CE Course Schedule
Course Listings as of July 08, 2008 at 10:30pm
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Para informacion en espanol, favor de llamar a 512.223.7717
Information in English 512.223.7735
*New students are required to complete an “Assessment Test” before registering for any ESL classes. To schedule your appointment call 512.223.3139; otherwise, you will not be eligible to register.
*Former ESL students register for the specific classes that you were approved to take through the ESOL Department.
Important: We will not allow students to switch sections after the start date, or register for classes with no “Assessment Test Score”, or register for classes not approved by ESL Advisors.
Students will automatically be dropped from these classes if guidelines are not followed through as required. Refunds will be issued following the refund policy.
COMG 3000 Low Intermediate Oral Communications
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for low intermediate ESOL students. Course emphasizes speaking and listening to American English. Development of better listening skills by listening to real-life conversations and short academic talks. Practice speaking in pairs and groups. Continued focus on correct pronunciation with the goal of helping reduce accents that interfere with communication. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0342.
8 92238 Aug 25 - Dec 12 10:00am -11:10a MWF NRG 4212 OH Gast, Gerhardt
18 92240 Aug 25 - Dec 10 5:15pm - 6:55p MW SAC 1137 Staff
10 92239 Aug 26 - Dec 11 5:15pm - 6:55p TTh RGC 111 Staff
COMG 3001 Low Intermediate Writing and Grammar
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for low intermediate ESOL students. Course emphasizes using standard English grammar in writing short essays. Study of perfect tenses, passive voice, gerunds and infinitives. Introduction to clauses. Continued emphasis on writing compound sentences and introduction to complex sentence structures with appropriate conjunctions, transitional expressions, and punctuation. Continued practice in paragraph development and longer academic compositions. Exposure to and practice with different modes of writing. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0382.
9 90679 Jul 7 - Aug 12 10:35am - 1:10p MTWTh RVS G9112 OH Belk, Lorinda C
10 92300 Aug 25 - Dec 10 7:50pm - 9:30p MW CYP 1107 Staff
10 92301 Aug 25 - Dec 10 2:30pm - 4:10p MW NRG 4212 OH Gast, Gerhardt
8 92304 Aug 25 - Dec 10 7:30pm - 9:10p MW RGC A259 OH Ghadessy, Esmael
18 92307 Aug 25 - Dec 10 1:05pm - 2:45p MW SAC 1319 OH Backo-Wukasch, Beata
10 92302 Aug 26 - Dec 11 7:10am - 8:50a TTh NRG 4212 OH Feldman, Devorah M
18 92303 Aug 26 - Dec 11 12:00pm - 1:40p TTh PIN 507 Staff
9 92305 Aug 26 - Dec 11 12:00pm - 1:40p TTh RGC 122 Staff
18 92306 Aug 26 - Dec 11 4:15pm - 5:55p TTh RVS G9114 Staff
18 92321 Sep 23 - Dec 11 7:00pm - 9:25p TTh RGC 025 Staff
COMG 3002 Low Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Improvement in reading vocabulary/comprehension skills, as well as speaking, writing, and listening skills for job success. Focus on recognition and comprehension of idioms, analogies, antonyms and synonyms, and context clues. Interpretation of factual material and inferences associated with job-related communication. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0362.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ESOL 0361 or RDCS 1001 or placement in the course by ESOL Assessment or the Compass Test.
8 90635 Jul 7 - Aug 12 7:50am -10:25a MTWTh RVS G9109 OH Pharr, Heather R
10 92271 Aug 25 - Dec 10 8:00pm - 9:40p MW NRG 4212 OH Gast, Gerhardt
18 92273 Aug 25 - Dec 10 5:40pm - 7:20p MW RGC A259 OH Ghadessy, Esmael
16 92274 Aug 25 - Dec 10 12:00pm - 1:40p MW RRH 208 OH Feldman, Devorah M
18 92275 Aug 25 - Dec 10 3:25pm - 5:05p MW SAC 1205 OH Backo-Wukasch, Beata
18 93253 Aug 26 - Dec 11 7:05pm - 8:45p TTh CYP 1107 Staff
10 92272 Aug 26 - Dec 11 10:50am -12:30p TTh NRG 4212 OH Bailey, Shannon L
COMG 3020 High Beginning Oral Communications
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for high beginning ESOL students. Course emphasizes speaking and listening to everyday American English. Strong focus on understanding English speaker conversation and using correct pronunciation, including vowel and consonant sounds as well as stress and intonation. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0341.
