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  • ELL 025: Elementary Reading

    4.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This advanced-beginner course is designed to develop students' ability to use reading strategies and to expand vocabulary in order to understand simplified texts. Students will normally take this course with Elementary Writing (ESL 024) and Elementary Speaking/Listening (ESL 026). Two hours per week of tutoring are required. Prerequisite:    Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 025 - Elementary Reading

  • ELL 026: Elementary Listen/Speak

    4.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This is a course for advanced beginners who have some basic knowledge of English and some functional communicative ability (e.g.simple questions and answers on topics of everyday interest). Class time is devoted to speaking for everyday needs, grammar practice, pronunciation, intensive listening to short, simplified narratives and listening for specific information in extended narratives and conversations. Students normally take this course along with Elementary Writing (ESL 024) and Elementary Reading (ESL 025). The course also has two hours of lab time, which will provide students with additional listening practice. Prerequisite:    Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 026 - Elementary Listen/Speak

  • ELL 033: Intermediate Grammar I

    3.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This course is a continuation of Elementary Grammar (ESL 023). Students practice grammatical structures through reading, writing, speaking and listening tasks in a classroom setting. This course is helpful for students who are fluent in English, but who need to develop the accuracy that is necessary for success in college. The course is also recommended for new international students who may have memorized grammar rules, but cannot apply them in conversational or academic situations. Prerequisite:    ELL 023 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 033 - Intermediate Grammar I

  • ELL 034: Intermediate Writing I

    4.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This course is a continuation of Elementary Writing (ESL 024). Students write longer paragraphs and short essays using more advanced writing strategies such as narration, illustration and analysis. Frequent in-class writing and out of class assignments help prepare students for future academic writing in non-ESL classes. Prerequisite:    ELL 024 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 034 - Intermediate Writing I

  • ELL 035: Intermediate Reading I

    4.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    In this course, students expand their reading skills and vocabulary. Students should take this course along with Intermediate Writing I (ESL 034) and Intermediate Speaking/Listening I (ESL 036). In addition, two hours of tutoring work are required weekly. Prerequisite:    ELL 025 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 035 - Intermediate Reading I

  • ELL 036: Intermediate Listen/Speak I

    4.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This course is a speaking and listening course for low-intermediate ESL students. Students entering the course should be able to answer questions about their own lives, to expand a spontaneous narrative to three or four sentences. Class time is devoted to speaking in various social situations, the practice of grammar, pronunciation and listening for information in conversations and extended narratives. Students normally take this course with Intermediate Writing I (ESL 034) and Intermediate Reading I (ESL 035). Two hours of lab time weekly give students additional listening comprehension practice. Prerequisite:    ELL 026 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 036 - Intermediate Listen/Speak I

  • ELL 040: Intermediate Writing II

    3.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This course is designed for students who can write unified, well-supported paragraphs and short essays with few errors that affect readers' comprehension. Prerequisite:    ELL 034 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 040 - Intermediate Writing II

  • ELL 041: Intermediate Reading II

    3.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This course is designed for intermediate-level ESL students who need to build their vocabulary and reading skills so that they can, with the assistance of a dictionary, understand text that is written for native speakers. Students will normally take Intermediate Writing II (ESL 044) and Intermediate Speaking/Listening II (ESL 046) along with this course. In addition, two hours weekly of tutoring are required. Prerequisite:    ELL 035 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 041 - Intermediate Reading II

  • ELL 042: Intermediate Listen/Speak II

    3.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This course emphasizes the comprehension and production of longer segments of speech. Students entering the course should be able to extend a narrative to several sentences. The class covers speaking in everyday situations, conventions of speaking in academic settings (e.g., participating in class discussions) and pronunciation. Students normally take this course with Intermediate Reading II (ESL 045) and Intermediate Writing II (ESL 044). An additional two hours each week of lab time will provide extra listening practice. Prerequisite:    ELL 036 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 042 - Intermediate Listen/Speak II

  • ELL 043: Intermediate Grammar II

    3.00 Credits
    Delaware County Community College

    This course is a continuation of Intermediate Grammar I (ESL 033). It is a multi-skills course in which students practice grammar in social and academic situations. Prerequisite:    ELL 033 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores
    ShareELL 043 - Intermediate Grammar II
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