Inter Read/Vocab Building

Catalog description

This is an intermediate level course designed to teach appropriate reading skills, such as the ability to make inferences, draw conclusions, understand the meaning of vocabulary words in context through word analysis and contextual clues, and determine the main idea from a passage. Students read from a variety of sources, including newspapers, essays, short stories, and novels. Students also increase their academic vocabulary through vocabulary building activities. The content of NESL 52B, a noncredit course, is identical to the content of ESL 52B, a credit course. NESL 52B shall be offered with ESL 52B as a dual-roster course.