10 92235 Aug 25 - Dec 10 4:20pm - 6:00p MW NRG 4212 Staff
18 92236 Aug 25 - Dec 10 7:05pm - 8:45p MW RVS G9111 Staff
18 92237 Aug 25 - Dec 10 12:30pm - 2:10p MW SAC 1205 Staff
16 92234 Aug 26 - Dec 11 12:10pm - 1:50p TTh EVC 9213 OH Shimizu, Kathleen E
COMG 3021 High Beginning Writing and Grammar
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for high beginning ESOL students. Course emphasizes using standard English grammar in writing paragraphs and short essays. Introduction to parts of speech. Study of simple and progressive verb tenses and modal auxiliaries. Practice in writing simple and compound sentences, using transitional expressions and punctuation. Exposure to and practice with different modes of writing. Required lab work will supplement classroom work. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0381.
18 92293 Aug 25 - Dec 10 8:00am - 9:40a MW CYP 2113 OH Cantu, Raul W
10 92295 Aug 25 - Dec 10 12:40pm - 2:20p MW NRG 4212 OH Bailey, Shannon L
18 92297 Aug 25 - Dec 10 7:05pm - 8:45p MW RGC 122 Staff
18 92299 Aug 25 - Dec 10 8:30am -10:10a MW SAC 1205 OH Corredor, Mary
16 92294 Aug 26 - Dec 11 8:30am -10:10a TTh EVC 9213 OH Shimizu, Kathleen E
10 92296 Aug 26 - Dec 11 9:00am -10:40a TTh NRG 4212 OH Feldman, Devorah M
18 92298 Aug 26 - Dec 11 12:00pm - 1:40p TTh RVS G9103 OH Reveles, Leticia
COMG 3023 High Beginning Reading and Vocabulary
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for high beginning ESOL students. Emphasis on comprehension skills, such as identifying main idea, supporting details, and patterns of paragraph development. Features reading short passages of academic materials. Focus on high frequency vocabulary and word forms. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0361.
10 92252 Aug 25 - Dec 12 7:20am - 8:30a MWF NRG 4212 Staff
18 92255 Aug 25 - Dec 10 10:20am -12:00p MW SAC 1205 Staff
16 92251 Aug 26 - Dec 11 10:20am -12:00p TTh EVC 9213 OH Shimizu, Kathleen E
18 92253 Aug 26 - Dec 11 6:10pm - 7:50p TTh NRG 4212 Staff
18 92254 Aug 26 - Dec 11 6:30pm - 8:10p TTh RGC 122 Staff
COMG 3040 High Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Improvement in reading vocabulary/comprehension skills, as well as speaking, writing, and listening skills for job success. Focus on recognition and comprehension of idioms, analogies, antonyms and synonyms, and context clues. Interpretation of factual material and inferences associated with job-related communication. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0363.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ESOL-0362 or RDCS 1001 or placement in the course by ESOL Assessment or the Compass Test.
x 90643 Jul 7 - Aug 12 1:25pm - 4:00p MTWTh RVS G9109 OH Backo-Wukasch, Beata
x 90677 Jul 7 - Aug 12 8:00am -10:35a MTWTh RGC 026 OH Herman, Rebecca
18 92232 Aug 25 - Oct 16 8:00am - 9:40a MTWTh SAC 1320 Staff
18 92276 Aug 25 - Dec 10 9:50am -11:30a MW CYP 2113 OH Cantu, Raul W
10 92280 Aug 25 - Dec 10 10:20am -12:00p MW RGC 122 OH Belk, Lorinda C
12 92281 Aug 25 - Dec 10 7:05pm - 8:45p MW RGC 026 OH Wukasch, Charles
18 92277 Aug 26 - Dec 11 5:40pm - 7:20p TTh EVC 3207 OH Shimizu, Kathleen E
10 92279 Aug 26 - Dec 11 4:20pm - 6:00p TTh NRG 4212 OH Gast, Gerhardt
16 92282 Aug 26 - Dec 11 1:05pm - 2:45p TTh SAC 1205 Staff
10 92278 Aug 30 - Dec 13 8:00am -11:40a S NRG 4212 OH Wukasch, Charles
COMG 3041 High Intermediate Oral Communications
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for high intermediate ESOL students. Course emphasizes speaking and listening to formal American English. Development of academic listening and note-taking skills. Exposure to long talks and short college lectures. Practice in giving short presentations and leading group discussions. Continued practice in using correct pronunciation to reduce accent interference. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0343.
