# English for Second Language Learners (EL2) courses

Porterville College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 11 courses

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"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### EL2 P90Z — Introduction to English for Second Language Learners

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 2 sections (/c/porterville-college/schedule/summer-2026/el2.md); Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/fall-2026/el2.md)

This noncredit course will introduce adults with minimal English-speaking skills to English instruction for second language learners, focusing on rudimentary aspects of oral and written English to encourage students to seek additional instruction in English.

### EL2 P91AZ — Beginning Grammar and Writing

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/fall-2026/el2.md)
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This is a grammar and writing class designed for the beginning ESL student. The course will cover grammar and simple sentence writing.

### EL2 P91BZ — High Beginning Grammar and Writing

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/fall-2026/el2.md)
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This is a grammar and writing class designed for the high-beginning ESL student. The course will cover grammar and short paragraphs on familiar topics.

### EL2 P92AZ — Beg Listening and Speaking

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This is a noncredit grammar-based speaking class for the beginning ESL student. Listening, comprehension, and speaking skills will be developed through basic dialogues, modeled tasks, and communicative activities.

### EL2 P92BZ — High Beginning Listening and Speaking

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/spring-2027/el2.md)
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This is a noncredit grammar-based speaking class for the high-beginning ESL student. Students will further develop listening comprehension and will increase fluency, accuracy, and confidence in oral production.

### EL2 P93AZ — Intermediate Reading and Writing

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/porterville-college/schedule/fall-2026/el2.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/spring-2027/el2.md)
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This course focuses on reading and composition for students at the intermediate level of academic English as a second language. The course covers increasingly complex grammatical structures that students incorporate into compositions of one or more paragraphs.

### EL2 P93BZ — High Intermediate Reading and Writing

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 90 lecture hours
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/fall-2026/el2.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/spring-2027/el2.md)
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This course is designed for students at the high intermediate level of academic English as a second language. The course focuses on thesis-based essays, critical analysis of academic reading, and techniques to improve the organization, syntax, and grammar of essays. Essays are written in response to readings and discussions.

### EL2 P94AZ — Intermediate Listening and Speaking

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/fall-2026/el2.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/porterville-college/schedule/spring-2027/el2.md)
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This course is a grammar-based speaking class for the intermediate ESL student. Students will further develop listening comprehension and will demonstrate greater fluency, accuracy, and confidence in oral production.

### EL2 P94BZ — High Intermediate Listening and Speaking

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/porterville-college/schedule/spring-2027/el2.md)
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This course is a grammar-based speaking class for the high intermediate ESL student. Students will further develop listening comprehension and will demonstrate greater fluency, accuracy, and confidence in oral production.

### EL2 P95Z — Advanced Reading and Writing

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This noncredit course is designed for students at the advanced level of academic English as a second language. The course provides extensive practice in expository essays referencing outside sources, critical analysis of academic reading, and techniques to improve the organization, syntax, and grammar of the essays.

### EL2 P96Z — Advanced Listening and Speaking

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Total lecture 90 hours
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Nontransferable, nondegree applicable

This class is a grammar-based speaking class for the advanced ESL student. Students will further develop listening comprehension and the ability to speak with greater fluency, accuracy, and confidence.