Bridge to College Reading and Writing

Catalog description

This high-advanced ESL course is designed to prepare students for college-level coursework. Through the reading and analysis of academic texts, students will build their reading comprehension and fluency in English as they focus on essay structure and development. Course emphasis is on developing thesis statements, building paragraphs into essays, refining approach to the writing process, purpose, audience, and advanced sentence production. Study and research skills are also covered in this course. This course takes a content-based approach to instruction, connecting skills to cultural context, focusing on topics of U.S. history, religion, and/or politics. This noncredit course mirrors ESL 138 (credit). Prerequisite: ESL 128 or ESL 178.