x 90645 Jul 7 - Aug 12 1:25pm - 4:00p MTWTh RVS G9112 OH Shimizu, Kathleen E
18 92231 Aug 25 - Oct 16 11:40am - 1:20p MTWTh SAC 1320 Staff
10 92241 Aug 25 - Dec 10 6:10pm - 7:50p MW NRG 4212 Staff
10 92242 Aug 25 - Dec 10 5:15pm - 6:55p MW RGC 026 Staff
16 92243 Aug 25 - Dec 10 11:15am -12:55p MW SAC 1318 Staff
COMG 3042 High Intermediate Writing and Grammar
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for high intermediate ESOL students. Continued study of the perfect tenses, passive voice, modal auxiliaries, gerunds, and infinitives. Emphasis on adjective, noun, and adverb clauses showing relationships. Introduction to conditionals. Further practice in formal essay writing with continued exposure to different modes of writing. Focus on error correction, paraphrasing, and editing. Introduction to using the library to locate and collect resource materials. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0383.
18 92233 Aug 25 - Oct 16 9:50am -11:30a MTWTh SAC 1320 Staff
10 92310 Aug 25 - Dec 10 11:25am - 1:05p MW RGC 026 OH Schlender, Anne M
10 92311 Aug 25 - Dec 10 5:15pm - 6:55p MW RGC 122 OH Corredor, Mary
10 92308 Aug 26 - Dec 11 7:35pm - 9:15p TTh CYP 1110 Staff
10 92309 Aug 26 - Dec 11 2:30pm - 4:10p TTh NRG 4212 Staff
10 92312 Aug 26 - Dec 11 5:40pm - 7:20p TTh RVS G9111 Staff
16 92313 Aug 26 - Dec 11 1:05pm - 2:45p TTh SAC 1319 OH Corredor, Mary
COMG 3060 Advanced Reading and Vocabulary
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for advanced ESL students. This exit-level course prepares students for reading in college courses and the workplace. Emphasis on critical and analytical reading skills and advanced reading strategies for reading college-level textbooks, novels, and periodicals. Continued expansion and application of vocabulary. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0364.
11 90678 Jul 7 - Aug 12 8:00am -10:35a MTWTh NRG 4212 OH Shimizu, Kathleen E
10 92283 Aug 25 - Dec 12 11:20am -12:30p MWF NRG 4212 Staff
10 92284 Aug 25 - Dec 10 2:50pm - 4:30p MW RGC 026 OH Schlender, Anne M
18 92288 Aug 25 - Dec 10 7:05pm - 8:45p MW SAC 1205 Staff
18 92287 Aug 26 - Dec 11 5:40pm - 7:20p TTh RGC 128 Staff
10 92286 Aug 30 - Dec 13 9:00am -12:40p S RGC 122 Staff
18 92323 Oct 20 - Dec 11 8:00am - 9:40a MTWTh SAC 1320 Staff
COMG 3062 Advanced Oral Communications
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for advanced ESOL students. This exit-level course prepares students for participation in discussions and presentation of oral reports in the college classroom and the workplace. Emphasizes listening to formal American English. Continued practice in academic listening and note-taking skills. Exposure to real-life formal talks and college lectures. Class activities include explaining and defending one's opinion in group discussions and giving formal presentations in class. Further work on pronunciation problems and development of vocal variety including intonation, emphasis, and pitch. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0344.
16 92246 Aug 25 - Dec 10 10:00am -11:40a MW RRH 208 OH Feldman, Devorah M
7 92244 Aug 26 - Dec 11 8:00pm - 9:40p TTh NRG 4212 Staff
10 92245 Aug 26 - Dec 11 5:40pm - 7:20p TTh RGC 026 Staff
18 92322 Oct 20 - Dec 11 11:40am - 1:20p MTWTh SAC 1320 Staff
COMG 3063 Advanced Writing and Grammar
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for advanced ESOL students. This exit-level course prepares students for English 1301, other college writing and writing in the workplace. Continued study of clauses and introduction of reduced forms. Practice in writing more sophisticated formal essays and selected modes of writing, including the persuasive mode. Instruction on introduction to the research paper. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0384.
