English as a Second Language
23 courses · Coastline College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
ESL C035 Grammar, Reading, and Writing 3A
- Units
- 8
- Hours
- 144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C042N Reading, Writing, and Grammar 2B with a grade of Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an intensive, integrated grammar, reading, and writing course for intermediate students who are non-native speakers of English. This course provides an introduction to literal and critical reading and responding to unsimplified texts and practice in writing unified paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting details with an emphasis on accuracy in grammar and mechanics. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C039 Grammar, Reading, and Writing 3B
- Units
- 8
- Hours
- 144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C035 Grammar, Reading, and Writing 3A with a letter grade of C or better or Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an intensive, integrated grammar, reading, and writing course for high-intermediate students who are non-native speakers of English. This course provides practice in literal and critical reading and responding to unsimplified texts. Emphasis on writing focused, grammatically-correct paragraphs with an effective topic sentence and supporting details. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C049 Listening and Speaking Skills 3A
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C043N Speaking and Listening 2B with a grade of Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is a listening-comprehension, oral communication, and accent reduction course for intermediate students. Emphasis on basic note-taking skills. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C052 Listening and Speaking Skills 3B
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C049 Listening and Speaking Skills 3A with a letter grade of C or better or Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is a listening comprehension, oral communication, and accent reduction course for high-intermediate students. Emphasis on effective note taking and participation in class discussion. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C054 Grammar, Reading, and Writing 4A
- Units
- 8
- Hours
- 144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C039 Grammar, Reading, and Writing 3B with a letter grade of C or better or Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
The current ESL program includes separate Reading/Writing and Grammar courses. This course combines these subjects in an integrated curriculum designed to increase efficiency and accelerate students' progress in gaining English proficiency. The low-advanced level Reading, Writing, and Grammar course is the sixth in the series of six core ESL courses. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C056 Listening and Speaking Skills 4
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C052 Listening and Speaking Skills 3B with a letter grade of C or better or Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is a listening-comprehension, oral communication, and accent reduction course for advanced second language students. Emphasis on effective note-taking from lectures on academic topics. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C095 ESL Support for Freshman Composition
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 36 lecture hours
- Corequisite
- ENGL C1000.
This class will help prepare and support English Language Learners enrolled in Freshman Composition. Students will develop their grammar and academic reading and writing skills through activities, reading assignments, and short writing assignments, focusing especially on issues facing English language learners. Concurrent enrollment in specified sections of English C1000 is required. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C099 Advanced Composition
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C054 Grammar, Reading, and Writing 4A with a letter grade of C or better or Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an integrated composition and grammar course for advanced-level English Language Learners. The course features practice in writing essays in a variety of rhetorical patterns in response to college-level reading passages. Special attention is given to sentence-level grammar and usage problems revealed through diagnostic testing. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C100 Freshman Composition for Non-Native Speakers
- Units
- 5
- Hours
- 90 lecture hours
- Prerequisite
- Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process.
- Advisory
- Students should successfully complete ESL C054 and/or ESL C099 and/or demonstrate proficient skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in English.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Freshman Composition for Non-Native Speakers helps to develop skills in grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and organization in order to express ideas clearly. In addition, students will learn how to use language appropriately, effectively, and accurately. Students will build upon those skills through writing that exposes meaning and forms arguments. In this course, students will develop cogent thinking (clear and logical reasoning) and close reading skills. Students will practice research and documentation strategies to develop their information literacy through finding and evaluating primary and secondary sources. Students will compose a minimum of 5,000 words of evaluated expository writing (conforms to California State University System Freshman Composition writing standards).
ESL C011N Sentence Structure 1
- Hours
- 36-144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- New students are advised to complete the ESL placement process in order to select their initial course level.
