English as a Second Language (ESL) at Rappahannock Community College
- ESL 1 - English As a Second Language I
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Provides intensive instruction at the beginning level. Includes listening comprehension, pronunciation and oral production of basic grammatical structure; reading and vocabulary development; and introduction to the writing process.
Variable hours per week.
9-20 credits
- ESL 3 - English As a Second Language III
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Provides intensive instruction and practice at the intermediate level. Includes practice in oral communication skills needed in common situations; instruction to increase reading comprehension and vocabulary and practice in the writing process, emphasizing sentence structure, grammar and paragraph writing.
Variable hours per week.
9-20 credits
- ESL 4 - English As a Second Language IV
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Provides instruction at the high intermediate level. Emphasizes reading and writing skills needed for successful completion of college work. Includes instruction to improve reading comprehension, study skills and reading rate. Introduces written academic English through practice in the writing process emphasizing summary writing, short essays and advanced language patterns.
Variable hours per week.
9-20 credits
- ESL 5 - English As a Second Language: Reading I
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Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary. Improves students' reading proficiency to a level which would allow the students to function adequately in
ESL 06 and other college classes.
Variable hours per week.
3-6 credits
- ESL 6 - English As a Second Language: Reading II
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Helps students improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary. Improves students' reading proficiency to a level which would allow students to function adequately in the
ESL 17 reading class and other college classes.
Variable hours per week.
3-6 credits
- ESL 12 - English As a Second Language: Composition II
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Provides further instruction and practice in the writing process, and inroduces advanced language patterns. Includes practice in developing and improving writing strategies.
Variable hours per week.
3-6 credits
- ESL 14 - ESL: Oral and Written Communications I
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Provides practice in the sound, stress, intonation, structural patterns, grammar, vocabulary, and idioms of beginning-level English.
Variable hours per week.
3-6 credits
- ESL 15 - ESL: Oral and Written Communications II
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Provides practice in the sound, stress, intonation, structural patterns, grammar, vocabulary, and idioms of intermediate-level English.
Variable hours per week.
3-6 credits
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