9 90658 Jul 7 - Aug 12 10:30am - 1:05p MTWTh RVS G9109 OH Backo-Wukasch, Beata
18 92315 Aug 25 - Dec 10 8:45am -10:25a MW PIN 303 Staff
10 92316 Aug 26 - Dec 11 1:20pm - 3:00p TTh RGC 128 OH Schlender, Anne M
10 92317 Aug 26 - Dec 11 7:30pm - 9:10p TTh RGC 128 Staff
16 92318 Aug 26 - Dec 11 5:15pm - 6:55p TTh SAC 1205 Staff
10 92314 Aug 30 - Dec 13 11:45am - 3:25p S NRG 4212 Staff
18 92324 Oct 20 - Dec 12 9:50am -11:30a MTWTh SAC 1320 Staff
COMX 3020 Introduction to Writing and Grammar for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This entry-level course is designed for students who are deaf or hard of hearing with little or no knowledge of standard English grammar and writing conventions. Writing topics include prewriting strategies, how to construct correct sentences, how to structure a paragraph, and how to write a descriptive and narrative paragraph. Grammar points include the simple past, present, and future verb tenses, the present progressive, parts of speech, basic s-v-o/s-v-c word order, formation of negative sentences, and questions. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0320.
10 93092 Aug 25 - Dec 10 9:00am -10:40a MW RVS A1130 OH Domatti-Thomas, Erika B
COMX 3021 High Beginning L1 ASL Grammar for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf students and taught in American Sign Language. Students develop American Sign Language grammar skills in order to build their first language foundation in ASL, a fully accessible visual language. This course will focus on ASL grammatical structures, varying registers in ASL, public speaking and video publishing. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0321.
10 93093 Aug 26 - Dec 11 10:50am -12:30p TTh RVS A1130 Staff
COMX 3023 High Beginning Writing & Grammar for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf students. Course emphasizes using standard English grammar in writing paragraphs and short essays. Introduction of parts of speech. Study of simple and progressive verb tenses and modal auxiliaries. Practice in writing simple and compound sentences, using transitional expressions and punctuation. Exposure to and practice with different modes of writing. Required lab work will supplement classroom work. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0323.
10 93094 Aug 26 - Dec 11 9:00am -10:40a TTh RVS A1130 OH Domatti-Thomas, Erika B
COMX 3024 Low Intermediate Writing & Grammar for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf Students. Course emphasizes using standard English grammar in writing short essays. Study of perfect tenses, passive voice, gerunds and infinitives. Introduction to clauses. Continued emphasis on writing compound sentences and introduction to complex sentence structures with appropriate conjunctions, transitional expressions, and punctuation. Continued practice in paragraph development and longer academic compositions. Exposure to and practice with different modes of writing. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0324.
10 93095 Aug 25 - Dec 10 2:30pm - 4:10p MW RVS A1130 OH Domatti-Thomas, Erika B
COMX 3025 High Intermediate Writing & Grammar for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
Designed for high intermediate ESL students. By examining grammatical features of both American Sign Language and American Standard English, the student will recognize how grammatical functions differ and apply this knowledge when writing. Continued study of the perfect tenses, passive voice, modal auxiliaries, gerunds, and infinitives. Emphasis on adjective, noun, and adverb clauses showing relationships. Introduction to conditionals. Further practice in formal essay writing with continued exposure to different modes of writing. Focus on error correction, paraphrasing, and editing. Introduction to using the library to locate and college resource materials. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0325.
10 93096 Aug 25 - Dec 10 4:20pm - 6:00p MW RVS A1130 OH McGrath, Sean E
COMX 3026 Advanced Writing and Grammar for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf students. Designed for advanced ESL students. This exit-level course prepares students for ENGL 1301, other college writing and writing in the workplace. Continued study of clauses and introduction of reduced forms. Practice in writing more sophisticated formal essays and selected modes of writing, including the persuasive mode. Instruction on introduction to the research paper. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0326.
