# English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses

Merritt College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 8 courses

Source: https://mc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/48441/48769/49120/49121/49136

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ESOL 511 — Reading and Writing 1

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 6 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ESOL 541D.
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

High beginning level of reading and writing: Fiction and nonfiction readings adapted for ESOL; writing short narrative and descriptive paragraphs.

### ESOL 512 — Reading and Writing 2

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 6 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ESOL 251A or ESOL 251B or ESOL 511.
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/esol.md)

Intermediate level of reading and writing: Academic vocabulary and critical thinking skills using intermediate-level ESOL reading materials; expanding paragraphs into simple narratives and essays.

### ESOL 513 — Reading and Writing 3

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 6 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ESOL 252A or ESOL 252B or ESOL 512.
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

High intermediate level of reading and writing: Critical readings of essays, short academic texts, short stories, and/or a novel; writing well-developed essays and compositions.

### ESOL 541A — Basic English A

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2.86 - 5.5 hours lecture
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Introduction to basic English through the context of daily life activities: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing; basics of language structures, form, computer literacy, classroom culture and study skills within the context of personal information and circumstances.

### ESOL 541B — Basic English B

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2.86 - 5.5 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ESOL 541A.
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Continuation of ESOL 541A: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing; basics of language structures and form, computer literacy, classroom culture and study skills within the context of jobs.

### ESOL 541C — Basic English C

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2.86 - 5.5 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ESOL 541B.
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Continuation of ESOL 541B: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing; basics of language structures, form, computer literacy, classroom culture and study skills within the context of academic life.

### ESOL 541D — Basic English D

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 2.86 - 5.5 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ESOL 541C.
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Continuation of ESOL 541C: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing; basics of language structures, form, computer literacy, classroom culture and study skills within the context of life experience.

### ESOL 552 — Advanced Reading and Writing

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 6 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ESOL 253 or ESOL 513 or ESOL 553 Reading and Writing 3.
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Advanced level of reading and writing: Critical thinking skills, analysis of literature and culturally significant texts; building of research and other academic papers; analysis and comparison of both literary and nonfiction texts from diverse cultures in order to develop a broader cross-cultural understanding of themes.