English Skills – Group C

Courses below open to English Placement Group C students. Make appointment for placement when applying in Admissions. Course credit for Group C courses may not be applied towards the A.A. Degree.

ENGL 81A, THE PARAGRAPH – PLUS    3 UNITS

• Prerequisite: None. • Corequisite: English 83A or English 80.

English 81A is the basic introductory writing course. In class and in lab, it develops thinking skills, writing strategies, and sentence awareness as these relate to the production of paragraphs and the basic essay.

1325   8:00a-10:05a MTWTh   DRSCHR 222   Santilena J A

   10:15a-11:30a MTWTh   DRSCHR 308   

1326   10:15a-12:20p MTWTh   LA 217   Kagaya C

   12:45p-2:00p MTWTh   DRSCHR 308   

NEW 1778   10:15a-12:20p MTWTh   DRSCHR 218   Davison G

   8:45a-10:00a MTWTh   DRSCHR 308   

Above section 1778 meets for 6 weeks, Jul 05 to Aug 11.

1327   12:30p-2:35p MTWTh  PE 36   Kagaya C

   2:45p-4:15p MTWTh   DRSCHR 308   

ENGL 81B, THE BASIC ESSAY – PLUS    3 UNITS

• Prerequisite: English 81A. • Corequisite: English 83B.

English 81B reinforces and continues the writing effort begun in English 81A. In class and lab formats, 81B stresses the skills necessary to write basic three paragraph essays and short summaries. Sentence skills are reviewed and expanded.

1328   8:00a-10:05a MTWTh   PE 36   Staff

   Arrange-6 Hours        

1329   12:30p-2:35p MTWTh   PE 36   Ramirez M

   Arrange-6 Hours        

ENGL 83A, READING AND VOCABULARY I    3 UNITS

• Prerequisite: None. • Corequisite: English 81A.

The course is designed to develop reading competence by stressing comprehension, study skills, listening, word-attack skills, and patterns of organization. It also helps the student discover techniques for life-long vocabulary expansion with emphasis on a more skillful use of the dictionary, a better understanding of word parts, and a more effective use of sentence clues.

1330   10:15a-12:20p MTWTh   DRSCHR 215   Gorgie J L

   Arrange-6 Hours    DRSCHR 312   

1331   12:30p-2:35p MTWTh   DRSCHR 215   Gorgie J L

   Arrange-6 Hours    DRSCHR 312   

1332   2:45p-4:50p MTWTh   DRSCHR 215   Shapiro E P

   Arrange-6 Hours    DRSCHR 312   

ENGL 83B, READING AND VOCABULARY II    3 UNITS

• Prerequisite: English 83A. • Corequisite: English 81B.

This course is for students who have earned credit in English 83A, but who need further development in vocabulary and comprehension skills, especially using context clues, drawing inferences, and distinguishing between fact and opinion. In addition, students focus on monitoring their reading, strengthening time management based on the evaluation of their performance in English 83A, and improving study-reading techniques, such as mapping.        

1334   10:15a-12:20p MTWTh   LA 217   Hartman M

   Arrange-6 Hours        

ENGL 84R, READING AND VOCABULARY III    3 UNITS

• Prerequisite: English 83B. • Corequisite: English 84W.

This course is designed to further develop reading comprehension, reading rate, study-reading methods, and vocabulary. The course focuses on analytical skills, including identifying patterns of organization and applying inferential skills. Students will also develop critical reading skills, including focusing on the author’s purpose and tone.

1335   8:00a-10:05a MTWTh   MC 1   Overfield C

   Arrange-6 Hours               

ENGL 84W, THE BASIC COLLEGE ESSAY    3 UNITS

• Prerequisite: Credit in English 81B.

English 84W focuses upon the basic college essay and the prewriting techniques useful to its creation. Varieties of essays are studied as are those sentence skills that aim to locate and correct major sentence errors. The lab is arranged by the student and done on a weekly basis.

1337   8:00a-10:05a MTWTh   DRSCHR 211   Staff

   Arrange-3 Hours        

1338   12:30p-2:35p MTWTh   DRSCHR 210   Yudell J

   Arrange-3 Hours        

4078   6:30p-9:40p MW   MC 13   List B D

   Arrange-3 Hours        

Above section 4078 meets for 8 weeks, Jun 20 to Aug 12.

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