Course is designed to improve basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills of students whose native language is not English. Language skills will focus on basic sentence writing and oral comprehension. There will be emphasis on terminology for math and science.
Conversational comprehension will be highlighted as well as academic vocabulary and research methods. Preparation for Comp I will be a major focus.
Special emphasis will be given on oral classroom participation such as asking for clarification and expressing non-comprehension, clarifying assignment details and expectations, and asking for assistance.
For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected. Participation in this outside class work will be weighed and scored as weekly assignments, counting towards the overall class grade.
Prerequisites
Refer to Placement Matrix