESL for Anatomy and Physiology II

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: NESL 09A  
    Noncredit
    This second course in a two-course sequence prepares high-intermediate to advanced ESL students for credit anatomy and physiology courses. Blood, body defenses, and the digestive, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive body systems and their functions are covered with reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities. Emphasis on pronunciation and spelling for success in healthcare programs. This course provides ESL support for students who plan to take or who concurrently take ANAT 30 , ANAT 32 , Anatomy and Physiology 34A, and Anatomy and Physiology 34B
  

  • NESL 10 - ESL for Radiological Technology I

    0 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: ESL 51A  
    Noncredit
    This course is designed to help intermediate to advanced ESL learners acquire the listening and speaking skills necessary for communicating in the radiography field. Emphasis is on communicating with fellow radiographers and radiologists, other healthcare workers, and clients and their families. This course provides ESL support for students who plan to take or who concurrently take Radiologic Technology A
  

  • NESL 11 - English Support Course

    0
    8 to 48 TBA
    Recommended Preparation: NESL 51B , NESL 52B , and NESL 53B  
    Noncredit
    This open entry/open exit course is designed to help non-native speakers of English with the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills necessary for success in a content course at El Camino College. Students will learn how to use content-specific vocabulary and grammatical structures so that they can participate in course lectures, labs, and group activities as well as comprehend content-specific texts, lectures, and instructions. They will also learn writing skills germane to the content area such as lab reports, essays, and research papers. Note: The content of this course varies depending upon the content-area course it supports.

    Note: Pass/No Pass
  

  • NESL 51A - Introduction to English in Conversation

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: qualification by assessment
    Noncredit
    This introductory course is designed to increase a student’s English-speaking and comprehension skills in a supportive atmosphere. The course includes cross-cultural communication topics, role play and other small group activities, introduction to common American idioms and expressions, pronunciation exercises designed to improve intelligibility, and listening comprehension practice.  The content of NESL 51A, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 51A, a credit course.  NESL 51A shall be offered with ESL 51A as a dual-roster course.

    Note: Pass/no pass only.
  

  • NESL 51B - Intermediate Listening, Speaking and Pronunciation

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: NESL 51A  with a grade of Pass or ESL 51A  with a minimum grade of C or qualification by assessment
    Noncredit
    Students in this course gain greater confidence and skill in listening and speaking English by participating in activities such as listening to mini-lectures and taking notes, presenting impromptu speeches, prepared speeches, and oral reports; conducting surveys and interviews; role playing; and discussing and debating controversial topics. Students improve their pronunciation, intonation and stress, listening comprehension, and knowledge of idiomatic expressions and American culture and humor. The content of NESL 51B, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 51B , a credit course. NESL 51B shall be offered with ESL 51B  as a dual-roster course.

    Note: Pass/no pass only.
  

  • NESL 51C - Noncredit Advanced Listening, Speaking and Pronunciation

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: NESL 51B  with a grade of Pass or ESL 51B  with a minimum grade of C or qualification by assessment
    Noncredit
    This course provides instruction in listening and speaking, emphasizing oral communication, pronunciation, and idiomatic expressions in a multi-cultural academic setting. Students practice listening to and taking notes on lectures from across the curriculum such as history, business, and science, and other listening material. Students present research-based speeches and participate in group discussions and panel presentations. The content of NESL 51C, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 51C, a credit course. NESL 51C shall be offered with ESL 51C as a dual-roster course.

    Note: Pass/no pass only.
  

  • NESL 52A - Introduction to Reading and Vocabulary Building

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: qualification by assessment
    Noncredit
    This is an introductory course designed to transfer literacy in the first language to English by building basic reading skills and expanding vocabulary. Through the use of reading texts, reading kits, main idea exercises, and skimming and scanning activities, the foundation skills are developed through regular application. The aim of the course is to identify and reinforce good reading habits and to free students from over-dependence on dictionaries with a focus on context as key to meaning. The content of NESL 42A, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 52A, a credit course. NESL 42A shall be offered with ESL 52A as a dual-roster course.

    Note: Pass/no pass only. 
  

  • NESL 52B - Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary Building

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: NESL 52A  with a grade of Pass or ESL 52A   with a minimum grade of C or qualification by assessment
    Noncredit
    This is an intermediate level course designed to teach appropriate reading skills, such as the ability to make inferences, draw conclusions, understand the meaning of vocabulary words in context through word analysis and contextual clues, and determine the main idea from a passage. Students read from a variety of sources, including newspapers, essays, short stories, and novels. Students also increase their academic vocabulary through vocabulary building activities.