10 93097 Aug 26 - Dec 11 2:30pm - 4:10p TTh RVS A1130 Staff
COMX 3027 High Intermediate L1 ASL Grammar for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf students. Students further develop American Sign Language grammar skills in order to continue building their first language foundation in ASL, a fully accessible visual language. This course will focus on complex ASL grammatical structures, more formal public speaking and research based video publishing. It is recommended, but not required, that this course be taken concurrently with ESOL 0325. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0327.
10 93098 Aug 25 - Dec 10 3:20pm - 5:00p MW RVS S110 OH Miller, Don A
COMX 3031 High Beginning Reading and Vocabulary for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf Students. Emphasis on comprehension skills, such as identifying main idea, supporting details, and patterns of paragraph development. Features reading short passages of academic materials. Focus on high frequency vocabulary and word forms. Repeatable for up to six-credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0331.
10 93099 Aug 25 - Dec 10 10:50am -12:30p MW RVS A1130 OH McGrath, Sean E
COMX 3032 Low Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf students. Continued emphasis on building comprehension skills. Introduction to analytical components of reading. Continues emphasis on development of vocabulary through analysis of word structure. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0332.
10 93100 Aug 26 - Dec 11 12:40pm - 2:20p TTh RVS A1130 OH Domatti-Thomas, Erika B
COMX 3033 High Intermediate Reading and Vocabulary for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf Students. Emphasis on more complex analytical reading skills for reading college textbooks and novels. Introduction to annotation. Advanced study of vocabulary using context. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0333.
10 93101 Aug 26 - Dec 11 4:20pm - 6:00p TTh RVS A1130 OH Kelley, Walter P
COMX 3034 Advanced Reading and Vocabulary for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This course is designed for Deaf Students. This exit-level course prepares students for reading in college courses and the workplace. Emphasis on critical and analytical reading skills and advanced reading strategies for reading college-level textbooks, novels, and periodicals. Continued expansion and application of vocabulary. Repeatable for up to six credit hours. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0334.
10 93102 Aug 25 - Dec 10 12:40pm - 2:20p MW RVS A1130 OH Kelley, Walter P
COMX 3051 Accent Reduction for Advanced Speakers of English
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
12 92248 Aug 26 - Dec 11 2:45pm - 4:25p TTh RGC 026 Staff
COMX 3060 Introduction to Reading and Vocabulary
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This is an introductory-level course designed to improve reading proficiency in English and develop an appreciation for reading. It is the first in a series of five courses whose purpose is to prepare students to handle the reading assignments they will encounter in college and in the workplace. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0360.
18 92249 Aug 26 - Dec 11 9:50am -11:30a TTh CYP 2113 OH Cantu, Raul W
14 92250 Aug 26 - Dec 11 1:25pm - 3:05p TTh SAC 1206 Staff
COMX 3080 Introduction to English Writing and Grammar
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
This entry-level course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of English. Writing topics include prewriting strategies, how to construct correct sentences, how to structure a paragraph and how to write a descriptive and a narrative paragraph. Grammar points covered include the simple past, present and future verb tenses, the present progressive, parts of speech, basic s-v-o syntax, formation of negative sentences and questions. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0380.
10 92290 Aug 25 - Dec 12 8:40am - 9:50a MWF NRG 4212 Staff
12 92289 Aug 26 - Dec 11 8:00am - 9:40a TTh CYP 2113 OH Cantu, Raul W
18 92291 Aug 26 - Dec 11 8:30am -10:10a TTh SAC 1205 OH Corredor, Mary
10 92292 Aug 26 - Dec 11 7:05pm - 8:45p TTh SAC 1205 Staff
COMX 3093 Intensive Grammar for Speakers of Other Languages
(64.0 hours/$198.00)
An accelerated grammar course tailored to correct the individual grammatical errors of ESOL students. The class will consist of diagnostics, whole group discussion of problematic grammatical and syntactical structures, and an individualized plan of instruction and study for each student based on his/her individual needs. Integrated with college credit ESOL 0393.
Prerequisites: COMG 3001/ESOL 0382 with a minimum grade of C.
12 92319 Aug 26 - Dec 11 12:40pm - 2:20p TTh NRG 4212 OH Bailey, Shannon L
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