ESL-001: Planning for Your Future

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This course is designed for new students in the ESL program at CCC. Students receive information about classes offered, departmental and college policies, college services available, campus facilities, student responsibilities and community resources. In addition, students are tested to determine their language levels and class placements. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-010: Tutoring (Literacy)

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2-4 class hours/week. Adult students meet one-on-one or in a small group with a tutor to focus on specific learning needs. Sessions are held in various public places throughout Clackamas County, such as libraries, schools, churches, and the college campuses and outreach sites. Tutors help to set student goals and a plan of learning. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-012: Assess/Evaluate New Students

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New students in the ESL program receive information about classes offered, departmental and college policies, college services available, campus facilities, student responsibilities, and community resources. Students are tested to determine language levels and class placement. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-014: Intro to Business English A

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This course is part A of a two-part series of classes designed for non-native speakers of English who are considering employment and/or training in a business field. The course teaches students the basic communication skills frequently required in everyday business interactions both in the U.S. and internationally. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-015: Intro to Business English B

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This course is part B of a two-part series of classes designed for non-native speakers of English who are considering employment and/or training in a business field. The course teaches students the basic communication skills frequently required in everyday business interactions both in the U.S. and internationally. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-016: Skills Customer Service Employment

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12 class, 3 lab hours/week. Course is designed for non-native speakers of English who desire employment in retail and/or customer service.

ESL-018: Introduction to Business English

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This is an introductory course designed for upper-intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English who are considering pursuing employment and/or training in a business field. Course teaches students the basic communication skills frequently required in everyday business interactions both in the U.S. and internationally. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-019: Educational Planning forýReturning Students

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1 hour/term. For returning students in the ESL program at CCC. Students meet with their instructors to review progress, revisit goals, register for classes, and learn how to transition to other educational and training opportunities. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-020: Life Skills 1

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3-4 class hours/week. Introduces the language necessary to function in day-to-day American society at the beginning level. Listening, speaking, grammar, reading and writing are taught in the contexts of work, family and community. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-022: Life Skills 1 & 2

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4-6 class hours/week. Introduces the language necessary to function in day-to-day American society at the beginning level; listening, speaking, reading and writing are taught in the contexts of work, family and community. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-032: Low Intermediate Conversation

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3 class hours/week. Low intermediate level students study and practice speaking and listening to improve their fluency in English for living and working situations. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-033: Intermediate Conversation

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3 class hours/week. Intermediate-level students study and practice speaking and listening to improve their fluency in English for living and working situations. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-034: Upper Intermediate Conversation

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3 class hours/week. Upper intermediate level students study and practice speaking and listening to improve their fluency in English for living and working situations. Emphasis will be on developing conversational skills as needed for success in meeting personal, educational, family, and workplace goals. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-035: Advanced Communication Skills

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3 class hours/week. Advanced-level students develop fluency in speaking and listening in the contexts of school, work, family and community. Prepares students for success in discussions, interviews, conferences, presentations, and academic notetaking. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-036: Communicating With Customers

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3 class hours/wk. For upper-intermediate and advanced-level non-native speakers of English who desire employment in retail and/or customer service. Teaches the basics of customer service. Students practice customer service skills. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-037: Conversation Skill Building

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33 class hours/term. Students practice speaking and listening to improve their fluency in English for living and working situations. Students will work with proficient English speakers in conversational settings. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-040: Beginning Grammar

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3 class hours/week. Presentation and practice present simple verb tense of the verb "to be", nouns, descriptive/possessive adjectives, prepositions of place and time, and simple sentence structures in written and spoken English. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-041: Upper Beginning Grammar

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3 class hours/week. This class will present and practice verb tenses (present simple, past simple, and present progressive), indefinite articles, and nouns in written and spoken English. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-042: Intermediate Grammar A

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3 class hours/week. This course is Part A of a two-part series of classes designed to present and practice the formation and use of the simple present and present progressive with a focus on non-action verbs and extended time, past simple, past progressive, used to, the future, and wh- questions in written and spoken English. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-043: Intermediate Grammar B

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3 class hours/week. This course is part B of a two-part series of classes designed to present and practice past progressive and present perfect with time expressions and adverbs of frequency, modals of ability, permission and advice, and comparative and superlative adjectives in written and spoken English. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-044: Upper Intermediate Grammar A

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3 class hours/week. Part A of a two-part series designed to help upper-intermediate ESL students gain knowledge and proficiency in the use of verb forms that frequently occur together, gerunds, infinitives, and causative verbs. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-045: Advanced Grammar A

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3 class hours/week. Part A of a two-part series. Presentation and practice of adverb clauses, connectors, reported speech, "it" in subject position, and noun clauses in written and spoken English. Required: Instructor consent. Corequisite: ESL-070.

ESL-046: Advanced Grammar B

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3 class hours/week. Part B of a two-part series. Presentation and practice of count/noncount nouns, definite/indefinite articles, modals, and conditional sentences in written and spoken English. Required: Instructor consent. Corequisite: ESL-070.