    Note: Pass/no pass only.
  

  • NESL 52C - Advanced Reading

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: NESL 52B  with a grade of Pass or ESL 52B  with a minimum grade of C or qualification by assessment 
    Noncredit
    This advanced-level reading course teaches interpretive, critical, and analytical reading skills for closer reading and better understanding of fiction and nonfiction works. It includes an indepth study of a novel, and the terminology necessary to discuss and write critically about works of various genres. Students also increase their vocabulary through vocabulary building activities. The content of NESL 52C, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 52B , a credit course. NESL 52C shall be offered with ESL 52C  as a dual-roster course.

    Note: Pass/no pass only.
  

  • NESL 53A - Elementary Writing and Grammar

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: qualification by assessment
    Noncredit
    This beginning level academic composition course offers students an intensive writing experience. Students will write well-organized and coherent paragraphs, transitioning to multi-paragraph essays. Students will identify and address grammar problems in their writing. The content of NESL 53A, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 53A, a credit course. ENSL 53A shall be offered with ESL 53A as a dual-roster course. 

    Note: Pass/no pass only. 
  

  • NESL 53B - Intermediate Writing and Grammar

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: NESL 53A with a grade of Pass or ESL 53A with a minimum grade of C or qualification by assessment 
    Noncredit
    This course offers students intensive experience in preparing to write college-level essays. Students will learn to write well organized, coherent expository essays, including critical reactions to reading. They will review basic rhetorical modes such as summary, narration, description and process, and will be introduced to the rhetorical modes of comparison-contrast and argumentation. Simple, progressive, and present perfect verbs, and other basic grammar rules will be reviewed, and passive voice, conditionals, past perfect, perfect modals, and other intermediate grammar topics will be introduced. The content of NESL 53B, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 53B, a credit course. NESL 53B shall be offered with ESL 53B as a dual-roster course. 

    Note: Pass/no pass only. 
  

  • NESL 53C - Advanced Writing and Grammar

    0 units
    5 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: NESL 53A with a grade of Pass or ESL 53A with a minimum grade of C or qualification by assessment 
    Noncredit
    This course strengthens college-level writing skills in preparation for English 1A for students learning English as a second language. Students read articles, essays, poetry, and works of fiction or nonfiction. They write welldeveloped essays in response to their reading. Students review basic grammar and develop advanced grammar and sentence skills. Students are introduced to and use Modern Language Association (MLA) style and research skills to write a short research-based essay. The content of NESL 53C, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 53C, a credit course. NESL 53C shall be offered with ESL 53C as a dual-roster course.

    Note: Pass/no pass only.

Noncredit Human Development
  

  • NHDV 101 - Introduction to College Success and Educational Planning

    0 units
    1 hour lecture
    Recommended Preparation: ENGL 1  OR ESL 52B  AND ESL 53C 
    Noncredit
    This course is designed to assist students in transitioning from noncredit to credit courses and introduces students to information, skills, and resources necessary for successful educational experiences. Topics include orientation to college, college readiness, student responsibility in a diverse college setting, learning styles and lifelong learning, goal setting for college and career, educational planning, study skills, time management, support networks, and college resources.
  

  • NHDV 105 - Introduction to Career and Life Planning

    0 units
    1 hour lecture
    Recommended Preparation: ENGL 1  OR ESL 52B  AND ESL 53B  
    NonCredit
    This course is designed to assist students in transitioning from noncredit to credit courses and provides an introduction to career and life planning, including an exploration of core values, skills, personality traits, life stages and experiences. Topics include principles for career and life planning, strategies for decision-making, and job search techniques.  Topics will also include career information research, including job descriptions, work environments, employment opportunities, educational requirements, and potential earnings.
  

  • NHDV 107 - Introduction to Navigating the Transfer Process

    0 units
    1 hour lecture
    Recommended Preparation: ENGL 1  OR ESL 52B  ANDESL 53B  
    Noncredit
    This course is designed to assist students in transitioning from noncredit to credit courses and introduces students to the information and resources related to the university transfer process. Students will learn about the components of educational planning, strategies for identifying and investigating transfer options, and the steps involved in university transfer. Topics that will be introduced also include university admissions requirements, the application process, financial aid opportunities, housing considerations, and programs and services to support students in applying, transferring, and adjusting to the university environment.
 

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