English for Second Language Learners
11 courses · Porterville College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
EL2 P90Z Introduction to English for Second Language Learners
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- Total lecture 90
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- 90 lecture hours
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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
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- Total lecture 90 hours
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.