An intensive beginning English grammar course for non-native English speakers. A survey of simple sentence structures in American English. Emphasis on developing proficiency and fluency in constructing grammatically correct English sentences. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C012N Reading and Writing 1
- Hours
- 36-144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- New students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
A beginning-level course in English reading and writing for non-native English speakers. Emphasis on developing vocabulary and communication skills necessary for reading and comprehending simple, short paragraphs and writing simple sentences. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C013N Listening and Conversation 1
- Hours
- 36-180 lecture hours
- Advisory
- New students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
An intensive beginning-level course in English listening comprehension and oral communication for non-native English speakers. Emphasis on skills necessary to comprehend spoken English and to speak English fluently and accurately. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C016N Basic Computer Terminology and Skills
- Hours
- 18 lecture hours
This course will introduce ESL students to basic computer terminology and offer them instruction and practice in acquiring the skills that are necessary to navigate a Windows environment and learning management systems to succeed in their ESL courses and to meet other educational, employment-related, or personal goals. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C022N Reading, Writing, and Grammar 1B
- Hours
- 144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C011N Sentence Structure 1 with a Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or students who have completed ESL C012N Reading and Writing 1 with a Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an intensive reading, writing, and grammar course for beginning-level non-native English speakers who are preparing for general college coursework. This course provides an introduction to reading and interpreting short reading passages on familiar topics and writing sentences in the simple and progressive present and past tenses. Students will become familiar with grammatical terms in preparation for higher-level academic courses. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C023N Speaking and Listening 1B
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C013N Listening and Conversation 1 with a Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an oral communication, pronunciation, and listening comprehension course for beginning-level non-native English speakers. Emphasis on mastering accurate pronunciation and building listening skills to facilitate accurate comprehension of spoken English. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C026N Computer Terminology and Applications
- Hours
- 18 lecture hours
- Advisory
- ESL C016N; Students are expected to be able to read and write simple questions and answers in English and know basic computer skills such as logging into a school computer with a school username and password, navigating the internet to websites, and logging into school learning management systems with a school username and password before enrolling in ESL C026N.
This course will introduce English language learners to computer terminology and offer them instruction and practice in navigating a variety of English language learning activities in computer applications that are used both in college coursework as well as employment. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C032N Reading, Writing, and Grammar 2A
- Hours
- 144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C022N Reading, Writing, and Grammar 1B with a Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an intensive reading, writing, and grammar course for high-beginning level non-native English speakers who are preparing for college coursework. This course provides practice in reading and interpreting short reading passages, writing sentences in the simple, progressive, and perfect past and present tenses, and writing short paragraphs. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C033N Speaking and Listening 2A
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C023N Speaking and Listening 1B with a Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an oral communication, accent reduction, and listening comprehension course for high-beginning level non-native English speakers who are preparing for general college coursework. Emphasis on accurate pronunciation and communication and listening skills necessary for classroom situations and life skills. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C035N Grammar, Reading, and Writing 3A
- Hours
- 144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C042N with a grade of Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course; new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an intensive, integrated grammar, reading, and writing course for intermediate students who are non-native speakers of English. This course provides an introduction to literal and critical reading and responding to unsimplified texts and practice in writing unified paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting details with an emphasis on accuracy in grammar and mechanics. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C042N Reading, Writing, and Grammar 2B
- Hours
- 144 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C032N Reading, Writing, and Grammar 2A with a Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is an intensive, noncredit, integrated reading, writing, and grammar course for intermediate-level English Language Learners (ELL) who are preparing for college coursework. This course provides practice in reading and analyzing short text selections, writing sentences in the simple, progressive, and perfect past, present, and future tenses and writing paragraphs that include a topic sentence and supporting details. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C043N Speaking and Listening 2B
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C033N Speaking and Listening 2A with a Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course or new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This is a noncredit oral communication, accent reduction, and listening comprehension course for intermediate-level English Language Learners (ELL) who are preparing for general college coursework or career training. This course focuses on communication and listening skills necessary for classroom situations. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C049N Listening/Speaking Skills 3A
- Hours
- 72 lecture hours
- Advisory
- Students who have completed ESL C043N with a grade of Pass are encouraged to enroll in this course; new students are advised to complete the ESL placement process to determine their initial placement.
This course is designed to meet the needs of California residents by offering them a non-credit option of this level of ESL in order to ease their financial burden. In doing so, students will have enough financial aid to complete all of Coastline's ESL program before moving on to college-level courses. This course combines listening and speaking in an integrated curriculum designed to increase efficiency and accelerate students' progress in gaining English proficiency. The intermediate level is the fourth in a series of six levels. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.
ESL C095N ESL Support for Freshman Composition
- Hours
- 36 lecture hours
- Corequisite
- ENGL C1000.
This free, noncredit class will help prepare and support English Language Learners enrolled in Freshman Composition. Students will develop their grammar and academic reading and writing skills through activities, reading assignments, and short writing assignments, focusing especially on issues facing English language learners. Concurrent enrollment in specified sections of English C100 is required. Students are encouraged to take the writing co-requisite course, English C090, with ESL C095N. Noncredit. NOT DEGREE APPLICABLE.