ESL-047: Upper Intermediate Grammar B

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3 class hours/week. Part B of a two-part series. Presentation and practice of adjective clauses, phrasal verbs, and passive voice in written and spoken English. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-048: Editing for Better Writing

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In this course, upper-intermediate and higher-level ESL students will improve their writing through editing. They will also engage in extended reading which will provide a context for writing. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-049: Upper Beginning Reading/Writing

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66 hours/term. For upper-beginning level ESL students who read and write at the sentence level. Students read short texts in order to improve reading skills, write a variety of sentences and put related sentences in paragraph form. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-050: Beginning Reading & Writing

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3 class hours/week. This course is designed to teach beginning-level students who have limited knowledge of written English. Students will practice alphabet recognition, read and write short sentences, study new vocabulary, read short paragraphs, and gain reading and scanning skills to use in everyday life and in the workplace. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-051: Upper Beginning Reading

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3 class hours/week. For upper-beginning level ESL students who read at the sentence level. Students read short texts in order to improve reading skills. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-052: Upper Beginning Writing

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3 class hours/week. This course is designed for upper beginning level ESL students who write at the sentence level. Students will write a variety of sentences and put related sentences in paragraph form. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-053: Intermediate Reading & Writing

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6 class hours/week. This course is designed for the intermediate-level ESL student who is ready to begin writing at the paragraph level. The major purpose of the course is to improve the studentb’s reading and writing skills as needed for more advanced ESL and college courses, in the workplace, and in everyday life. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-054: Upper Intermediate Reading & Writing

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6 class hours/week. Upper-intermediate students will practice reading and writing skills needed to succeed in college, the workplace, and everyday life. Introduction to multiple paragraph essays. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-055: Advanced Reading & Writing

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6 class hours/week. Advanced-level students will practice academic reading, writing and editing skills. Students generally take this course for more than one term in order to satisfy all requirements. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-056: Intermediate Reading

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3 class hours/week. For intermediate-level ESL student who read at the paragraph level. Introduction to strategies for improving reading skills as needed for more advanced ESL and college courses, in the workplace, and in everyday life. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-057: Intermediate Writing

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3 class hours/week. For intermediate-level ESL students who are ready to begin writing at the paragraph level. Strategies for improving writing skills as needed for more advanced ESL and college courses, in the workplace, and in everyday life. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-058: Upper Intermediate Reading

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3 class hours/week. For upper-intermediate ESL students who read beyond the paragraph level. Development of the reading skills needed to succeed in college and in everyday life. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-059: Upper Intermediate Writing

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3 class hours/week. For the upper-intermediate level ESL student to develop the writing skills needed to succeed in college and in everyday life. Introduction to multiple paragraph essays. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-060: Pronunciation A

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33 hours/term. For intermediate or higher-level ESL students who want to sound more natural when speaking English. Focuses on increasing awareness of the sounds of American English, improving intelligibility, and producing speech more fluently. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-061: Intro to Pronunciation

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2 class hours/week. For ESL students who want to sound more natural when speaking English. Focuses on increasing student awareness of the sounds of American English, improving intelligibility, and producing speech more fluently. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-062: Introduction to Idioms

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2 class hours/week. Introduction to common American idioms and slang in the context of conversation skills. For upper-intermediate ESL students. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-063: Idioms & Conversation A

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3 class hours/week. Part A of a two-part series of classes. Introduces common American idioms and slang while practicing conversation skills at the upper-intermediate level. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-064: Idioms & Conversation B

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3 class hours/week. Part B of a two-part series of classes. Introduces common idioms while practicing conversation skills at the upper-intermediate level. Required: Instructor consent. Corequisite: ESL-070

ESL-065: Pronunciation B

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3 class hours/week. This class is for ESL students at the intermediate-level or higher who want to sound more natural when speaking English. Activities will focus on increasing student awareness of the sounds of American English, improving intelligibility, and producing speech more fluently. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-067: Video and Conversation

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3 class hours/week. Intensifies intermediate/advanced ESL language skills in listening/speaking. Students view Crossroads Cafe video series, complete workbook exercises, practice listening for specific information, participate in pair, small group, and whole class discussions and activities. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-068: Intro to Communicating With Customers

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3 class hours/week. This course is designed for upper-intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English who desire employment in retail and/or customer service. The course teaches students the basics of customer service. Students practice customer service skills. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-070: Computer Lab

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3 lab hours/week. Provides opportunities to improve English language skills by using language learning software. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-071: ESL Skills Lab

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1 class hour/week. Provides opportunities to improve English language skills by using language learning software. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-072: Multi-Level Conversational ESL

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This course introduces the language necessary to function in day-to-day American society at multiple levels. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are taught in the contexts of work, family and community. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-073: Writing Skills

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2 class hours/week. For ESL students who want to improve writing skills for everyday life, the workplace and college courses. Students work individually with instructor guidance. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-074: Differentiated Writing Instruction

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3 class hours/week. This course is desginged for ESL students who want to improve their writing skills for everyday life, the workplace and college courses. Students work individually with instructor guidance. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-075: ESL Study Skills

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In this course, students work independently to improve their English language skills as they complete assignments or projects from other classes.

ESL-082: Spelling

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3 class hours/week. Presents and provides opportunities to practice English spelling patterns and rules. Individualized instruction to address spelling challenges. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-083: Introduction to Spelling

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2 class hours/week. This course will present and provide opportuntiies to practice English spelling patterns and rules and individualize instruction to address spelling challenges. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-084: Vocabulary Building

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3 class hours/week. Develops upper-intermediate to advanced-level students' vocabulary range and vocabulary acquisition skills. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-085: Editing A

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3 hours/week. In this course, upper-intermediate and higher-level ESL students will improve their writing through editing. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-086: Editing B

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3 hours/week. In this course, upper-intermediate and higher-level ESL students will improve their writing through editing. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-087: Editing

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3 class hours/week. In this course, upper level ESL students will improve their writing through editing. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-088: Advanced Reading A

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3 lecture hours/week. In this course, advanced ESL students will practice academic reading skills. Students generally take for more than one term in order to satisfy all requirements. Required: Instructor consent.

ESL-089: Advanced Reading B

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In this course, advanced ESL students will practice academic reading skills. Students generally take for more than one term in order to satisfy all requirements. Required: Instructor consent.