California Community Colleges System Courses

Crime Fiction in a Global Context

This course surveys modern crime fiction (both short stories and novels) from around the world published after World War II. The novels and stories in this genre are both works of literature and cultu

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Science Fiction: Worlds Within Worlds

Science fiction raises the central existential question of what it means to be human in an evolving and incomprehensible world and cosmos. Works in this genre are compelling critiques of the status qu

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Graphic Literature

Graphic literature, also referred to as sequential art or graphic fiction, is one of the world’s great storytelling media. Students will explore its rich history, and consider its evolution from its c

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English Acceleration Support

This course is designed for students to enhance and improve their skills to promote success in college-level composition and reading. It consists of instruction in composition and the comprehension an

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Multiple Skills Preparation: Listening, Speaking, and Grammar

ESL 10G is a low-intermediate multi-skills course that helps English language learners improve their listening, speaking, and grammar.

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Multiple Skills Preparation: Reading and Writing

ESL 10W is a low-intermediate multi-skills course that helps English language learners improve their reading and writing skills in a multicultural setting. This course focuses on composing a variety o

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Basic English 1

ESL 11A is an intermediate, multi-skills course that helps English language learners improve their communication skills in a multicultural setting. It focuses on writing academic paragraphs, grammar,

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Pronunciation and Spelling: Vowel and Consonant Sounds

This course offers the study and practice of the vowel and consonant sounds that are basic to North American pronunciation and speech style, and it emphasizes listening skills, auditory discrimination

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Pronunciation: Rhythm and Intonation

This course is designed to help ESL students communicate more effectively by learning the rhythm and intonation patterns of standard North American English. The course includes a brief review of all v

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Conversation and Culture in the U.S.

This speaking/listening course for group “A”, “B”, and “C” level non-native speakers of English examines the cross cultural differences that affect communication. It prepares students to understand an

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The Noun System and Articles

This course helps non-native speakers of English to communicate effectively using the noun system (count, non-count, proper, common, singular, plural), modifiers and quantifiers (possessives; determin

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Using Verb Tenses

This course helps non-native speakers of English to communicate effectively using verb forms including: present, past, future, perfects,passives, conditionals, and modals.

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Sentence Structure and Punctuation

This course helps students whose first language is not English to construct grammatically correct sentences using appropriate punctuation. Students will learn to combine sentence elements (clauses and

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Intermediate Reading Skills

This course is designed for intermediate students who want to improve their reading skills. Students will improve their reading comprehension and critical thinking skills by learning strategies such a

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English Fundamentals 1

This high-intermediate course helps English language learners improve their communication skills in a multicultural setting. It focuses on paragraph and essay writing, reading, academic vocabulary, cr

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